Shas­tri Boodan

Mar­cus Mc­Don­ald is the new Ch­agua­nas Ca­lyp­so Mionarch. He won the ti­tle on Thurs­day night scor­ing 252 points and beat­ing a field of 21 fel­low artistes with the song To Be or Not To Be.

Mc­Don­ald sang in 14 po­si­tion. His song was about to be the best ca­lyp­son­ian as his ca­reer choice. In his ren­di­tion Mar­cus lament­ed that any­one can as­pire to­wards tra­di­tion­al jobs or even in­to the world of busi­ness and pol­i­tics.

He said it took a spe­cial kind of tal­ent to be­come among the best ca­lyp­so­ni­ans ever to leave an im­pact on fu­ture gen­er­a­tions.

Plac­ing sec­ond was N’Janela Dun­can Reg­is who scored 243 points with the Spir­it of Ca­lyp­so.

In third spot was Josi­ah Jor­dan who earned 233 points with his remdi­tion Down­load a Con­science.

A to­tal of 22 youths from both sec­ondary and pri­ma­ry schools took part in the com­pe­ti­tion on the big stage at Ram­saran Streey.

Some of the is­sues tack­led by the young­sters in­clud­ed mar­i­jua­na de­crim­i­nal­i­sa­tion, the ris­ing lev­el of crime, the in­flux of Venezue­lans in T&T and the over-run­ning of T&T cul­ture by Ja­maican Dance Hall and Reg­gae mu­sic.

The re­sults

1- Mar­cus Mc Don­ald-To be or Not to Be

2- N’Janela Dun­can Reg­is-Spir­it of Ca­lyp­sp

3- Josi­ah Jor­dan-Down­load Con­science

4- Aniyah Collins – Majesty

5- Zachary Ran­some-Sec­ond Lan­guage

6- Ker­ston Miller-Search In­side

7- Gabrielle Mc­Don­ald-The News To­day

8- Joshua Hinds-Luv up Meh Cul­ture

9- Caleb Hinds- Be the Change

10-Dar­i­on Mc­Don­ald- Go to School

11-Kurche Di­az-Be­hind Bars

12 Kay­don Hart-Sound Ad­vice

13-Tshawn Gomez-Re­spect your El­ders

14Mack­hay­don Charles-Your Broth­er’s Keep­er

15-Nao­mi Nel­son-We not Giv­ing Up

16 Danielle Mc­Dowall- Ed­u­ca­tion

17-Tres Vi­o­lets- Stop the Vi­o­lence

18Isi­ah Ali- No to Gan­ja

19Nahum In­dar- Crime Ca­lyp­so

20My­cala My­ers-Calap­sto­ry 2020

21Jay­den Cross-When will it end

22Kendra Phillips – How much must be slain