The award-winning soca band, JMC 3Veni took the title of Best Crossover Chutney Soca Band‚ in New York on September 8.The band, led by the brilliant musician and producer Varendra Persad, took the title from four other aggregations. The New York-based Soca Music Awards is an annual event held at The Apollo Centre in New York City.Apart from 3Veni, the three bands nominated in the category included two bands from New York and three bands from T&T. From the Big Apple were Angels Band and Super Tones while Dil-e-Nadan, Karma and JMC 3Veni were from T&T.Persad said 3Veni vocalists Sarika Mahabir and Keisha Stewart both had a very productive C2K6 season with their No 1 hit soca tune Doi Festival.