SOCA AWARDS ORGANIZATION, INC.

“Taking Soca to Higher Heights”

 

Life without Soca may just be a dull, monotonous existence, with limitations on how one should party, and enjoy the pleasures of life.  With every rhythm of the percussions sends a movement straight to the hips.  It intoxicates the mind and soul in a primal and cultural level that only few could truly understand.  Only those on that special wavelength could comprehend the greatness of Soca and Calypso.  For those involved in the Soca Awards Organization, the esteemed staff of the SAO, a profound love drives the team into an unwavering determination to see such a universally known yet fairly unpopular genre become a household name. 

 

Founded in 2003 by a Trinidad and Tobago native, entrepreneur Mr. Colin ‘CJ’ Jackman, the Soca Awards Organization was created to bring recognition to the Soca and Calypso genre.  Mr. Jackman migrated in the 80's to the U.S. and made his debut on the Soca stage in 1989 with the hit "Poison in the Party". In 2001 & 2002 he was the first runner-up in The Young Kings of Calypso Monarch competition in Trinidad. In 2003 his positive tune "When Ah Mother Cry" took him to higher heights in winning the Arima Calypso Monarch competition. In 2006 he was awarded the U & I Award in New York City by Ms. Monica Sanchez, CEO of CCNMGI & CIP Org., for his key leadership role towards the upliftment and improvement of Caribbean Culture and Soca music, which was presented to him by actor & humanitarian Danny Glover. The SAO has toiled especially for one particular award show among the various community efforts – the International Soca Awards (iSA).  In 2003, Mr. Jackman staged the first SOCA AWARDS Red Carpet ceremony at The Soca Arena in Brooklyn, NY. In 2004 the Awards ceremony was held at the Eden Place in Brooklyn, NY. The 3^rd iSA was stage in the Mecca of Soca & Calypso Trinidad & Tobago in 2005. The Minister of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs Honorable Mrs. Joan Yuille–Williams, and Minister of Tourism, Honorable Mr. Howard Chin–Lee was very instrumental in its development. 2006 the awards was held at Club Tobago Queens NY.  In 2007 history unfold in Queens NY; the exclusive RumJungle night club was transformed into a white carpet affair iSA. In 2008 the International Soca Awards Green Carpet affair was held in beautiful island of St. Kitts at the Marriott Hotel under the kind patronage of the Honorable Minister of State for Tourism, Sport and Culture, Senator Richard Skerritt. 2009 awards show was canceled in Turks and Caicos. In 2006, the awards ceremony was registered and trademarked as the International Soca Awards (iSA) showing the world that Mr. Jackman is committed to taking his craft to an international platform. 

 

The International Soca Awards includes all artists that are actively producing hits from, but not limited to, any Caribbean island.  It welcomes the entertainer who has continuously worked to come out on top, or one that just has made a difference by content, imagination, and in particular, advancement in the craft.  Such honors were bestowed to Calypso & Soca greats such as Mighty Sparrow, Arrow, Calypso Rose and Lord Nelson. 

 

The SAO has a team of motivated individuals that make up a unit of skilled and qualified lovers of the genre. Mr. Jackman and his team have proclaimed to the world that their love for Soca and Calypso is unwavering and that they will continuously work towards dream of taking Soca to “Higher Heights.”

 

 

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