Yahandje Daniel (left) and Shontae Alleyne-Clarke are the winners of the 2022 Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition in the calypso and soca categories, respectively. (Pictures by Reco Moore)

Yahandje and Tae take junior monarch titles

Article by Sherrylyn Toppin & Akeel Lovell

Two young women walked away with the top prizes in this year’s Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition.

Yahandje Daniel and Shontae Alleyne-Clarke won the calypso and soca monarch titles, respectively, both earning $2 500 in cash and other prizes.

The competition, which returned to the Wildey Gymnasium after the break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, was held before an appreciative audience.

Daniel performed It Wasn’t Easy to get the nod ahead of another seasoned campaigner A@-lee-ah with Cry of The Children.

King K, whose War Zone was very well received by the audience, was third.

Performing under the moniker Tae, Alleyne-Clarke, wowed the audience with the Jason “Shaft” Bishop-penned Party Nice Again.

Trinity Clarke brought the Vybzz to take second place and Joshua Oxley (Joshox) was also a deserving third with Dip and Go Low. (SAT/AL)