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Sugar Aloes & Baron - 100 years of Calypso Tents - Event Performance

REVIEW: 100 YEARS OF THE CALYPSO TENT, VIRTUAL CONCERT

/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 */.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))} CALYPSO HISTORY LIVE CONCERT + REVIEW February 13, 2021 | 7:00 pm Queen's Hall, Port of Spain (Trinidad) Length: 2:20 hours I stumbled over an incredible piece of history, that I would like to share with you today together with my review of the concert performances and settings. It is a virtual concert, well-recorded and put together, recorded at Queens Hall in Port of Spain. The event celebrates the history of calypso and the first commercial calypso tent in Trinidad and Tobago, which opened its doors in 1921 initiated by Chieftain Douglas. In the article about calypso music of the virtual music archive TT Music Library, you can read in detail, why these tents are important for the music genre to this day. You can watch the complete concert here: HISTORY OF CALYPSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgVgkeqx9M The concert is a collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism Culture & the Arts and the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Oganization...