Soca Under The Samaan Tree X

Tobago's Radio Tambrin, the island's only radio station, is in the midst of celebrating its tenth anniversary. A full year of celebrations began on the June 8 2008 and activities included a church service, a supplement in the Express newspapers, a Santa Parade for Christmas, a Tobago Heritage Show, a Wake Up Tobago Caravan (the Wake Up Tobago Programme was broadcast from villages throughout Tobago), and an Elder's Day (in which the elders from various communities ran the radio station for the day, doing everything from announcements, to hosting programmes and DJ-ing).

This year, Tambrin's annual soca show, "Soca Under The Samaan Tree" continues with the theme of the number '10' and as fate would have it, the show will be held on the January 10, and will feature 10 Trinidadian and 10 Tobagonian artists. The Tobago line up is not a done deal. Tambrin is currently running a competition in which songs from the Tobago artists are played and the listening audience phones in and votes for the artists that they want to perform at the show. The final performers will be announced today.

The venue is of course under the large samaan tree at the Old Market Square, uptown Scarborough. The show is free and as usual draws a huge crowd every year and marks the official opening of the Carnival season in Tobago.

So far the comfirmed performers include: Patch, pelf, Blackie, Impulse, Blaxx, Trini Jacobs, Olatunji Yearwood, Euphonics Steel Orchestra and of course Tambrin DJs.