'Kaiso 365' Calypso Monarch Finals PDF Print E-mail

2010 - Kaiso 365!

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● Calypso Monarch Finals

Saturday, July 24th 7:30pm

Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd.

Adv $35.00  Door $40.00

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Canada's top nine calypso singers vie for the title of Calypso Monarch and over $15,000. in prizes. Eight finalists will be chosen at a Preliminary judging round - the final weekend performances of the Calypso Tents Music Series on Saturday, July 3rd, 8pm (The Professionals) and Sunday, July 4th, 4pm (Kaiso Forum).

 

The eight singers with the highest points join last year's monarch Redman for an exciting evening of calypso at Ontario Science Centre on Saturday, July 24th. The nine finalists perform two newly-composed calypsos before a panel of judges. Each song was awarded points out of a maximum of 100 points divided into five (5) categories as follows:

 

Lyrics -            35

Melody -         20

Vocal Rendition - 25

Presentation -  10

Originality -    10

 

Cash prizes and gifts are awarded to the four (4) singers with the highest score out of a total of 200 points. In addition, there are the following special awards categories: Arrangement, Local Content, Humor, Background Vocals, and New Artiste.

 

The Calypso Monarch Competition attracts singers from across the GTA and beyond and has been held annually in Toronto for the past 28 years. The 2009 first prize winner Redman sang "Black Hen Chicken" and "No Picong". Redman was recently featured in the 2010 Georgia Caribbean Carnival in Atlanta, USA. He will be a special guest at the Notting Hill Carnival later this year in London, UK.

 

 

 

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The 2009 "Kaiso 365" Calypso Monarch Competition Finals came to an exciting climax  Saturday, July 18th at 7pm in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, CNE Grounds. The nine finalists - eight plus 2008's winner - performed two newly-composed calypsos before a panel of judges. Each song was awarded points out of a maximum of 100 points divided into five (5) categories as follows:

 

Lyrics -            35

Melody -         20

Vocal Rendition - 25

Presentation -  10

Originality -    10

 

Cash prizes and gifts were awarded to the four (4) singers with the highest score out of a total of 200 points.

 

In addition, there were the following special awards categories: Arrangement, Local Content, Humor, Background Vocals, and New Artiste.

The nine finalists - in order of appearance:

 

1. Structure

2. Calypso Crooner

3. Susan G.

4. Spice

5. Beginner

6. Redman

7. Macomere Fifi (2008 Monarch)

8. King Cosmos

9. Naki

 

 

The Calypso Monarch Competition attracts singers from across the GTA and beyond and has been held annually in Toronto for the past 27 years. The 2008 first prize winner was Macomere Fifi singing "Barack Obama" and "Take Back We Country". Fifi went on to win the 2008 Miami Calypso Monarch competition last October.