Marabella,
Trinidad & Tobago, WI - The
auditions are out of the way and the serious
business of the Talent Expression competition is
about to start. The ninth edition of this
prestigious event organised by the Southern
Marines Steelband Foundation and held at the
Southern Marines Pan Palais in Marabella, south
Trinidad has seen auditions for two weekends
ending Sunday 11th October 2009.
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List
of
Participants
in
Preliminaries
- Themba Jack
- Gregory Sherwood
- Roxann Singh/ Anthony Callender
- Rudolph Jack
- Kafi Smith
- Ferdinand Smith
- Jodi Awong
- Summer Lezama Assoon
- Chiffon Baird
- Emmanuel Guerra
- Derron Griffith/ Ferrone Rostant
- Tyeesha Alexander
- Runako Williams
- Marli Francis
- Kerlene Joseph
- Opal Murrel
- Marsha Cagan
- South Score
- Anthony Callender
- Joseph Lewis
- Deryck Hinds
- James Samuel
- Nigel O’Connor
- Joanne Julien
- Kisi Semper
- Roxann Singh
- Melissa Phillip
- Bernard Brereton
- Ato Cobham
- Whitney Moore
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Thirty contestants have been given the nod to
move on to the Preliminaries which take place on
Saturday 24th October at 7:00 pm at
the Pan Palais - including panists Opal Murrel,
Tyeesha Alexander and Ato Cobham, who each wish
to continue in the footsteps of other Talent
Expression-winning panists: Keisha Codrington,
Junior “Wiggy” Hinds and Richard Bereaux.
There is the usual mix of Talent Expression
veterans and fresh exciting talent who have not
yet participated in this event showcasing
dancers, monologists, vocalists and
instrumentalists. Those who were at the
auditions are raving about newcomers like
15-year old Emmanuel Guerra from San Juan who
has a mature, powerful voice that angels would
die for.
There is also a lot of excitement being
generated by 10-year old Ferdinand Smith out of
the Impulse camp, who, while a newcomer to
Talent Expression, is a rising soca star with a
growing fan base. Another participant drawing
attention is vocalist Kafi Smith, a second
generation member of the well-known Robinson
clan from the Siparia/Palo Seco/Santa Flora area
in south Trinidad.
But it is early days yet. Out of those
performing at the preliminaries, twenty will go
forward to the Semi Finals which take place on
Saturday 7th November and only twelve will perform at
the Grand Final on November 21st.
There are over TT $36,000 in prizes at stake, with
the winner of the Grand Final taking home TT $5,000
and all finalists qualifying for money prizes.
In addition to talented panists, other winners
of Southern Marines Steelband Foundation’s
Talent Expression over the years include La
Donna Rouse and Sammantha Flores (dancers) Mark
Eastman and Megan Walrond (calypsonians), and
Lucy Regis (monologist).
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Rae Samuel at 1 (868) 774-9110
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