OMG Digital Magazine OMG Issue 284 23rd November 2017 | Page 26

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He ventured into the competitive arena at the tender age of five years old and won the 2009 N . J . A . C ’ s Annual Emancipation Calypso Competition . In 2010 he won the T . U . C . O ’ s National Junior Calypso Monarch creating history as the youngest ever to win that prestigious title at only six years old .
His name is Aaron Duncan . Many avenues for the six-year-old champ and exposed him to the media and many celebrities . In 2011 , Aaron teamed up with Soca King Machel Montano to shoot a commercial for Sunshine Snacks under local advertisement agency , Corbin Communications which he was then known as the ‘ Mini Machel ’. Aaron continued to win several titles in the years to come . He captured the National Junior Calypso Monarch back to back in 2011 and 2012 making the record of three consecutive years , 2010 , 2011 and 2012 . In 2010 and 2012 , he was awarded one of The Top 20 Stars of Tomorrow for his Excellence and Outstanding achievements by the National Youth and Action Committee . The award was entitled , “ An Inspiration to our nation ’ s youth .” Along with the Junior Calypso Monarch competition , he also won the National Junior Soca Monarch in 2012 and he performed in Soca Monarch alongside Patrice Roberts and also did his own solo performance with his 2012 Soca , ‘ Carnival Ah Home .’ Every year Aaron travels , performs and represents Trinidad internationally in London , Toronto , New York , St . Lucia , St . Vincent and Barbados . He also performed for the USA President of State , Mr . Baden Powell and was also part of the ‘ Going for Gold ’ album alongside Machel Montano and was honoured in the City of Boston . In 2012 , he won The Express Youth of the Year .
In 2013 , his first attempt in the Chutney arena proved successful and won the National Junior Chutney Soca Monarch to add to his genre domination
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