"I just wish every­one around me can ex­pe­ri­ence this joy that I have," the words of a vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian of 30 years known for her big hits like Woman is Boss and Nah Leav­ing, a for­mer chron­ic smok­er, drinker, gam­bler and limer.

Denyse Plum­mer has left the life she once led and has made a de­ci­sion to serve God with her singing. Her new songs are now praise and wor­ship in gospe­lyp­so and so­ca rhythms.

Al­so cross­ing the ca­lyp­so monarch stage in­to the Gospel are­na are names such as Chris "Tam­bu" Her­bert, De­lamo (Franz Lam­bkin) and Lu­ta (Morel Pe­ters). Fol­low­ing his en­counter with Christ, Tam­bu who won Road March King ti­tles in 1988, 1989 and 1990 says he is sold out to the Lord and is singing for Him on­ly. For­mer 1994 ca­lyp­so monarch ti­tle hold­ers De­lamo and Lu­ta have both been heav­i­ly in­volved in singing anoint­ed ca­lyp­soes.

They may not be on the ca­lyp­so monarch stage again, but Denyse Plum­mer, Lu­ta, Tam­bu and De­lamo will all take to the stage of Faith Cen­tre Min­istries as Mon­archs Sing to the King, a cel­e­bra­tion of T&T in a cul­tur­al fu­sion of song, dance and mu­sic.

A re­lease from the or­gan­is­ers said Mon­archs Sing to the King 2015 is a sig­na­ture event to cel­e­brate God that will in­cor­po­rate T&T's in­dige­nous sounds–ca­lyp­so, tas­sa, chut­ney.

Mon­archs Sing to the King takes place to­mor­row, Re­pub­lic Day at Faith Cen­tre, cor­ner Keate and Prince of Wales Street, San Fer­nan­do.

Tick­ets for the event are $100 for two peo­ple, and they can be pur­chased by call­ing 657-0649.