Festival City, Montserrat – Chrystal Cummins-Beckles of Barbados reigned supreme over a group of talented female calypsonians to take the 2nd Euphony Vibes Regional Female Calypso title.
According to a press release from Moxee Marketing, the competition was one of the major events on Montserrat’s Festival 50 calendar which runs until January 1, 2013.
Cummins-Beckles performed two songs, which she wrote and arranged herself—“Fly on the Wall” and “Forgive de Caribbean”.
However, she was visibly shocked, the release said, when her name was called ahead of Montserrat’s former female calypso monarch Silvina “Khandie” Malone who placed second and Shereena “Shea Shea” Richardson of Anguilla who was third.
The other performers were last year’s winner, Minelle of St Lucia, Singing Althea of Antigua & Barbuda, and Shaunelle McKenzie of St Vincent & Grenadines.
The winner takes home EC$8,000 in cash and a round trip to London. The runner-up received EC$5,000 and two-nights at the West End Hotel Suites in Anguilla, the release said.
