CDC announces 2023 Ragga Soca and Soca Monarch finalists

By Admin. Updated 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2023, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

A press release from the Carnival Development Corporation – CDC.

The following artistes have been selected from the Ragga Soca & Soca Monarch preliminaries held on Monday 26th June to compete in the finals which is scheduled for Friday 7th July and Saturday 8th July 2023 respectively at the Victoria Park commencing at 9:00 pm. They are:

Ragga Soca Category

  1. Hance John – Bruk out
  2. Javid ‘Jay-R’ Rouse – Love of Carnival
  3. Omarion ‘Marlo Benn’ Benn – Jam Again
  4. Ozarie Matthews – Pastor Choking the Bishop
  5. Nasir ‘Nasos’ Primus – Dirty Mas
  6. Ramon ‘Jose Juan’ Diaz – Until ah wet
  7. Jasper ‘Jasper YMC* Alexander – Festival
  8. Denis Bowman – Tink butt easy
  9. Gregory Pekos’ Cato – Poor Keyboard
  10. Shaunelle McKenzie – Doh Study Meh
  11. McGaffrey ‘Loombay’ Medford, Jesse Fligh’ Haynes & Brendon ‘Ma
    Saunders – Wasted
  12. Rayvonne ‘Reva’ Rodney – Zess No Stress

Soca Monarch Category

  1. Kemmy Christopher – Spirit of Carnival
  2. Keneil ‘Dose up’ Alexander – Butt
  3. Omarion ‘Marlo Benn’ Benn – Horn me
  4. Shor ‘Shorn Beats’ Nimblet, Kelvin ‘Double R’ Wilson & Enric
    Marshall – Good Energy
  5. Kahm ‘Fligh’ Haynes – Farmer
  6. Keith Currency – Rum over people
  7. Zimbory ‘Ghaza’ Joseph – Carnival
  8. Kertis ‘Gully’ Marshall – Why de cat in the rain
  9. Javid ‘Jay-R’ Rouse – Wild
  10. Esron ‘Esron Spielbery – Headways
    11.Samantha Bryant & Nadine Bryant (Sun Divas) – Sick wuk
    12.Alpha ‘Stinger Nettle’ Allick – Bring yo catt in the road
    13.Ishatta ‘Shatta’ Da Silva – Long fi see town
    14.Kelvin ‘Killy’ Wilson – In Dey

All artistes are asked to attend a meeting at the CDC’s Conference Room on (Tuesday 27th June 2023) at 5:00 pm. A representative from the band is also asked to be in attendance.

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