Edwin back in Party Monarch

SOCA GENERAL Edwin has dusted off his battle armour and is back in the Party Monarch ring.The five-time Party Monarch winner, who had earlier indicated his intention to compete in the Pic-O-De-Crop competition for the first time since 1996, did not appear before those judges last Friday night at the Plantation Garden Theatre as expected.But for the Party Monarch contest he set the night off on a high note. He was the first performer on stage and the first to face the judges with the popular Chrissening.The triple-crown monarch, who created history in 1995 by making a clean sweep of all the titles, has not competed in the Party Monarch since 2006.Repeated efforts to reach Edwin yesterday on his decision to compete in the Party Monarch and not the Pic-O-De-Crop proved futile.