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News Release - NACC Top 40 Calypsoes of 2015

Please find below and attached a news release from the National Action Cultural Committee (NACC).

October 15th, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



News Release – 2015 Calypso Top 40 announced

The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) is pleased to announce the Top 40 Calypsoes for 2015. From these calypsos, a panel of judges will select the Top 20 Calypsoes of 2015 which will be awarded at the 28th Annual 'Top 20' Calypso Stars of Gold and Calypso of the Year Awards on Friday 13th November 2015 at the Central Bank Auditorium, Eric Williams Plaza, Brian Lara Promenade, Port-of-Spain, from 8:00pm.



The 'Top 20' Awards are awards of distinction and represent the pinnacle of achievement for excellence in calypso composition and our system of adjudication seeks to tap our collective wisdom in order to establish national consensus about the essence of truly great calypsoes.




For further information, interested persons can call 623-5470 or email NACCcommunications@gmail.com.



The list in alphabetical order of the selections is as follows:



Top 40 Selections -2015

(in alphabetical order)

CALYPSO                                                                ARTISTE



Ah Gone                                             -           Heather Mac Intosh

Band of the Year                                 -          Mighty Diamond (Patrick Purcell Lewis)

Child of Liberty                                   -          Ife Alleyne

Citizen's Pride                                   -           Duane O'Connor

CSM 20                                               -           Rikki Jai and Ravi B

Dey Sticking                                       -           Shadow (Winston Bailey)

Dis Is My Life                                     -           Arnold Jordan

Drums of Hope                                  -           Nicole Thomas

Equality                                              -           Ezekiel Yorke

Every Knee Shall Bow                        -           Karene Asche

Games                                                -           The Original De Fosto (Winston Scarborough)

How Much                                          -           Kerine Williams

I Believe                                             -           Chucky (Roderick Gordon)

King #2                                              -           Kurt Allen

King Birdie                                         -           Joanne Foster

Like Ah Boss                                      -           Machel Montano

Lucy                                                   -           Destra (Destra Garcia)

My House                                           -           Farmer Nappy (Darryl Henry)

My Humble Plea                                  -           Devon Seale

Noise                                                  -           Five Star Akil (Akil Borneo)

Ola                                                      -           Olatunji (OlatunjiYearwood

Peace Seeker                                      -           Sean Daniel

Perspective of Black                           -           Nicklas Gosine

Phenomenal                                       -           Benjai (Rodney Le Blanc)

Senior Citizen                                    -           Contender (Mark John)

Stalwart                                              -           Helon Francis

Take Me Back                                     -           Sekon Alves

The Best                                             -           Sekon Sta (Nesta Boxill)

The Essence of Building                     -           Sasha Ann Moses

The Voice                                           -           Georgia Mc Intyre

Time to Arise                                     -           Allison Bernard

Trinbago Is Mine                                -           Ras Kommanda (Steve Pascall)

True Democracy                                -           Candice Robinson

Twice A Child                                    -           Lesley Ann Ellis

Unquestionable                                  -           Sheldon Reid (All Stars Panorama Selection)

Vagabond                                            -           Ricardo Drue

Voice of the Aborted                          -           Lady Gypsy (Lynette Steele)

What Maestro Say Is True                   -           All Rounder (Anthony Hendrickson)

What You Willing to Die For               -           Tigress (Joanne Rowley)

Wishful                                              -           Brian London





-END-

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