Party Monarch Quarterfinals Run Off set for tonight
Just before the Jam Session tonight on Redcliffe Street, the INET Party Monarch Quarterfinal Run Off will take place.
The action will start at 7pm with 12 artistes vying for two spots in the semifinals.
On Wednesday, the artistes drew their performance spots. The line up in the Groovy category is Young Vice, Zamoni, Vicious, Sazzy Sazelle, Sammie C and Natural Rampler while in the Jumpy, its Johnny Come Lately, Blade, Kid Fresh, Ebony T, Buttaz and Naycha Kid.
Controversy hit after concerns were raised when two artistes advanced to the semifinals but did not compete in the official quarterfinal rounds that were just earlier this month at Jack Idle.
The two artistes had performed before hand due to a clash in their schedule where they were booked for other private events overseas but that did not sit well with the public or the other competing artistes.
It was on July 4, that the Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission (ABFC) met with the executive of the National Soca Fraternity to address these concernsand in a spirit of fairness and collaboration, the National Soca Fraternity proposed the resolution that the two affected competitors, along with the next five placing artistes (positions 16–20) in both the Groovy and Jumpy segments of the competition, participate in a live performance round judged by the same panel as the original quarterfinal event.
This recommendation was accepted by the Minister of Festivals Daryll Matthew and the Festivals Commission, with the full support of both parties.
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