{"id":10916,"date":"2023-07-09T07:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T11:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/?p=10916"},"modified":"2023-07-11T07:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T11:55:11","slug":"ti-blacks-crowned-2023-calypso-monarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/ti-blacks-crowned-2023-calypso-monarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ti Blacks Crowned 2023 Calypso Monarch"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nAfter delivering two compelling performances of his songs \u2018Don\u2019t Forget Minelle\u2019 and \u2018The Ghetto Cries\u2019, Ti Blacks has been crowned the 2023 Calypso Monarch.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Ti Blacks – St. Lucia’s 2023 Calypso Monarch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn what has been dubbed the \u2018year of the youth\u2019 for kaiso, three young calypsonians have copped top spots in the finals of the competition. The results for this year\u2019s Calypso Monarch Competition are as follows:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Rank\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\r\nCalypsonian \u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\r\nSongs \u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\r\nPoints Standing\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Winner<\/strong><\/td>\r\nTi Blacks<\/td>\r\nDon\u2019t Forget Minelle\r\nThe Ghetto Cries<\/td>\r\n731<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1st<\/sup>\u00a0Runner- Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\r\nTC Brown<\/td>\r\nOur Leaders\r\nIyanola<\/td>\r\n719<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Runner- Up<\/strong><\/td>\r\nDezral<\/td>\r\nMy Ambassadors Report\r\nBruceville Knows<\/td>\r\n704<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
3rd<\/sup>\u00a0Runner- Up<\/strong><\/td>\r\nReady<\/td>\r\nDestination\r\nTake A Bow<\/td>\r\n675<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe exciting weekend of competition continues on the SAAB with Panorama today, July 9, and King and Queen of the Bands on Monday, July 10. Junior revelers will also line the city later today, July 9 for the Junior Carnival parade from 12 noon at the Derek Walcott Square.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTickets for all events can be purchased at the Cell outlets, Steve\u2019s Barbershop in Castries, and the Saint Lucia box office in Rodney Bay. Tickets can also be purchased at the gates on event days.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTo stay informed on updates on Saint Lucia Carnival go to\u00a0www.carnivalsaintlucia.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow @carnivalsaintlucia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Follow @juniorcarnivalsaintlucia on Instagram for everything relating to Junior Carnival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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After delivering two compelling performances of his songs \u2018Don\u2019t Forget Minelle\u2019 and \u2018The Ghetto Cries\u2019, Ti Blacks has been crowned the 2023 Calypso Monarch. In what has been dubbed the \u2018year of the youth\u2019 for kaiso, three young calypsonians have copped top spots in the finals of the competition. The ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10919,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10916\/revisions\/10919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}