The Mighty Striker passed on last week, I had the pleasure of meeting Percy at NAPA in Trinidad during the Ministry of Arts & Multiculturalism production in 2010 called Celebrating our Calypso Monarchs through the years as part of the Marketing & Production Team. It was his last performance and a good one as well.
Percy Oblington, The Mighty Striker was the Calypso King of 1959, repeating the victory he had in 1958 for winning the title in 1959, he got as his prize $1000 and a silver trophy. In this year he sang, “Ban the Hula Hoop” and “Comparison”.
The song “Ban the Hula Hoop” was a request in song that the Hula Hoop which had become very popular among children was in fact promoting suggestivity.
It must be remembered that just about a year ago ‘the twist’an American style of dance was also very popular but Striker thought that the Hula Hoop with its rhythmic connotations went too far and was bad for the normal upbringing of children. Hence the Calypso!
Striker: Percy Oblington
Calypso crown 1958 with songs Don’t Blame the PNM and Can’t Find a Job to Suit me
In 1959 he won with Ban the Hoola Hoop
He was born on the 18th of April 1930, in Dabadie. He started writing and performing calypso in 1949 at 18 years old.
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- ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER/DISC JOCKEY: I am an events coordinator/Marketing Manager with 14 years experience in the planning and management of cultural events in Trinidad and Tobago and in Barbados. My most recent work included an attachment to your Ministry’s Division of Culture as an Assistant Research Officer for three months (Sept-November 2009). During this time, I worked with a team of cultural officers. I continued to work with this team of Cultural Officers as a freelancer working in Marketing, Planning and Advertising up until NAPA FEST 2010. I produced the annual Barbados Pan Festival for 9 years, 1999-2007, The Vintage Kaiso Series 1998-2002 and Caribbean Seven-A-Side Pan Competition for 2 years, 2005-2006. Projects worked on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 (CHOGM 2009), I programmed and managed 3 Pavilions and part of the sponsorship and marketing team. I was also part of this team of cultural officers in the Marketing, Planning and Advertising of the inaugural events staged at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) namely: • “Dance, Meh Lover” • NAPA Fest 2010
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