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NCBA plans South semis

Published on December 26, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

By Sean Nero

Kings and Queens competing in next year’s Carnival are up-in-arms over a proposal by the National Carnival Band’s Association (NCBA) to take the semifinal round of the contest to Skinner Park in San Fernando.

The contestants are today describing the NCBA’s intent to relocate the competition as an effort to make things “worse” than what they experienced at this year’s competition held at the Jean Pierre Complex, Port-of-Spain, when the Queen’s Park Savannah was no longer available.
Full Article : guardian.co.tt

Culture Minister, NCC boss duck questions

Published on December 20, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

By Joan Rampersad
Thursday, December 20 2007

Faced with a wave of questions from the media on the chaos and bacchanal surrounding Carnival 2008, both Culture Minister Marlene Mc Donald and National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Keston Nancoo beat a hasty retreat from the La Boucan Room of the Hilton where next year’s Carnival was officially launched.

The two presided over an elaborate two-hour launch of the Reign of the Merry Monarch replete with speeches and presentations from a range of culture personalities. However, both Mc Donald and Nancoo steered well clear of several controversies surrounding Carnival 2008.
Full Article : newsday.co.tt

Dimanche Gras ’08 in Savannah

Published on December 15, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

Anna Ramdass aramdass
Friday, December 14th 2007

Prime Minister Patrick Manning did not stop construction of Carnival 2008 facilities at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Culture Minister Marlene McDonald said yesterday.

She was responding to questions after she announced that Carnival 2008 will officially be launched on December 19.
Full Article : trinidadexpress.com

Viva Las Vegas wins at NCC Junior Awards

Published on April 22, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

By ANGELA PIDDUCK
Sunday, April 22 2007

When The National Carnival Bands Association hosted its Junior Carnival Awards last Wednesday evening at Queen’s Hall, the mini-band Viva Las Vegas, produced by three sisters, calling themselves “Spoilt Rotten Kids,” walked away with prizes in every category in which their masqueraders had been entered.

The “Kids” have always been in winners’ row but in this their seventh year, designer Terry Ann Williams, who got the Mini Band Designer of the Year trophy, struck it right with her blend of rich colours which brought out all the excitement of the popular Las Vegas vacation spot, located in the Nevada desert.
Full Article : newsday.co.tt

Jumbie rules the road

Published on February 22, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

Machel Montano and Kernel Roberts on Carnival Tuesday 2007 in pictures
Machel Montano (centre) and Kernel Roberts (left) on Carnival Tuesday

Machel, Kernel do it again
Jumbie rules the road
THE dynamic soca duo of Machel Montano and Kernel Roberts has done it again, taking yet another Road March title with an historic thrashing of their opponents…

Cops boast of clean Carnival

Poor turnout at Maracas cooldown
The Blimp put in an appearance during cooldown celebrations at Maracas Beach yesterday…

Clean sweep for MacFarlane

MacFarlane sweeps large Carnival band titles

Tuco to review rules for Calypso Monarch

PNM: Carnival 2007 the best

Mischief, says TUCO chief
Singers call for Cro Cro’s crown
Legerton, however, said Aloes and Skatie must bring evidence of Cro Cro’s wrong doing before TUCO can respond.

He said TUCO’s rules do not bar a competitor from performing old material in a competition, once the song has never been entered in competition before or sung at a tent.

“There is no problem with singing an old song if you never did it before in competition. A man can bring out a song now and sing it next year’s competition,” he concluded.

Biggie Irie faces copyright backlash

Carnival Monday in pictures

Published on February 20, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

Carnival Monday in pictures
Carnival Monday in pictures

Monday Evening Mas in pictures

Jouvert 2007 – Pt II in pictures

Jouvert 2007 in pictures

Cro Cro ‘knows’ how to win
…Eustace takes 8th King title

Cro Cro monarch win in ‘dispute’
Minutes after being crowned the 2007 Calypso Monarch yesterday, Cro Cro (Weston Rawlins) found himself embroiled in confusion and controversy…

Jouvert rebounds after slow start

Jumbie’ jumps ahead
Machel Montano’s “Jumbie” led the race yesterday for the National Road March title.

Today is testing time, say bandleaders
Today will be the true test of the Carnival experience minus the Grand Stand stage on Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, declare bandleaders…

Late start to Monday mas
Yesterday’s parade of the bands got off to a late and somewhat confusing start but with a very heavy police presence…

Bunji, Brass and Beyond Concert

Published on February 19, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

Bunji, Brass and Beyond Concert
Bunji, Brass and Beyond Concert in pictures

Top cop: Police ready for J’Ouvert villains
Law enforcement officers will be out in their numbers to deter any criminal activity which may mar J’Ouvert celebrations today, promises Deputy Police Commissioner Winston Cooper.

Errant truck snags live wires in city
Wires from electricity poles were pulled down by a truck carrying two large dumpsters on Marli Street, near the corner of Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday afternoon.

All Stars takes $1m pan prize
Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars created pan history on Saturday night when they won the bmobile National Panorama finals held for the first time at Skinner Park, San Fernando, and walked away with the $1 million first prize.

Licks for Phase II
Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars walked away with the top prize of an unprecedented $1 million at the 2007 National Panorama Finals held before a large crowd at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Saturday.

Pan may return to Park in 2008
CARNIVAL 2008 may see the return of the National Panorama Finals to Skinner Park, San Fernando, for a second consecutive year.

Violence at ‘Brass’
VIOLENCE continued to plague the annual Brass Festival, with five people, including a tourist, getting stabbed during fights and robberies.

Lara surprises rapso audience
Just as the rapso traditional drum call opened the show, a drum call closed it. Last Tuesday’s Rapso Explosion at the Nalis amphitheatre brought out many rapso artistes and supporters of the indigenous musical art form, including world renowned cricket sensation Sir Brian Charles Lara.

Machel evicts Brass Festival

Published on February 8, 2007 in Carnival. 1 Comment

Alternative Concept 5 for Hasely Crawford Stadium

The much-hyped Alternative Concept 5: Rezzarek will be held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Saturday night, and not Brass: Generation Next, as had been previously advertised.
Full Article : trinidadexpress.com

Traditional mas competition for St James

Published on February 5, 2007 in Carnival. 0 Comments

A release from the St James Social & Cultural Committee yesterday stated that the Committee is “committed to Keeping our Heritage alive.”

In keeping its promise, the St James based group will once again stage its Traditional Mas Individuals Competition.

This year, the competition is being presented as a Mini Street Parade from Bournes Road and Western Main to the judging point at the St James Amphitheatre, on February 7, beginning at 6 pm.
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Govt blanks mas in the Savannah

Published on November 28, 2006 in Carnival. 0 Comments

by Joan Rampersad, newsday.co.tt
November 28 2006

Carnival 2007 will not be held at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, this is according to Cabinet sources.

While it is still uncertain where the Carnival competititons will be held, Cabinet sources confirmed yesterday the 2007 mas will be confined to the streets. Culture Minister Joan Yuille-Williams is expected to clear the air on the controversy surrounding plans for Carnival 2007, concerning the venue of the two-day event.

A great deal of uncertainty about Carnival 2007 continued to pour out from officials representing the various Carnival interest groups yesterday, while Yuille-Williams continues private meetings with extended stakeholders of the festival.

While Renwick Brown, secretary of the National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA), was telling Newsday that all plans for Carnival will be revealed by the Minister on Wednesday, Donald Little, president of the National Carnival Development Foundation (NCDF), was meeting with the Minister. Little told Newsday that when he asked the Minister for an invitation to attend the reported Wednesday meeting, he said the Minister’s reply was, “I don’t know anything about any press conference being held on Wednesday.”
Full Article : newsday.co.tt