De Admiral is always there or there about, and his 2008 tune ‘Play We Tune” (a call for the local Steel Bands to play local Calypsos for Panorama) brought him 3rd. place in the Groovy Soca competition that year and his 2010 Kaiso “They Love My People” took him to 3rd. place in the National Calypso competition, receiving much acclaim for the composition. De Admiral is now considered a veteran of the art form and a stalwart of The ABC London Calypso Tent, being one of the founder members of The Association of British Calypsonians in 1991.
Always ready to assist and promoting the art form, De Admiral became a much respected and dependable member of the cast. A true Carnivalist, he is a keen Tenor Pan exponent for Rhapsody Steel Band in Reading since 1982.and is a regular masquerader at the London Notting Hill Carnival. He was highly influential in the development of the Reading Community Carnival from 1985 to 2002, before forming his own AJ’s Calypso Tent in 2003. De Admiral is a member of ACUK-The ABC Executive Committee.