Ke­jan Haynes

Bar­ba­dos' Crop Over will not fea­ture a So­ca Monarch Com­pe­ti­tion this year.

The an­nounce­ment was made by CEO of the Na­tion­al Cul­tur­al Foun­da­tion Car­ol Roberts-Reifer. In her an­nounce­ment she said the de­ci­sion was tak­en be­cause the com­pe­ti­tion didn't ben­e­fit the artistes in "pur­su­ing a sus­tain­able liveli­hood."

"So, we have agreed that we will mount a joint cam­paign and project to as­sist artistes and pro­duc­ers with the pro­duc­tion of so­ca tunes that can hold their own in any mar­ket," Roberts-Reifer said.

In­stead there will be a con­cert on Au­gust 6.

Trinidad and To­ba­go al­so dropped its So­ca Monarch com­pe­ti­tion for Car­ni­val 2023, but that was due to fund­ing is­sues.