Carnival is Here — The Fashion Heat Is On*
Carnival is here and things are already heating up…the colourful food stalls are popping up around the Savannah, the humming of delightful pan is heard late in the evening and cars blaring soca can be...
View ArticleDivas at Mas Camp*
The Divas Calypso Cabaret International opens on Tuesday at the Mas Camp/the Nu Pub in Woodbrook and will continue with shows at that venue every Wednesday and Thursday night. During the weekends of...
View ArticleKaiso Showkase opens, but calypsonians can’t show all’s well in T&T
By Innis Francis None of the 24 calypsonians was able to sway patrons into believing that all was well with Kaiso Showkase tent on the grand opening night at Palms Club, San Fernando, on Friday. And...
View ArticleOn overload for Carnival 2016*
As a child, Hashim Lewis always looked forward to his mother’s visits to Trinidad every February. Although he didn’t go with her, he knew when she returned to Tortola British Virgin Islands (BVI), she...
View ArticleSoldiers declare pan war*
By Michael Mondezie THE T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra launched an all-out offensive with a show stopping rendition of Swallow’s “Don’t Stop This Party” at the North Zone leg of the Single Pan...
View ArticleThe Gypsy King Returns*
By Wayne Bowman wayne.bowman@trinidadexpress.com Now that he is, for the moment at least, out of the political arena former community development minister, Winston “Gypsy” Peters is again training his...
View ArticlePoor vocals plague Soca Monarch semis
By Michael Mondezie Horrendous. That’s the only word that accurately describes some of the singing heard at the semi-final round of the International Soca Monarch competition, staged on Sunday evening,...
View ArticleIt’s Patrice vs the men in Soca Monarch finals
Soca artiste Patrice Roberts is the lone female competing in Soca Monarch finals on Fantastic Friday. Roberts was among the the 17 artistes selected following the semi final round of the competition on...
View Article17 vie for Soca Monarch title
SEVENTEEN finalists, including veteran Rikki Jai and lone female Patrice Roberts, have been selected to compete for the 2016 International Soca Monarch title. The competition, scheduled for Friday...
View ArticleGround-breaking documentary for Carnival
By Kim Boodram kim.boodram@trinidadexpress.com CARNIVAL will this year offer even more than expected, with the big-screen showing of Our Soul Turned Inside Out, the ground-breaking feature-length...
View ArticleArmy Fete defies the times…fighting on
Long-standing show raises funds for children and soldiers By Wayne Bowman With Carnival fetes, especially the so-called grunge fetes, dropping like flies in recent times, Fire Fete being the latest...
View ArticleGunmen steal Machel, Kes tickets
Chaguanas: THOUSANDS of dollars worth in tickets for the Machel Monday, Kes Tuesday and Momentum concerts were stolen in Chaguanas on Tuesday. Police said that around 1.15 p.m. the manager of the...
View ArticleLicks for Kamla at Calypso Fiesta
By Wayne Bowman IN a forum where traditionally the sitting Government is berated, yesterday it was the former prime minister and her cabinet that was ripped to shreds by the calypsonians competing in...
View Article‘Safest’ fete draws biggest crowd*
THE so-called safest fete of Carnival on Friday night became the one that brought out the biggest crowd of the season so far. The Army Fete at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain attracted...
View ArticleCamejo, Duncan win big at Schools Soca Monarch*
By Kimoy Leon Sing The 2016 National Schools Soca Monarch (NSSM) champions are Stefan Camejo and Aaron Duncan. Camejo, the defending champion in the primary school category retained his title with his...
View ArticleMadray moves on to final*
By Verdel Bishop Carnival Kings and Queens competition Wade Madray won the preliminaries of the Carnival Kings and Queens of the bands competition held on Thursday night at the Queen’s Park Savannah in...
View ArticleYoung and old soca lovers brave heat at free concert
The 2016 edition of We On in bSquare (formerly “Soca in BSquare) got off to a good start yesterday, with both young and old soca enthusiasts partying in the hot sun during bmobiles free lunchtime...
View Article‘Go after your dreams’
The 2017 Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation TUCO/First Citizens Junior Calypso Monarch is Shervonne Rodney. Rodney, a pupil of Arima Central Government Secondary School got the nod from the...
View ArticleRodney wins Junior Calypso Monarch with “Misconceptions”
Shervonne Rodney commanded the stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Monday (Feb 20) to walk away with the 2017 Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation TUCO/First Citizens Junior...
View ArticleLIME for a cause at the Hyatt
Once again Hyatt Regency Trinidad welcomes fete-lovers to experience one of the most anticipated celebrations of Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival season, the seventh annual LIME fete. Each year, the best...
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