SHASTRI BODAN
Shamika Denoon has been crowned Calypso Monarch of the 2022 Tobago Heritage Festival.
Denoon beat a field of 10 competitors at the Shaw Park Cultural Complex on Friday night to take home the crown and the $30,000 first prize with the song “Reignite D Flames.”
Giselle Fraser-Washington placed second in the Calypso Monarch competition at the Tobago Heritage Festival 2022. (Image by VINDRA GOPAUL)
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Second and third place went to Giselle Fraser-Washington and Caston Cupid, respectively.
Caston Cupid landed third place in the Calypso Monarch competition at the Tobago Heritage Festival 2022. (Image by VINDRA GOPAUL)
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In fourth place was Dalanie Baynes with “The Season to Come Reignite”, while fifth place went to Lesley Ann Ellis with “Hail Tobago”.
Samuel “Ringo” Morris is the winner of the Extempore round at the Calypso Monarch competition of the Tobago Heritage Festival 2022. (Image by VINDRA GOPAUL)
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The Extempore round of the show was won by Samuel “Ringo” Morris, who beat a field of three competitors including Denoon, Marlon Callender and Ingrid Brathwaithe-Matthew.
