I BELIEVE Guyana needs to make the changes of categories for the 2015 Carib Monarch Competition. The way I see it, “Still in the game” by Kwesi (Carib Soca Monarch 2014, Guyana) falls under the category of Groovy Soca, and “On the road” by Jumo is definitely for the Power Soca category; so I will not agree with anyone that Jumo was dethroned by Kwesi, because it was not a level playing field in terms of genre of music.

From where I was on Mash Day 2014, I never heard “Still in the game” played once, and it is customary that the winning song is usually played on Mash Day. Perhaps it was played along the journey to the National Park.

I do have both tunes/songs on my music system, and I like them both.

For the record, I do not know Mr. Jumo personally, but I briefly met him while he was passing by where I was on Mash Day, and I did manage to capture a “Kodak Moment shot” with him and others.

T.Pemberton