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15TH ANNUAL EMANCIPATION CALYPSO & EXTEMPO COMPETITION

THE NACC AND FIRST CITIZENS HOST THE 15TH ANNUAL EMANCIPATION CALYPSO & EXTEMPO COMPETITION
The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) in association with First Citizens is pleased to announce that the 15th Annual Emancipation Calypso & Extempo Competition takes place on Friday 29th July 2011 at the SWWTU Auditorium, Wrightson Road. This event is also being held in association with the National Youth Action Committee (NYAC).
The competition takes place from 8:30pm. The age categories are 5-18 years and 19-32years for the Calypso segment, whereas the Extempo competition is open to all ages. We have scheduled auditions for Saturday 16th July, 2011.
 The Emancipation Calypso Competition serves to empower youth for the future, through knowing their past. This competition emerged in August of 1997 and is hosted annually by the National Action Cultural Committee. At that time, the lack of material written on Emancipation had become quite clear. And so, the NACC took on the challenge to host the first competition of its kind in Trinidad and Tobago. The competition takes place in a very auspicious year as the General Assembly of the United Nations has declared that 2011 is the International Year for people of African Descent (IYPAD).
This programme has encouraged the continuous production of calypso compositions that highlight the wide range of issues related to Emancipation and the historical experiences of our people, in their search for lasting freedom. Significantly, the first winning calypso “One Billion Shall Rise,” sung by Sheldon Reid, in fact, went on to become the theme song for the “Internationalization of Emancipation Day” movement. The research undertaken by contestants in each competition has successfully increased the national repertoire of Calypsoes with Emancipation as their theme.
The Emancipation Calypso Competition annually features artistes between the ages of 5 and 30 singing calypsoes on the theme of Emancipation.
For further information or tickets, contact NACC and NYAC Offices at 40 Duke St. P.O.S.; Tel: 623-5470; email: NACCcommunications@gmail.com.

Please see below, the winners of the Emancipation Calypso Competition from 1997-2010.

The Emancipation Calypso Competition-(1997-2010)
Winners
  • Junior

1997                                       Michelle Henry                                                 Mr. Democracy
1998                                       Jinelle Schulere                                                 We are Free
1999                                       Kurt Ross                                                             Free Me
2000                                       Kimlyn Harrington                                            Question                                                             
2001                                       Ezekiel Yorke                                                     Massa Oh
2002                                       Kirt Ross                                                               Name   
2003                                       Calvie Ann Williams                                         Emancipated Woman
2004                                       Shinesse Simmons                                          Come                                   
2005                                       Shinesse Simmons                                          The Homecoming                                            
2006                                       Megan Walrond                                               Rise up Children
2007                                       Karesse Marie Rawlins                                   Emancipation
2008                                       Megan Walrond                                               Oni Lagi Ko Eko (We need to learn)
2009                                  Aaron Duncan                                               I Like Freedom
2010                                  Ferdinand Smith                                            Cherish Freedom


  • Senior

1997                                       Sheldon Reid                                                     One Billion Shall Rise
1998                                       Erica Reid                                                             The Spirit of Emancipation
1999                                       Maria Bhola                                                        Contradiction
2000                                       Dwayne O’Connor                                           Emancipate Yourself
2001                                       Brian London                                                     Black
2002                                       Andrew Prescod                                              Historical Links
2003                                       Corey Burke                                                       You must be mad
2004                                       Shereen Caesar                                                                Visions
2005                                       Jervae Caesar                                                    Never Again Slavery
2006                                       Shereen Caesar                                                                Forgive Me Africa
2007                                       Kirt Ross                                                               Slaves of the System
2008                                       Cindy Alleyne                                                    Is Not So It Used to Be
2009                                  Marion Paponette                                       Young Warrior

2010                                 Megan Walrond                                           Embrace Ilu Lilu

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