Georgetown: With new artistes expressing their interest, about 13 entries have been registered for the Mashramani 2015 Road March competition.
To compete, an entry must be an original Guyanese composition in any style, suited for the competition, and must have never been submitted in a competition before. A recording of the complete song must be submitted with the registration form and the song most played on Mash Day will be declared the winner of the Road March competition.
According to Lennox Canterbury, Coordinator of the Mash Secretariat, the registration deadline for this competition was January 30, 2015, but because of persons expressing their interest to enter the competition, registration has remained open to accommodate late entries.
“Presently we have approximately 13 registered entries and are hoping to have a few more,” he said. He explained that the winner of this competition will be based on the song entry that is most frequently played on Mash Day during the annual costume parade.
Speaking with the newly-crowned Soca Monarch, Jumo Primo explained that it is not unusual for his songs to be entered in the Road March competition but this year he is actually working tirelessly to make sure that his song ‘Unruly’ is crowned winner. “I don’t normally push for it but this year is different, I really want this for myself,” he said during a telephone conversation.
Melissa ‘Vanilla’ Roberts copped the Road March Queen title last year in the Mashramani Parade with her song ‘Yada Yada’. This is the fourth time she has won the prize after 2007 with ‘Queen of the Band’, 2008 with ‘High’ and 2010 with ‘Rude’.
Kross Kolor Records is no stranger to the Road March competition. Over the past 14 years, the company has contributed to the success of Mashramani, especially in the area of music and the participation of its artistes in the various competitions during Mashramani.
Kross Kolor participation for Mash this year will be no different as their team comprises Jumo Primo, two-time Carib Soca Monarch and reigning Banks Groovy Monarch. Primo is expected to bring his ‘A’ game to the Road March competition with the song “Unruly”; Melissa “Vanilla” Roberts, the reigning Road March Queen and four-time winner of this competition, will also be gunning to retain her Road March title with her song “Massive”.
Some of the artistes who will be entertaining patrons on Mash Day are Onassis Croker, Ernesta Nelson, John and Ingrid Paul, Jory Hector, EGO, Praggsman, Aubrey Mitchell, Kemmyanna Garnet, Adrian Dutchin and Afolabi Peters.
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