JUDGING of this year's Pic-O-De-Crop and Party Monarch competitions got under way last night with House Of Soca, who went before the Party Monarch judges at Queen's College School.

Judging continues every night through July 18, when the semi-finalists will be announced. All judging starts at 8 p.m.

The lists of the Pic-O-De-Crop and Party Monarch judges are as follows:

Pic-O-De-Crop: Chief judge Jeff Shepherd

Pic-O-De-Crop: Preliminaries & Semi-Finals

Ryan Boyce

Julian Bowen

Victor Pilgrim

Antoine Williams

Carlyn Leacock

Stephen White

Gaye Gajadhar

Pic-O-De-Crop: Finals (7)

Mike Grosvenor

Joy Knight-Lynch

John Bryan

Hamil Antrobus

Ashton Chapman

Norton Brewster

Tony Grazette

Tabulator: Janelle Brathwaite

Auditors: PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Party Monarch: Chief judge Rasheed Boodhoo

Party Monarch: Preliminaries (5)

Stephen Harris

Derek Marshall

Andre Harrison

Jude Eastmond

Ronnie Morris

Party Monarch: Finals (5)

Leslie Lett

Adzil Stuart

Winston Welch

Jennifer Sealy

Gillian Cadogan

Tabulator:

Peggyann Jackman

Auditors: PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Arbiter: Woodbine Davis QC