The icon­ic Skin­ner Park, his­tor­i­cal home of the open­ing bout in the fight for the Ca­lyp­so monarch, was trans­formed in­to a sea of ca­lyp­so lovers, sweet kaiso and vibes yes­ter­day dur­ing the biggest ca­lyp­so event in San Fer­nan­do—Ca­lyp­so Fi­es­ta.

Armed with their cool­ers, chairs, um­brel­las, food, and drinks, thou­sands of pa­trons filled the field and the stands to see and sup­port the 40 con­tes­tants who are vy­ing for a spot in the fi­nals with hopes of de­thron­ing reign­ing Ca­lyp­so Monarch Machel Mon­tano.

An­noyed that the show start­ed al­most an hour late with per­for­mances from guest artistes, in­stead of the con­tes­tants, one woman waved toi­let pa­per to ex­press her dis­con­tent.