Caribbean Agency for Political Advancement (CAPA) is pleased to announce that Sandy is Back!

Though she has been a staple in the Calypso fraternity, popular Calypsonian Sandy Norde, who goes by the sobriquet Sandy, is making a comeback to competitive Calypso.

Known for her courageous exploits of the Calypso stage at a time when it was uncommon for women to do so, Sandy rocketed her way into the male-dominated Dominica Calypso Fraternity in 1997/98, and her reputation has unceasingly spanned the last three decades.

Sandy first stepped foot on the Calypso stage in 1995/96 as a harmony singer (Calypso Back-up vocalist), two years after capturing the Dominica Miss Wob Dwiyèt title. Sandy won best talent, best in wob and best spectacular wear at that competition.

Turning her attention to Calypso, Sandy continued her winning ways. She placed 3rd runner in the Dominica Calypso Monarch competition of 2000 and she took 1st place 2007 Calypso Monarch Finals. Sandy won the Mass Camp Monarch title in 2008.

With her timeless Calypsos: Respect Black Woman, Take Back, That’s Life, Respect Your Family, Colors, Take Back Control, I Come, Farmers Children, Agenda 21, Sandy reigns as a formidable Queen of Calypso.

Sandy helped to usher in a new era of Calypso, when the Dominica Calypso Association (DCA)

officially switched from naming its flagship event, the Dominica Calypso King, to the Dominica Calypso Monarch competition.

The highest ranked woman in the Calypso Monarch Finals was then declared Queen of Calypso, so by that token, Sandy is the first Queen among Monarchs as the first female to place in the Calypso Monarch Finals Competition. This is why Sandy is Queen Sandy.

Queen Sandy will release her 2026 song, Sue & Elleyne, on Friday, December 5, 2025. Queen

Sandy has registered with the DCA for the 2026 Calypso season, marking three decades of

involvement in Calypso (1996 – 2026).