Petrotrin Boodoosingh Tassa Drummers wins SRC’s competition

Reigning Tassa Taal champion, Petrotrin Boodoosingh Tassa Drummers of Santa Flora, took the first prize at the Siparia Regional Corporation’s (SRC) Tass-o-Rama competition last Sunday. Leader of the group, Suresh Kumar, who arranged the musical piece for the competition, was overwhelmed by the group’s second big win for this year. Petrotrin Boodoosingh Tassa Drummers collected two trophies: a challenge trophy and another to mark their winning at the corporation. Other winners of the competition included second place winners, Solo Tristar from San Juan and third place winners Eagle Boys Tassa Drummers of Point Fortin. Chairman of SRC, Samnarine Teelucksingh, complimented the tassa drummers for coming forward and displaying their talent at this competition. He announced that the SRC will be hosting the competition on an annual basis and will be encouraging new groups to register early. “Tassa drumming is enjoyed by people of all walks of life in this country and the Siparia Regional Corporation will be doing everything in its power to promote tassa,” he said. The tassa drums remained one of the most popular artforms in TT, he added.