Rikki Jai chutney king for 4th time

Posted By: David
Date: Monday, 28 January 2002, at 2:15 a.m.

By Asha Javeed

FOR THE FOURTH time in five years, Rikki Jai has walked away with the du Maurier Chutney Soca Monarch title and a cash prize of $100,000.

Performing to a crowd of over 12,000, at Skinner Park, San Fernando, Jai was clearly the crowd favourite from the start of the show.

However, the crowd was disappointed at the end of the show when Jai was not allowed to perform one of his winning tunes because all music had to be stopped since the noise pollution licence had expired at 3 a.m.

His two songs, “She Leave Meh and Gone Away” and “Rock-a-by Baby,” were accompanied by dances and props that included bubbles, balloons and a hammock.

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