Carnival Monday is officially dead
By Paolo Kernahan, Trinidad Guardian
A hot dry wind blows through Port-of-Spain like the collective yawn of the cultural cognoscenti; Carnival begins on Monday if anyone cares. A rag tag bunch of stragglers assembles, seemingly begrudgingly, at mid-afternoon in “house clothes” to essentially continue what they had been doing for the past three months—feting. So now [...]
News Flash!!! McFarlane wins
Brian McFarlane has done it again.
The National Carnival Commission (NCC) announced today that the man who has followed in Peter Minshall’s footsteps in style and substance won the 2010 large band of the year with his magnificent creation “Resurrection”. In second place was Trini Revellers’ highly impressive “Festivals of the World” while Legacy’s “Massala” was [...]
Chalkdust chases history
Will Chalkie beat Sparrow’s record at the calypso competition tonight? The one tune wonder will certainly try.
After the, noisy mind-numbing Soca Monarch competition on Friday, traditional calypso will be centre stage at the Dimanche Gras show tonight at the Queen’s Park Savannah.
Defending calypso king Chalkdust, a veteran of 43 years, will attempt to break [...]
Silver Stars repeat
Two years in a row for the pioneer steelband as they push Phase Two into second place for the second year running.
PCS Silver Stars, the Cinderella men of pan, repeated last night successfully defending their national Panorama (large band) title with a scintillating performance.
The Tragarete Road band again backed Boogsie [...]
Mas’ in a picaroon society
Spontaneity and creativity have gone and Carnival today has become an organised, regulated festival aimed at pleasing the tourists and making a few enterprising businessmen wealthier.
Shiny beads and feathers and small bikinis will prevail on the streets of Port of Spain on Carnival Monday and Tuesday when Trinis play mas.
Having fun is [...]
Sorry,the fat lady doesn’t sing
The lady in a heavily padded body suit, had no trouble convincing the audience that Carnival costumes should contain more cloth. This was part of the action at the Carnival Comedy Picnic Fest, which took place at the Trinidad Country Club, Maraval, recently.
Carnival Comedy shows, which offer a mixture of stand-up comedy [...]
Crime hits Carnival
When Carnival was launched last month, there was a very small audience at Woodford Square. Many calypso tents are reporting dwindling crowds.
What is the impact of crime on this year’s carnival season?
This is the question many people are asking with the pan fraternity still somewhat in shock at the decision by WITCO [...]
Calypso Fiesta Saturday
Reigning calypso king Chalkdust
Calypso Fiesta , traditionally, one of the Carnival season’s major shows , will be held at Skinner Park on Saturday with some 35 calypsonians competing for a spot in the Dimanche Gras finals.
Father and daughter performers Llewellyn “Shortpants” McIntosh and Heather McIntosh will be in the fray joining oldstagers such as [...]
The Greatest Show gets going
The official launch began on the waterfront and there were no fireworks-just a damp squib.
“The Greatest Show On earth” has officially started. A large crowd turned out to an event touted as the “official launch” of Carnival 2010 on January 14 in the spanking new ampitheatre at the “International Waterfront” in [...]
Phase Two win Panorama semis
Phase Two Pan Groove stole a march on defending champions PCS Silver Stars amassing some 277 points while the Tragarete Road band were awarded 273 points by the judges when the National Panorama Semi-finals ended around 2. a.m. today-17 hours after the competition started at the Queen’s Park Savannah under sunny skies.
Phase Two, led [...]