Six­teen ju­nior Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans, in­clud­ing reign­ing monarch Nata­ki Thomp­son, will be pro­ceed­ing to the fi­nal round of the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) Ju­nior Ca­lyp­so Monarch on Feb­ru­ary 25, af­ter they re­ceived the ap­proval of judges dur­ing yes­ter­day’s semi­fi­nal event.

The young artistes gath­ered at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah to put their cre­ativ­i­ty and lyri­cism to the test as they per­formed a va­ri­ety of top­ics from their fu­ture as­pi­ra­tions to hu­mor­ous child­hood ex­pe­ri­ences and even sharp cri­tiques on cur­rent af­fairs and the adults around them as the com­pe­ti­tion con­tin­ued.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia at the event, spe­cial ad­vis­er to the com­pe­ti­tion Tho­ra Best said she was pleased with the qual­i­ty of ca­lyp­soes and pre­sen­ta­tions.