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Soka stays in Moka
It is probably the most eagerly anticipated event on the Carnival all-inclusive fete schedule. Soka in Moka, held annually by Trinity College, is a perennial success if only because it is the first...
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Sparrow shines at final show for the year
Sparrow’s final performance on local soil for 2014 was nothing short of sensational. Held at De Nu Pub in Woodbrook on Monday night, with a full house in attendance and emceed by Godfrey Pierre,...
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A musical New Year
First off, Happy New Year to my faithful Pulse family. I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Christmas?Though the Christmas season ends officially next Tuesday, Carnival 2015 has begun. It actually...
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Cape has prostate cancer Bandleader sits out Moka fete
Eyebrows were raised on Sunday night when Roy Cape All Stars performed at Trinity College’s “Soka in Moka” and the celebrated bandleader Roy Cape was not seen on stage. Yesterday, the veteran musician...
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The party now start
Calypso tents open on Sunday The race is off and running as far as 2015 Carnival fetes are concerned. The first weekend of the year saw three mega parties in the north—Fantasy Blockbuster, Tribe Ice,...
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Pan Trinbago: Junior competition in jeopardy
The 2015 National Junior Panorama competition is in dire straights, says Pan Trinbago Youth Arm chairman Rudo Forteau.In an interview yesterday Forteau said this year’s competition was in jeopardy...
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Help Jevanni get to hollywood
Jevanni Clairmont, 14, grandson of Massy Trinidad All Stars pioneer Hugo “Big Sarge” Pechier, and one of the young stars in the movie PAN! Our Music Odyssey from Belgrade Street, Laventille, is among...
View ArticleSoca at high noon - UWI Fete is 25 years old
UWI Fete 2015, one of the biggest fund-raising events on the entertainment calendar, takes place on January 18 on the grounds of the university principal on the St Augustine campus. Organisers of the...
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Fire in the Savannah
After some uncertainty, the popular Fire Fete is on tomorrow night at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain. Perennially a crowd-puller, this fete, billed this year as Fire & Foam, will be...
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Encores at Kaiso House opening
There were no formalities or speeches when Kaiso House hosted its Port-of-Spain opening on Monday night. Held at the huge, well-appointed tent on the southern perimeter of the Queen’s Park Savannah,...
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Soca Monarch ready for blast off
Larger Than Life is the theme for this year’s International Soca Monarch competition staged by Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts (CPF). As usual, the competition takes place in the...
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School fetes leading the way
This time, in one month, Carnival 2015 would have been done and dusted, and most of the post-festival events, including Pan Trinbago’s Champs in Concert, would have been held. In fact, Catholics would...
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Encores galore at the Revue
Twenty-three calypsonians getting encores on one night extended last Thursday northern opening of Kalypso Revue to 1 am. A mere six singers were not called back by the sparse audience at SWWTU Hall,...
View ArticleOscar B goes to jazz festival
Son of Tobago soil but based in Trinidad, Oscar Benjamin (Oscar B) will have star billing when the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival is held on Thursday, at Trelawny Stadium. In spite of his heavy...
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Sweet pan to play at Savannah party
This weekend the national instrument is on the frontburner as Pan Trinbago holds the semi-finals for four categories of the National Panorama competition. The semi-finals for Single Pan and Small...
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‘No children in mas’
The National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA) is adamant about enforcing Rules 2.1 and 2.4 for Carnival competition which clearly state that all masqueraders must be 18 years old and over. The first...
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From pan to calypso
Last weekend the Carnival focus was on the national instrument with the semi-finals of the National Panorama competition, for medium and large conventional steelbands, being held at the Queen’s Park...
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Carnival kangkalang
It comes as no surprise that T&T Carnival, being the animal of an event that it is, is replete with controversies. Some of these have been amusing, and others, at the time and era, have been...
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Soca Monarch tonight; mas and pan tomorrow...
It’s finally here, the weekend to usher in Carnival 2015. The next three evenings are filled to the brim with soca, pan and mas events. One of Carnival’s biggest productions, the International Lotto...
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Pests in Panorama
In the latter half of the year, during rainy season, lawn owners are usually bedeviled by infestation caused by grasshoppers, mole crickets, locusts and other grass-chomping pests. Sadly though, long...
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