Popular events promoter and producer Randy Glasgow is appealing to Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Randall Mitchell, as well as National Carnival Commission chairman Winston “Gypsy” Peters, to provide a platform to showcase young soca talent.
The plea came from Glasgow yesterday, one day after the NCC chairman confirmed that the International Soca Monarch, which had been a fixture among Carnival events and competitions for the past three decades, was in limbo due to a lack of funding for a second consecutive year.
Glasgow recalled how youth-tailored events allow for the spotlight to be placed on up-and-coming artistes, paving the way for them to ascend through the industry.
“When we now started in the promotion business, one of our first projects was a show called the Youth Fest and it helped discover people like Destra Garcia, Bunji, Maximus Dan and those from that era. What I’m seeing with the youths who borrowing a little money from their grannies to make a song, and there are no opportunities. It is frustrating and I want to make that appeal to the Minister and NCC. They have all the infrastructure and it doesn’t take much to host a soca competition for young people,” he said. Read More
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