<Tr> <Td> 2020 </Td> <Td> February 24 </Td> <Td> February 25 </Td> </Tr> <P> Today musical competitions make up a large part of formal Carnival; groups and win large amount of money . To be named Calypso Monarch is one of the country's greatest honours, the competition which is called Dimanche Gras is aired on television . Along with the honour comes an enormous trophy, a car, TT $2,000,000 (approx .) and possible endorsements and other contracts . Other prestigious titles are the King and Queen of the Bands; the International Soca Monarch (both Groovy and Power); the Carnival Road March; and Panorama (for steelpan). For the latter, the 2011 prize was TT $2 million . There are also other competitions that are involved in the Calypso Monarch . </P> <P> Traditionally, musicians use drums, claves, and the steelpan, created in Trinidad and reported to be the only non-electrical instrument invented in the 20th century, that has been hammered down in different areas to create a wide range of different notes . A group of performers practise weeks in advance on these pans to compete . </P> <P> Trinidad and Tobago is multicultural (Amerindian, European, African, Indian, Chinese and Middle Eastern), and all of its groups have contributed musical influences to the sounds of Carnival . These cultures have combined to create a music vastly different from that of Carnival in Spain, Venice, or New Orleans . </P>

Name four competitions that are held for carnival