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  • The calypso's chorus line is 'Patrick Manning have to go' and it came complete with the cross-armed 'Villafana dance' (named after 81-year-old Percy Villafana who famously blocked Manning from entering his home) performed by Indian dancers.

    TrinidadExpress Today's News Kevin Baldeosingh 2010

  • She started as a backup vocalist, and while she took on the responsibilities of being All Star's manager and producer since 2008, she is still at the microphone for every performance, lending her voice to calypso's cause.

    NationNews - Barbados 2010

  • High Places, a duo of Mary Pearson and Rob Barber, filters calypso's warmth through a Vaseline-smeared lens, its double-dutch skipping beats dissolving into dream-sequence masses of looped voices.

    www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly 2009

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