Mikey - "Soca Junkie"

IN A SENSE, it was sheer audacity on his part. How dare he enter the 2004 Crop-Over Festival as a first-timer in the Party Monarch competition and create the explosion that he did, with the very first song he ever wrote.

But watching Mikey Mercer closely on stage and seeing his capacity to captivate and intoxicate soca masses, as he has been doing since, is to understand that his energy goes far beyond the physical.

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Intro Heading Required
They are the ones who keep the musical engine of the Crop-Over festival running from year to year. From biting social commentary to pure party tunes, our calypsonians and soca artistes know how to keep the festival fever going!

Red Plastic Bag/Stedson Wiltshire
AGE:47
EXPERIENCE: 27 years
TITLES: Pic O De Crop Monarch more...

Kid Site/David Piggott
AGE:44
EXPERIENCE: 26 years
TITLES: Pic O De Crop Monarch -  1991, more...

2009 Calypso Tents

This year they will be offering from the traditional calypso, kaiso and soca for the purist at heart to the modern day calypso fusions for the young at heart.

Each tent offers a unique atmosphere and experience...

• African Heritage
• Bacchanal Time
• Cave Shepherd All Stars
• Celebrity Tent
• Celebration Time
• D'Partee People
• De Big Show
• The Experience
• Headliners Tent
• High Power Gospel Network
• House Of Soca
• Stardust Kaiso Revue
• Stray Cats
• Super Gladiators
• Tornadoes
• Unity

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Getting Into The Action
Get behind the scenes of this season's bands and see what they have to offer from costumes and fetes to band houses and on security on the road on kadooment day.

	Baje International Debut: 1999 Size: 1200
	Betty West Debut:2004 Size: 1200
	Blue Box Cart Debut: 1994 Size: 1200
	Contact Debut: 1992 Size: 1050
	Jump Debut:2004 Size: 1200