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Top Forty Calypsos Elegible For The Top Twenty Stars Of Gold Awards


The National Action Cultural Committee has circulated the 2011 “Top 40” Stars of Gold Calypsoes to forty (40) judges who have been selected to choose those calypsoes which are eligible for the 24th Annual ‘Top 20 Stars of Gold Calypso Awards.’ These awards are for the twenty most outstanding calypsoes of 2011.

The 24th Annual “Top 20” Stars of Gold and Calypso of the Year Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday 7th January 2012, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Upper Frederick Street, Port of Spain.

The “Top 20” are awards of distinction and represent the pinnacle of achievement for excellence in calypso composition and the system of adjudication seeks to tap Trinidad & Tobago’s collective wisdom in order to establish national consensus about the essence of truly great calypsoes.

For the benefit of the public and the panel of judges the first twenty (20) of the  40 calypsoes were broadcast  on Radio 91.1 FM Talk City on Saturday 10th September, 2011. The second twenty (20) were broadcast on Radio 91.1 on Saturday 17th September, 2011.

          The “Top 40” Calypsos 2011 listed in alphabetical order of the selections are:


2 Million Reasons                               -                       Stinger
Ah Need Meh Carnival                       -                       Devon Seale
Attila’s Pen                                         -                       Kurt Allen
Big Man Fall                                       -                       King Luta
Carnival Country                                -                       Bally       
D Best Thing                                       -                       Funny
De Cause                                             -                       Sugar Aloes
Drum Spirits                                        -                       Olatunji
Eyes on the Hill                                  -                       Dee Diamond
Follow Dem Prints                              -                       Tobago Chalkie
Good Time                                          -                       Blaxx
How Long                                           -                       Sekon Alves
In Denial                                                                     Leslie Ann Ellis
Join Dem                                             -                       Duane O’Connor
Justice on Time                                   -                       Candice Robinson
Keep It                                                            -                       Heather Mac Intosh
Land of Calypso                                 -                       Shadow
Lost Paradise                                      -                       De Fosto
Melody of Hope                                 -                       Stephen Marcelle
My Story of Calypso                          -                       Devon Matthews
Never Again                                        -                       Caston Cupid
No  Respect for Culture                      -                       Ninja
No More Rum Again                          -                       K.I. Persad
Not Enough Ties                                 -                       Natasha Nurse
Not My Johnny                                   -                       Mr. King
Retirement                                          -                       Contender
Spirit of Truth                                     -                       Nicole Thomas
Strictly Business                                 -                       Muhammad Muwakil
T&T Under Repairs                            -                       Sheldon Reid
The Cries of the Grands                      -                       Joy C
The Glory Days                                   -                       Bro. Valentino
Then We Shall Rise                             -                       Sheldon Nugget
Trini                                                     -                       Benjai
Uncle Jack                                           -                       Karene Asche
We Fed Up                                         -                       Brian London
Whey Dem                                          -                       Bro. Alpha
White Oak and Water                         -                       Rikki Jai
Woman to Woman                              -                       Tigress
Wotless                                               -                       Kes
Wounded Pride                                   -                       Chalkdust


September 19th, 2011.

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