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Cupid, who also
serves as the Head of the Department of Culture and one of the island's leading
song writers and music instructors also nabbed four of the eight special prizes
along with the EC$15,000 cash prize for the winner.
In the first round, Cupid performed Shortly After Takeoff,
a heart rending reflection of the deadly plane crash which occurred on Antigua
this year and took the lives of the five people on board who were heading to
Montserrat. His props depicted the events of that fateful day and added a sober
reminder of the frailty of life to the very upbeat competition. Performing last
in the second round, the calypsonian
delivered We
Outsourcing, a hilarious look at the
Government of Montserrat's efforts to outsource some services.
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| AJ Cassell |
Winning the Crowd Favourite
and Best Newcomer
prizes after delivering noteworthy performances from the calypso eliminations
on December 8 to last night, was AJ Cassell,
the son of the Late Soca
King Arrow,
who won the calypso monarch crown three times before switching to soca. AJ
ended the finals as the first runner up for his renditions of Voice
of this Generation and Pedigree.
James "Cruzer" Brown
won the Cathron Products-sponsored Most Humorous Calypso
and $500 for "Family
Tree”. Cupid won Best
Social Commentary for We Outsourcing
and Most Creative Calypso
for Shortly After Takeoff.
He added the Best Writer Award,
which was sponsored by LHNet and the John
Bassy Award named for the late Chief Minister
John Osborne and presented by his daughter Shirley Osborne
with a $500 cash prize for best political commentary.
The Most Improved
Calypsonian award went to Jester
'Ice Man' Weekes who ended the
competition as the fifth runner up.
Final rankings are: 11th Barry "Barry J" Jarvis , 10th Davon "Rakatang" Williams, 9th Kevin "King Natty" Farrell , 8th Kelvin "Tabu" Duberry, 7th Roland "King Kenzie" Johnson, 6th Garnett "Sylk" Thompson, 5th Jester "Ice Man" Weekes, 4th Silvina "Khandie" Malone, 3rd Anderson "King Andy" Kirnon, 2nd John "Warda" Murrain, 1st AJ "AJ" Cassell, Winner Herman "Cupid" Francis
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Congratulations to Cupid. He really deserves it. He is such a great performer. So happy for him.