And the Winner Is! Allan Clelland Goddard!


Allan Contest
Allan has been a very busy lad lately celebrating and participating in Carnival in his home country of Trinidad & Tabago.  Each year, since Allan was six years old, he has been inv olved with and performed in the Calypso Singing contests!Allan Clelland Goddard sings
This is something that we have not yet even begun to cover in detail for Allan and is most exciting!
Today Allan captured First Place singing his Calypso song written by his very talented mother Deborah.

Perhaps we should start at the beginning!

As you may or may not remember from our first introductory post, Allan was actually born in England, but has spent his entire life in Trinidad and his parents are Trinidadians.
Calypso music and Steelpan are native to Trinidad & Tobago and is very much a part of who Allan has become.

Carnival is celebrated every year in Trinidad & Tobago on the Monday & Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. In the weeks before the celebration there are many calypso competitions in which many people of different age groups participate. This year Allan’s calypso was written by his mum and is called ‘Pan in Meh DNA’ It is written like most calypsos in colloquial language but it is usually not too difficult to understand. The song is about his passion for the music of the Steelpan and how it forms a part of his life.

Allan has made a huge hit with the song in Trinidad & Tabago & it is being played on the local radio stations. He is also selling his cds in Trinidad & donating all the profits to the children of Haiti.

I have been so blessed to get to know Allan through his mother Deborah. I have also found a real joy in learning about the culture of these beautiful people.
It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer his winning song here for your listening pleasure.

Please be sure to leave a comment for Allan congratulating him and his Mother on their
Pictures courtesy of http://trinisoca.com/

Jordan Jansen working on new CD!

jordan cropLot’s has been taking place this past month for our regulars here at Rivenmaster’s Place.

Jordan Jansen sources reveal that Jordan is currently working on a CD that will be released very soon. The details are sketchy right now but check back soon for the inside scoop with more details.
I asked if they could disclose any of the tracks, and while I could not get all eleven of them, I am thrilled to be the first to announce that Hallelujah will be one of them!  Jordan’s Mom tells me it will be fantastic and that they are very excited about this new venture coming to fruition.
Keep your browsers bookmarked here to find out everything there is to know about this upcoming CD!

Here is Jordan’s latest video sung by request

“Justin Bieber’s One Time”


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