Saturday, April 23, 2011

Soca Monarch Finals

Soca music is a huge part of Carnival. There is Groovy Soca, Power Soca and Chutney Soca.
We went to the Soca Monarch finals, where they crowned the best Soca performers in the Groovy & Power categories. The event was held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium (Crawford won 100 m at the '76 Olympics in Montreal)The Power Soca Monarch winner recieved TTD $2 million (~USD $300K) and the Groovy Monarch winner got TTD $500,000 (USD $80K). The event was an all inclusive - it included food, your drinks and sponsor stuff (mugs from bmobile, bandanas and vuvuzala noisemakers. The show kicked off with some great fireworks at about 9 pm. Each finalist performed one song. It went on until after 4 am in front of 30,000 fans. We lasted until about midnight. Mimi's favorite, Kes won the Groovy category with 'Wotless'. She has it as her cellphone ringtone now. We were in the VIP section but this special unit was available only to those in the VVIP section.
The D'John Executive Mobil Washroom - available for rent for the next major event you want to host!
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