Frank
Moore
By
Nicole St John
To Frank Moore, singing is a way of giving thanks. The
18-year-old young man will perform with Kaiso Showcase
for the first time this year, but Moore is no stranger
to the stage.
Out of Tabaquite, Moore has been singing for as long as
he can remember. At first glance he appears to be extremely
shy, but it is soon apparent that his passion for singing
outweighs his more reserved personality.
“On
stage I am a totally different person, my performances
are always very energetic,” he said. “Patrons
of Kaiso Showcase can definitely expect something great
from me.”
Moore has taken part in several competitions including
last year’s Emancipation Calypso Competition, at
which he placed fourth. He also performs at private gigs.
“At
gigs I perform with my own back-up singers, Dwaine Herbert
is my lead back up and the others are Josann Acosta, Lyndon
Browne and Shellie Knights,” Moore said.
“I
will be performing two tunes at the tent this season,
Proud to be African and Make a Joyful, Joyful Noise.”
The first tune, he said is geared at reawakening African
pride since in his opinion, African people are not proud
of their heritage and culture.
An Orisha by faith, Moore also believes that African people
are in need of African religion.
The second tune came to Moore after reading Psalm 100.
“I
had this melody in my head and I wanted the words to go
with it and when I read the psalm, the words just flowed.”
However since the song is not a gospelypso but rather
a calypso with a spiritual concept.
Moore also has an offering for competitions and says that
his tune Not my Billy is a sure winner.
“I
am entering as many competitions as possible and I am
confident I will make the grade.”
But whether or not he makes it to the Big Yard is not
as important to Moore as spreading his message; he says
he does not care about the crowd response.
However, crowds always react in a positive and encouraging
way, he said.
“I
have a message and I just want to take the message to
the people but so far I have been well-received.”
Moore’s compositions are arranged by Nigel Smith,
a teacher at Tabaquite Composite, the school Moore attended.
Moore sees singing as a full-time career and says he gets
all of his songs spiritually.
“I
just want to touch at least one person and I will be satisfied.”
