No Competition for ‘Palance’

Posted: 21st Feb 2010

The official Road March 2010 title has gone to ‘Palance’ by JW and Blaze at this year Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. The National Carnival Commission (NCC) official said there was no need to tally the score. Downtown Port-of-Spain was in the hands of the Palance dance, but this did not stop the revellers from Palancing in the high street, San Fernando and beyond. It seems as though ‘Palance’ had everyone leaning from side to side whenever it was played.

‘Palance’ is a word used by Trinidadians to reflect a sense of enjoyment, fun, partying, and any other sort of liming.

‘Palance’ has by far beaten its closest contenders by an outstanding ten-to-one ratio, which was played a mighty 417 times. Fay-Ann-Lyons ‘True Lies’ was the second most played song but it was only played 40 times. Machel Montano’s ‘No Behaviour’ came in third with a paltry 11 plays over the two-day parade.

Written By: Nadia Auckburally