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The Carnival is Over | Trinidad & Tobago 2011

That all she wrote my friends... Well not so fast, we still have "Champs in Concert" but until then we can nurse our aching feet and hangovers and give praise for a wonderful Carnival celebration. I have to thank the people who gave us CarnivalTV in High Definition... Simply Marvelous! I do hope that the service is repeated next year. I do have a feeling that this year was just a teaser and that in 2012 the service will be provided for a fee. If this should happen, I would like to see a flat fee and not a per show fee.

This year the service was free and the quality was simply sensational! Some pay sites provided a service that did not come close to this High Definition feed which did not "stick"; it was reportied that most of the paid feeds crashed. Trinizagada says thank you to the people at "Advance Dynamics Limited and Beach House Entertainment" for providing such a wonderful service.

However, now comes the difficult part... Trini Carnival is gone until next year. Here are two versions of Lord Kitchener's "The Carnival is over" sung by Mavis John and the bard himself... Sit back and reminisce about the wining and dingolaying and all the bacchanal that you experience during King Carnival's short reign.

Mavis John - The Carnival Is Over

Lord Kitchener - The Carnival Is Over

Calypso Monarch Results 2011 | Karen Asche | Trinidad

Talk about upset... Karen Asche sang "Be Careful What Yuh Ask For" and "Uncle Jack" and upset the 'Calypso World' by taking home the coveted title of Calypso Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago!

 

1:29 AM New York Time

Here are the results:

1. Karen Asche (Calypso Monarch 2011)

2. Michael Osuna aka Sugar Aloes

3. Dr. Hollis Liverpool aka Chalkdust

4. Devon Seales

5. Dexter Parsons aka Stinger

6. Kurt Allen aka "The last Badjohn of Calypso"

7. Brian London

8. Tameika Darius

9. Kizzy Ruiz

10. Joanne Rowley  aka "Tigress"

11. Weston Rawlings  aka  "Cro Cro"

12. Rodney Le Blanc aka Benjai

Panorama Results 2011 | Trinidad & Tobago

 

Large Bands

• 1st     Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars (278 pts)
• 2nd    Sagicor Exodus ( 276 pts)
• 3rd    PCS Silver Stars (275 pts)
• 4th    Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove (273 pts)
• 4th    Caribbean Airlines Invaders (273 pts)
• 6th    NLCB Fonclaire (271 pts)
• 7th    Witco Desperadoes (270 pts)
• 7th    Petrotrin Siparia Deltones (270 pts)
• 9th    RBC/RBTT Redemption Soundsetters (268 pts)
• 10th  Starlift (265 pts)

Medium Bands

• 1st   Katzenjammers (275 pts)
• 1st   Valley Harps (275 pts)
• 3rd  NLCB Buccooneers (269 pts)
• 4th  Courts Sound Specialists of Lavantille (268 pts)
• 5th  Pan Elders (266 pts)
• 6th  Sangre Grande Cordettes (258 pts)
• 7th  Arima Angel Harps (257 pts)
• 7th  Steel Xplosion (257 pts)
• 9th  Pamberi (255 pts)
• 9th  Power Stars (255 pts)

Soca Monarch Results 2011 | Power & Groovy Soca

Machel Montano took advantage of some very poor performances from his peers and took home the $2M first prize last night. The Power Soca results were as follows:

 

• First Place: Machel Montano  "Advantage" $2M
• Second Place: Neil Iwer George $600,000
• Third Place: Bunji Garlin $300,000
• Fourth Place: Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez $200,000

In The Groovy Soca category the reigning monarch Shurwayne Winchester sang a patriotic song that was disappointing because it lacked the spirit of carnival. On the other hand Kes Dieffenthaler aka Kes had the stadium dancing to the beat of "Wotless"; he won first place and a paycheck of $500,000.  The results were as follows:

 

• First Place: Kes Dieffenthaler "Wotless" $500,000
• Second Place: Rodney "Benjai" Le Blanc "Trini" $225,000
• Third Place: Destra Garcia "Cool it Down" $125,000
• Fourth Place: Dexter "Blaxx" Stewart "Tantie Woi" $115,000