CALYPSO
has come a long way from social commentary in the early 1930s, to
kaiso, soca, Chutney soca and ragga soca.
Calysonians have also been elevated from being looked upon as scums,
to well-respected cultural icons of the land.
The prize money has moved up from $20 first prize to $250, 000 for
the Monarch competition.
However, in the early days, according to various ole-time bards,
Calypsonians were more united.
“Imagine, we used to put up 25 cents each to buy one jacket,
and each one of us would wear that same jacket for our performances,”
one of them, Anthony Francis a.k.a. “Almanac”, told
TnT Mirror.
“And no one used to notice that it was the same jacket all
of us were wearing.”
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ANTHONY
FRANCIS
“Almanac”.
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