{"id":21452,"date":"2018-11-03T07:38:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T11:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=21452"},"modified":"2018-11-03T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T11:38:34","slug":"trinidad-loses-another-calypso-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trinidad-loses-another-calypso-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinidad loses another calypso giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-599307206\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3683553026\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>(Trinidad Guardian)<\/strong>\u00a0Just three days af\u00adter the ca\u00adlyp\u00adso fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adty said farewell to the Mighty Shad\u00adow, De Orig\u00adi\u00adnal De Fos\u00adto Him\u00adself (Win\u00adston Scar\u00adbor\u00adough) died of a suspected heart at\u00adtack on Thursday morn\u00ading.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3350907290\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>De Fos\u00adto, who suf\u00adfered from heart prob\u00adlems, was dis\u00adcov\u00adered at his Mor\u00advant res\u00adi\u00addence by his son Gabriel, who al\u00adso re\u00adsides with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, in shock and too dis\u00adtraught to say much, Gabriel said: \u201cI was dad\u00addy\u2019s boy. I lived with him in Mor\u00advant and this thing is a re\u00adal shock as dad\u00addy hasn\u2019t been sick. Last night (Thurs\u00adday), he com\u00adplained of not feel\u00ading well and this morn\u00ading I al\u00adready had on my work clothes when he died. I still have on my clothes for work.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4215241628\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-355001203\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDad\u00addy and I were very close, like how a fa\u00adther and son are sup\u00adposed to be. He used to ask me my opin\u00adion on the ca\u00adlyp\u00adsoes he would com\u00adpose. This Fri\u00adday re\u00adal\u00adly isn\u2019t go\u00ading good for me.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-1162915224\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>De Fos\u00adto, 64, al\u00adso had an old\u00ader son, Mar\u00advin, who re\u00adsides in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Na\u00adtion\u00adal Car\u00adni\u00adval Com\u00admis\u00adsion (NCC) Win\u00adston \u201cGyp\u00adsy\u201d Pe\u00adters was one of the first cul\u00adtur\u00adal of\u00adfi\u00adcials to ex\u00adpress sad\u00adness at De Fos\u00adto\u2019s pass\u00ading.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1454258056\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am in shock; ut\u00adter shock. I haven\u2019t even got\u00adten over Shad\u00adow as yet, and now Win\u00adston gone too,\u201d Pe\u00adters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI spoke to Win\u00adston up to last night (Thurs\u00adday), for more than an hour. He told me that he was feel\u00ading good. I asked him to write some mu\u00adsic for me. He told me he would do so next week as he was go\u00ading by Ibo Joseph this morn\u00ading (yes\u00adter\u00adday). So you could imag\u00adine the shock that I was in this morn\u00ading when they told me they found De Fos\u00adto dead in bed.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-2775283964\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: \u201cDe Fos\u00adto and I had a very close re\u00adla\u00adtion\u00adship and we have been friends for years, al\u00adthough he sang a cou\u00adple songs mak\u00ading pi\u00adcong of me. But that is how ca\u00adlyp\u00adso is sup\u00adposed to be. In fact, I was the one who gave him mon\u00adey for some of his med\u00adical bills.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2630152106\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adty is that much poor\u00ader again. We used to joke about the name Win\u00adston be\u00ading the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar name in the fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adty and we have now lost two in quick suc\u00adces\u00adsion. I am think\u00ading of chang\u00ading my name to James.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Fos\u00adto has been one of the head\u00adline acts at Tu\u00adco\u2019s Kaiso Kar\u00ada\u00advan ca\u00adlyp\u00adso tent at La Joya, St Joseph, for the past sev\u00ader\u00adal years. The tent\u2019s of\u00adfice ad\u00admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor, Cur\u00adtis \u201cDirty Cur\u00adty\u201d Conyette, who is al\u00adso the Trin\u00adba\u00adgo Uni\u00adfied Ca\u00adlyp\u00adso\u00adni\u00adans\u2019 Or\u00adgan\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion\u2019s East Zone trea\u00adsur\u00ader, said: \u201cDe Fos\u00adto was one of the stal\u00adwarts in our tent, hav\u00ading joined us many years ago, with peo\u00adple like Singing Francine and John\u00adny King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDe Fos\u00adto was one of a kind and maybe be\u00adcause he was a prod\u00aduct of the or\u00adphan\u00adage, was a kind hu\u00adman be\u00ading. He was will\u00ading to help any ca\u00adlyp\u00adson\u00adian and I have seen him com\u00adpose a ca\u00adlyp\u00adso for an\u00adoth\u00ader ca\u00adlyp\u00adson\u00adian who even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly beat him in a com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDe Fos\u00adto epit\u00ado\u00admised the nin\u00adja war\u00adrior that he was and re\u00adal\u00adly loved ca\u00adlyp\u00adso and all ca\u00adlyp\u00adso\u00adni\u00adans. When I first met him in 1993, be\u00adcause of his dance moves and spins, I used to call him \u2018the Whirling Der\u00advich.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An\u00adoth\u00ader Kaiso Kar\u00ada\u00advan vet\u00ader\u00adan, John\u00adny King, said: \u201cDe Fos\u00adto was one of the most pro\u00adlif\u00adic ca\u00adlyp\u00adso writ\u00aders there was. He was ex\u00adtreme\u00adly pa\u00adtri\u00adot\u00adic in his com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe shared the view of Shad\u00adow that peo\u00adple didn\u2019t treat ca\u00adlyp\u00adso\u00adni\u00adans and the art form with re\u00adspect or fair\u00adly. In the tent, De Fos\u00adto was al\u00adways an ami\u00adable, laid-back and re\u00adspectable artiste. Of late, I found that he was in\u00adter\u00adnal\u00adis\u00ading the treat\u00adment he has re\u00adceived over the years by the pub\u00adlic, the me\u00addia and cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Trinidad. He re\u00adal\u00adly took that to heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cWhen I got the news this morn\u00ading of his pass\u00ading it re\u00adal\u00adly rocked me hard. On Tues\u00adday at Shad\u00adow\u2019s fu\u00adner\u00adal he was look\u00ading very good, so I fig\u00adured he was on a rise from the things that had been wor\u00adry\u00ading him for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabriel said the fam\u00adi\u00adly is still com\u00ading to terms with De Fos\u00adto\u2019s sud\u00adden pass\u00ading and fu\u00adner\u00adal arrange\u00adments will be made and pub\u00adli\u00adcised short\u00adly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-217164560\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Trinidad Guardian)\u00a0Just three days af\u00adter the ca\u00adlyp\u00adso fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adty said farewell to the Mighty Shad\u00adow, De Orig\u00adi\u00adnal De Fos\u00adto Him\u00adself (Win\u00adston Scar\u00adbor\u00adough) died of a suspected heart at\u00adtack on Thursday morn\u00ading. De Fos\u00adto, who suf\u00adfered from heart prob\u00adlems, was dis\u00adcov\u00adered at his Mor\u00advant res\u00adi\u00addence by his son Gabriel, who al\u00adso re\u00adsides with him. 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