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           National Action Cultural Committee             40 Duke Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: 623-5470/341-3152             E-mail nacccommunications@gmail.com The National Action Cultural Committee is pleased to announce the selections for the ‘Top Twenty Stars of Gold Awards,’ based on the decisions of the selected panel of forty judges These awards are for the twenty most outstanding calypsoes of 2011. The 24 th Annual “Top 20” Stars of Gold and Calypso of the Year Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday 7 th January 2012, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts,(NAPA) 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 ad...

  Timel Rivas was the winner of the first prize in the 5-18 age group of the Emancipation Calypso Competition hosted yesterday (Friday 29 th July) by the National Action Cultural Committee in association with First Citizens and the National Youth Action Committee, at the SWWTU Hall, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. Caston Cupid was the winner of the 19 – 32 age grouping. Fireball was the winner of the extempo competition , with Nkosi Anyika placing second. Third place was Phil Browne and fourth place Sarah Cobbler. The results of the competitions, are as follows:

Story of Emancipation - Part 1 1984-2010 Produced by the National Action Cultural Committee, the cultural arm of the National Joint Action Committee. Broadcast on Radio i95.5 Monday to Friday, at 11.55 am and 5.55pm Origin Originally, a series of ten minute programmes broadcast annually on radio 610 and radio 730 in the republic of Trinidad and Tobago, now a series of five minute programmes, in observation of Emancipation day, in recognition of Emancipation as a world phenomenon and in recognition of the   UN declared international    year for people of African descent.

THE NACC AND FIRST CITIZENS HOST THE 15 TH ANNUAL EMANCIPATION CALYPSO & EXTEMPO COMPETITION The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) in association with First Citizens is pleased to announce that the 15 th Annual Emancipation Calypso & Extempo Competition takes place on Friday 29 th 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 16 th 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 NA...

The People’s Calypsonian, Bro. Valentino , is the 2011 Veterans Calypso Monarch . Bro. Valentino was adjudged winner of the Veterans Calypso Monarch Competition hosted by the National Action Cultural Committee, last night (Monday 28th) at the SWWTU Hall, Wrightson Road. Port-of-Spain. The results are as follows: 1st place – Bro. Valentino – Glory Days; Life Is A Stage 2nd place – Organiser – They Have It Easy; Trinbago Yankee 3rd place – Funny – D Best Thing; Funny Win 4th place – Contender – Retirement; Yuh Cyar Buy One 5th place – Power – Island in the Sun; Trinidad Culture 6th place – Bro. Mudada – For Yuh Country; No Use 7th place – Singing Francine – Nothing But the Truth; It’s A Shame 8th place – Versatile – World In Crisis; Shadow Reloaded 9th place – Explainer – My Advice; Tables Turning Sah 10th place – Poser – Is Not That; Sometime March 1, 2011  Reply Reply to all Forward

Benjai is the 2011 Young Kings Calypso Monarch . The Young Kings Calypso Monarch Competition  was hosted last night (Monday 21st February) by the National Action Cultural Committee at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium, NAPA . The results are as follows: 1st place – Benjai – Trini 2nd place – Sekon Alves – How Long 3rd place – Olatunji – Drum Spirits 4th place – Ninja – No Respect for Culture 5th place – Stephen Marcelle – Melody of Hope