They start their Soca singers young in the Caribbean which is why everyone has a Soca song in them by Carnival.
Our friends in Saint Lucia are putting the finishing touches to the prep for Lucian Carnival from July 1-22.
And their secret to the best party is not waiting around for the next generation because they’re already here.
In kids like Mr Personality, and he sounds like me back in my schooldays.
Remember me
Azeil Philgence, from Dugard Combined School, sauntered off with the National Primary Schools Calypso Monarch title.
With his jumpin’ rendition of Remember Me.
Mr P saw off, although we reckon every one of the kids is a winner, 21 students.
At the National Primary Schools Calypso & Soca Competition at Mindoo Phillip Park.
While Soca Storm of Ave Maria Girls’ School claimed the National Primary Schools Soca Monarch title with the song Lash Up.
With the competition divided into Calypso and Soca categories.
Child’s play
Now music class looks a whole lot more fun than singing lessons.
In this cold island of Britain in which I was reared.
Although I’d hope that our kids’ musical education has moved on from tests on Bizet’s Toriador… sorry, Mrs Bowers.
It was revealing too to hear that our pals in the West Indies still embrace the tunes our ancestors took out to the Caribbean.
Which we heard for ourselves when a teacher led her tartan-clad kindergarten kids in Coulter’s Candy and the Skye Boat Song.
At the Barbados Celtic Festival.
Just the ticket
Now Lucian Carnival is the feast of family fun, fashion, food, rum and rumba that you would expect of a Caribbean tear-up.
It’s just that we thought we’d give the kids a shout-out because doesn’t Carnival make us all feel like big kids.
Helpfully too, we stumbled on a British Airways sale.
Now for Carnival with you going out for a week it’s from £615 from Britain.
And the sale seems to be August-November from. £509.
