Death to Calypso...

[CaiVideos]

The question on everyone’s mind this Carnival season is will calypso survive without the talents of Daddy Chess, Dice and Pat Aaron. By now we have all heard that Daddy Chess will be representing Dominica in Trinidad during our Carnival season. There is also much talk about Dice and Pat Aaron not participating in this year’s calypso competition.

Will calypso survive without the talents of two of our top Calypsonians? Is this the beginning of the end of the high caliber of song writing and performance we have gotten used to? If you are like me, you were already in high anticipation of hearing the new songs. With at $20,000 grand price going to the winner, the expectations for this year’s competition was definitely high.

Well maybe this is not all bad news. The opportunity may now be ripe for up and coming composers and performers to come out of the shadows and display their talents. This might also be a good time to provide incentives to these talented people to encourage them to step out of the shadow and to make their mark…

[Garrick Williams]

We know it's not about them.I will be there in person...Sweet Dominica,,,

[CaiVideos]

Garrick, Thanks for the comment. If you haven't seen it yet, the video of Dice's performance at King of Kings in Brooklyn is included here. In the search box type Dice and it should come up as one of the videos. I am enjoying the calypsos I have heard so far for 2009, so looks like calypso will be just fine....Simone

[Garrick Williams]

I always felt that ,the local calysonian should do their own songs.No dis to Pat,but the people like Dice that came out as Calypso King ,go out there and make Dominicans look bad.How many of you guys were at the show King of Kings?That kind of display from King Dice yuk Man take a back seat,Good performer,but definitely needs some house training.Hopefully he does improve that ayyitude.We won,t miss him for carnival,it'sstill gonna be SWEET,Good luck on this new endeavor.
DEKARWAT