However the reaction from the PNM-friendly fans didn't stop her from enjoying the show and walking through the crowd to meet artistes backstage, including calypsonian Super Blue (Austin Lyons) and the Hendrickson sisters.
She was in the company of Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Winston “Gypsy” Peters, Energy Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bissessar, Minister of Tobago Development Vernella Alleyne Toppin, Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs and ACP Fitzroy Frederick.
Thousands went to the show and stood in the open air to hear 40 calypsonians perform.
The first contestant - Sheldon Nugget - had a political tune in support of the government titled “Then We Shall Rise”.
Known PNM supporter and former calypso monarch Cro Cro (Weston Rawlins) had a calypso with racist undertones. His lyrics were an attack on persons of African descent who he said did not support former Prime Minister Patrick Manning in the last General Election.
There were other pro-PNM calypsoes as well, including one from Tamika Darius - dressed in PNM red shirt - called “Ungrateful” - which was on the same them as Cro Cro's, lambasting those who turned their backs on Manning.
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