Five Lindeners in the final ten for Soca Monarch crown

Feb 14, 2018 News

The Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Social Cohesion, culture, Youth and sport in collaboration with Carib Beer on Saturday hosted the Carib Soca Monach Semi finals at the Linden/ Gt Bus Park.
Scintillating soca music permeated the air as the audience eagerly awaited a fun-filled night that would determine the lucky ten to make it through to the Finals billed for the Capital City on Saturday. Fifteen contestants set the stage on fire as they vied for a place in the top ten. At the end of the night’s proceedings, five Lindeners were amongst the ten that qualified for the finals.
Those that qualified were Brandon Harding, Dianna Chapman, Shellon Fluffy Garraway, Roshanna Fraser, Samantha Grant, Melissa “Vanilla” Roberts, Young Bill Rogers, Alicia Sasha Melody, Jonathan Lil Red King and Lil Colwyn.
Providing musical accompaniment was the Heat Wave Band which turned up the heat with their pulsating rhythms and energetic dancers and singers. It seemed as if this ensemble was daring the artistes to bring their A Game…or run the risk of being dubbed mediocre.
Dexter Copeland, the inaugural Junior Soca Monarch, lit the stage with an electrifying performance. He was followed by a few other guest artistes… then it was Showtime!
First to hit the stage was Linden artiste, Lil Colwyn, who set the stage for what was to come. Considered an upcoming little dynamo in the music world, this artiste appealed greatly to the crowd.
Brandon Harding, the GTT 2011 Jingle and Song Competition winner; lit up the stage with his rendition, “I’m Alive”. It was indeed an electrifying performance. Some felt it was one of the best. The crowd loved him.
Other artistes were DJ Avalanche with Celebrating Life, which received a lukewarm response from the crowd. He was followed by Lindener, Norek Mas.
Lil Red though delivering his usual energetic performance also elicited a lukewarm response.
Colwyn Abrams, known as the Soca Quinn delivered his “Soca Rage,” but somehow failed to convince the crowd.
Young Bill Rogers with his money song though delivering a good performance failed to move the crowd as he usually does.
Linden school teacher, Roshanna Fraser, dropped her school warm demeanour, to give a lively performance and received resounding applause from the crowd for her rendition.
Vanilla as usual did not fail to impress. Other artistes were “Cardiac” Lewis….aspiring heart Surgeon, Delon Soca Azore, Samantha Grant, Sasha Melody Shellon “Fluffy” Garnett and Dianne Chapman.
Both of these artistes pulled out all the stops to deliver performances that were dubbed, “Off the hook!”
The contestants were judged on lyrical content, stage performance, melody, originality, party appeal, and crowd response.
The Judges were Winston Caesar, Charles Sampson, Staydon Payne, Naressa Pearson, Major Robert Burns, Paul Carew, Merano Issacs and Chief Judge, Sean Bhola.

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