{"id":55078,"date":"2012-02-10T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=55078"},"modified":"2012-02-18T13:58:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T17:58:23","slug":"comforter-threatens-to-stop-calypso-finals-show-will-go-on-organizers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/culture\/carnival\/comforter-threatens-to-stop-calypso-finals-show-will-go-on-organizers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Comforter threatens to stop calypso finals; show will go on organizers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55079\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/comforter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55079\" title=\"comforter\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/comforter-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/comforter-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/comforter-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/comforter.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comforter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nothing\u2019s going to stop this year\u2019s calypso finals, the president of the Dominica Calypso Association Kelly \u201cGhost\u201d Williams has affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>He gave that assurance\u00a0 after disclosing that one of the semi-finalists, who failed to make this year\u2019s finals, has threatened through his lawyer to get the courts to stop the finals unless that calypsonian is allowed to compete in it.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u201cGhost\u201d, the calypsonian \u2013 Comforter &#8211; claims to have been reliably informed that he tied with another calypsonian\u00a0 \u2013 Sye, who made it to the finals while he, Comforter, was disenfranchised.<\/p>\n<p>The association president says there is no truth to that claim of a tie, and the show would go on as usual.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke about the matter at Thursday evening\u2019s Dominica Calypso \u201cKaiso\u201d Hall of Fame Induction, holding up what he said was a letter from Comforter\u2019s lawyer about the alleged mistreatment of Comforter, who has been one of the crowd favorites this season.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly \u201cGhost\u201d Williams said there was no basis for the Comforter claim, and his association couldn\u2019t take the threat of an injunction against the 2012 calypso finals seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nothing\u2019s going to stop this year\u2019s calypso finals, the president of the Dominica Calypso Association Kelly \u201cGhost\u201d Williams has affirmed. 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