Soca Ablaze Round One

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Friday June 29th, 2018 from 6pm, the National Cultural Center Grounds will be ablaze, as one of the signature sounds of Carnival, Soca music, takes center stage in the first leg of the Groovy and Power Soca Monarch Competitions.

Over sixty national soca artistes, have registered to secure one of the coveted spots in the preliminary round, split evenly between Groovy and Power Soca. The response to registration is a clear indication of how magnetic this genre is to the masses, notes Thomas Leonce CEO of Events Saint Lucia. He adds, “This artform, with its roots in Carnival, has evolved over the years becoming one of the most viable of genres not just during the carnival season, but year-round. Carnival acts as the platform for the launch of new soca music in preparation for an international stage, and ECSL is thrilled to facilitate this process as the producer for these major events.

The Soca preliminaries will be staged at the National Cultural Center Grounds on Friday June 29 and is free to the public. Gates will open at 5pm with show time scheduled for 6pm. The designated parking for patrons is the NIC Car Park at Barnard Hill.

The following are the list of qualifiers for Soca Preliminaries:

Groovy Soca:

Ambi

Bacchanal Freedom

Antonio

Fantacy

Umpa

Drop Dat

Cooyah Fyah

Rev Up

Ezra d’Fun Machine

Money Dance

Garner

OMG Great- Oh My Gosh Great

Subance

Higher Level

Kaydene

Year of the Progress

Crown

Don’t Spoil My day

Private 6

Issa Meal

Kisha

Vaval

Imran Nerdy & Saveion

Baddie

Mac 11

Ready for Carnival

G-Punga

Soca Pumping

Versi-style ft Spragga

Push Back Pon the Fender

Mantius

I love your wine

Mongstar

Style Like Dat

Mighty

Inevitable

Mysterio

Fetting Life

Sedale

Stick on You

Sergie

Saucy

Flawless

Taking Over

Rashie

Pressure up

Shemmy j

Dem Gyal

Yung Vic & Multi

Alcoholic (Drinkers Anthem)


Power Soca:

Ambi

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Cataract

 

Daddy Yardie

Dad dow (Belly wine)

Twaka

Mr. Prickle

Nassis ft Krome

Bend down for the hmmm

Ti Carro & Hyper

Your Wish

Ezra D’Fun Machine

X

Platinum George & Mr. x

Jab Cry

Imran Nerdy

Work Somebody

Paulie & OZ

No behavior

Jiggy

Solid Waste Management

Soca Psycho

Pitch Fork

Bronxx

Not Going Home

Kisha

The People Man (TPM)

Mac 11

Doh Stick

Da Great White

Mess/Trouble

Mata &  Miigos

Upsetters

Mantius

Get Wild

Mongstar

Exotic Wine

Qpid

Who’s Di Boss

Kiki

Not on My Man

Subance & Mighty

Two Clap

Isla Man

Power Soca

Sedale

Balanmin

Sergie

Bacchanal Queen

Esteban

Twerk it

The qualifiers from the preliminaries (nine each for Groovy Soca and Power Soca) are expected to join the reigning monarchs on Sunday July 15 at The Sab in Vigie to compete for the coveted title of Groovy Soca Monarch and Power Soca Monarch 2018.

In 2017, the titles of Groovy Soca Monarch and Power Soca Monarch were captured by Arthur and Ricky T respectively.

Sponsors for Saint Lucia Carnival include Flow, Platinum Sponsor for the Soleil Saint Lucia Summer Festival, Caribbean Airlines, Bounty Rum and Piton Beer. Media sponsors include The Wave, HTS/Helen 100, Vybe Radio, , DBS, RCI and MBC.

Saint Lucia Carnival is produced in collaboration with the Cultural Development Foundation (CDF)

 

Full details about Soleil – the Summer of Festivals can be found at soleilsaintlucia.com.

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