{"id":1350,"date":"2010-01-08T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T21:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2012-02-18T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T18:05:19","slug":"veteran-songwriter-criticizes-calypso-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/entertainment\/veteran-songwriter-criticizes-calypso-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran songwriter criticizes calypso association"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1352\" style=\"width: 177px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pat-Aaron1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1352\" title=\"Pat Aaron\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pat-Aaron1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pat Aaron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Veteran songwriter Pat Aaron has taken a swipe at the Dominica Calypso Association.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron, who also heads the Show Down Mas Camp, told a press conference recently that the DCA is \u201csleeping\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey go to sleep on Ash Wednesday and it wakes up for the eliminations in the next year. They don\u2019t keep meetings, they don\u2019t plan ahead,\u201d Aaron charged.<\/p>\n<p>He said calypsonians should not be satisfied with these and other issues affecting them<\/p>\n<p>According to Aaron, the DCA has also failed to provide a proper backup band for the calypsonians, \u201cespecially during elimination\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a three-piece band and guys come on stage, they play their brass with their mouth and that cannot work. We should not be satisfied with that. There is no reason why the association cannot have a band so that the calypsonians can get the full essence of their songs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron said many great songs are sometimes lost at eliminations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor an organization that makes a lot of money, there is absolutely no reason why eliminations should be backed up by a three-piece band,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran songwriter Pat Aaron has taken a swipe at the Dominica Calypso Association. 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