Soca twist

SOME OF THE SWEET SOCA SEMI-FINALISTS and their representatives when they emerged from the meeting with NCF officials. (Lennox Devonish)

By Natanga Smith Hurdle | Sun, June 24, 2012 - 12:11 AM

The SWEET Crop Over FEELING turned somewhat sour yesterday.

So tense was it at the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) West Terrace headquarters yesterday afternoon that some calypsonians threatened the media, one even grabbing a photographer’s camera; and the NCF barred the media from an alleged draw for positions in the Sweet Soca semi-finals.

It all started in the morning with Edwin Yearwood, a last-minute inclusion in the competition, “declining the offer” to compete. Edwin had been put into the competition last Thursday after the semi-finals 16 and reserve Malika had been named on Wednesday.

In a letter to the media from Holland, he said: “While I view this as a great opportunity, I had to sit and think some more; and to my mind the way it unfolded is not in the best interest of the NCF or the credibility of the competition . . . .”

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Posted by nikki brown 11 months ago: Please! Such disgusting behaviour from some of the same people who will be begging for media attention shortly and complaining about the lack of it. Get a grip, you people are not super stars and the Barbados media is not the paparazzi.

Be gracious, because you and the media are in a symbiotic relationship, remember do not bite the hand that feeds you.

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Posted by Jennifer Devonish 11 months ago: Why was Edwin included in the semi finals Thursday AFTER the list was already published or broadcasted on Wednesday? Were the ones selected of such poor lyrical quality that they had to include him, and to be made to look like the back end of a donkey when he decline murda , more of them putting the donkey before the cart.

The Media even in Barbados sometimes show little or no respect for other people feelings, they don't know when, how or where,so i am not surprise that they made someone angry, be as that may violence is not acceptable at all, I hope the person man up and apologies to the offended party or parties.

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Posted by Andy Lovell 11 months ago: Well said Nikki.

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Posted by Bim Bum 11 months ago: "Be gracious"?? Bajans? -gracious?
You me laugh girl!!

We too busy wid dog-eat-dog!
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-the root cause being our extreme overpopulation
but I never said that, OK?

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Posted by Bim Bum 11 months ago: PLEASE go to YouTube
and submit the phrase "Ecky Becky & Brett"
to YouTube's Search engine
and click on the link named
Put Ya Hands in De Air.

It is a spoof on (among other aspects of Barbadiana)
the pathetic state of Bajan Soca
and our having to revert to crudity, rags & flags and "wukkin-up"
as the sole basis for any creativity in local compositions, if I may call it that.

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