Aug 13, 2017 | Carnival Central, The Big Stories
Senior Carnival – Individual Competition 2nd Runner-Up: Stacey Russel John Bull Stacey and Dem 1st Runner-Up: Kelvin Mongoose Russel Smurfs Mongoose Airbrushing Studio Winner & 2017 Senior Carnival Individual: Calvin Top Cat Pilgrim Mermaid Top Cat and Crew ...
Aug 10, 2017 | Carnival Central, The Big Stories
Winston “Gypsy” Peters, Trinidadian politician and calypsonian, declared that despite the decrease in ‘real calypso’ singers in the region, Antigua continues to be one of the few places where real calypso takes centre stage. Speaking with OBSERVER media at the calypso...
Aug 9, 2017 | Carnival Central, The Big Stories
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 9th August, 2017……….The Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission will commence review of the 2017 Carnival festivities when it holds a series of meetings with Sub-Committee Chairpersons and stakeholders from this weekend....
Aug 9, 2017 | Carnival Central, The Big Stories
Trevor “King Zacari” King was crowned the Calypso Monarch in the Wadadli Beer Calypso Monarch competition in the wee hours of Monday to end a show that lasted six hours which Calypso lovers said they found “too long” and “exhausting”. King Zacari won the crown from...
Aug 8, 2017 | Carnival Central, The Big Stories
The ‘Celebration of Greatness’ of the 60th Anniversary of Antigua & Barbuda’s Carnival came to a close yesterday after 10 days of revelry with the announcement that Claudette “CP” Peters won the Road March title for 57 plays of her...
Aug 7, 2017 | Carnival Central, The Big Stories
King Zacari was crowned Calypso Monarch in the wee hours of today (Monday), dethroning his daughter Queen Thalia after performing two solid rounds at the Wadadli Beer Calypso Monarch Competition. He is no stranger to winning, having copped several crowns in the past....
