In Defense of Calypso is a production in which we do two things primarily - in the first instance we stand in defense of the great artform and represent it as being rich and relevant. Secondly we treat the show/calypsoes as a thesis or dissertation. That is to say, in the same way a student produces work around a chosen theme and is called upon to defend the work, we choose a theme and present it to the public as if defending a thesis. Our theme for this the sixth edition of this calypso celebration, in response to the pandemic, is SURVIVAL: Remembering Resilience.