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Machel’s ‘MOR’ wins Road March title

Machel Montano’s “Ministry Of The Road” was a runaway winner of this year’s Road March title.

The song that saw him retain his Power Soca Monarch crown was played a total of 374 times at the various judging points on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

Minister of Road Machel Montano ought to be the happiest man alive. He’s now won six Road March titles. Montano had a great season this year, winning the Power Soca Monarch title with “Ministry of Road” (MOR). He took second place in the Groo­vy Soca Monarch competition with “Happiest Man Alive”, and another of his 2014 hits was titled “Epic”.

A distant second was “Big People Party” by Farmer Nappy (Darryl Henry). This was played 59 times.

Rounding out the top three with 39 was Benjai’s (Rodney Le Blanc) “Come Out To Play.”