{"id":156989,"date":"2022-08-01T08:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=156989"},"modified":"2022-08-01T08:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:17:22","slug":"claudette-peters-crowned-groovy-monarch-lyricsman-wins-jumpy-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/claudette-peters-crowned-groovy-monarch-lyricsman-wins-jumpy-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudette Peters crowned Groovy Monarch, Lyricsman wins Jumpy Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOOP: Antiguan artistes showed up and showed out on the Party Monarch stage on Saturday night much to the delight of the hundreds of patrons in attendance.<\/p>

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The island’s best Soca artistes competed in two categories, groovy and jumpy, which is known in other parts of the region as the power category.<\/p>\n

Each artiste had ten minutes to impress not only the judges but the mammoth crowd gathered at the Recreational Ground for the popular event.<\/p>

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Fans at last evening’s Soca Monarch Finals.<\/div>\n

It was a tough decision for the judges as each of the artistes put on a remarkable show.<\/p>

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Antiguan Soca queen, Claudette Peters, emerged victorious in the groovy category following her performance of \u201cStress Less\u201d.<\/p>\n

During her performance, she issued an appeal for traditional characters to be re-introduced to Antigua and Barbuda carnival.<\/p>

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\u201cWe definitely need to bring back the old mas into our carnival. We\u2019re losing it, we can not afford to lose it. I\u2019ve travelled all over the world and they must make sure you leave knowing what their culture is all about. Tonight I\u2019m telling the government of Antigua and Barbuda to put old mas back into our carnival.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soca veteran Tian Winter came in second with his rendition of “Baddest” while the 2019 Groovy Monarch, Menace XL, came in third Brave.<\/p>

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