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| | TriniView.com - Dimanche Gras |
 | | In 1949, although performing as guest artistes, Mighty Skipper, King Pharoah, Lord Invader and Sa Galba were the first calypsonians to sing at the Dimanche Gras show which, curiously enough, held its inaugural steelband competition that year, won by Invaders playing "Its Magic", which earned the Woodbrook band a silver cup and the $50 prize. |
 | | The Mighty Spoiler won the brass crown and the Blue Label cup at that first official calypso contest in Dimanche Gras, singing "The Royal Wedding", interestingly, a song that was five years old but timely, as it was also the year of Queen Elizabeth's coronation. |
 | | Spoiler took back his crown in 1955 with another old song "Picking Sense Out of Nonsense", this time receiving a silver cup and $50 prize but failed to defend in 1956 as he was on tour. |
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