CITT Hosts 5th Calypso Adjudication Workshop

Port of Spain, Trinidad: January 12, 2015: Over the course of two days, earlier this month, the Carnival Institute of T&T (CITT) hosted its fifth annual adjudication workshop specially designed to improve the competence of the judges, and in so doing, improve the quality of the calypsos being submitted for competition.

In total 173 adjudicators attended the two days of workshop (80 on January 3, and 93 on January 4), and of that total figure, 20 were first-time judges. The participants hailed from diverse backgrounds, including police officers, university students, musicians, teachers, and the legal community. Many were past participants in Best Village Competitions, while others were homemakers, university lecturers, and mas producers. One very talented secondary school student also participated in the workshop.

Some of this year’s instructors were Michael Low Chew Tung (music), Rudolph Ottley, Carl Lambkin (adjudication), Nicolin Carol Moore (lyrics), Carl Henderson (melody), and Anthony Watkins (the adjudication process).

(Left to right): Michael "Ming" Low Chew Tung, Carl "Beaver" Henderson, Carol Moore, and Rudolph Ottley.

Carl “Beaver” Henderson, Melody Instructor at the 2015 NCC Carnival Institute Workshop

Questions from the Audience

The Participants