All will be revealed tomorrow...

The Trinidad Guardian reports that Culture Minister Joan Yuille Willams will reveal all plans concerning Carnival 2007 tomorrow. I cannot wait to hear/read all that will be proposed, I mean it is about time that we hear something about all these plans that are in the works. It seems that there is no possibility that the stage will be used for a last time as indicated in the following article, taken from today's Guardian:

CULTURE MINISTER Joan Yuille-Williams will announce the Government’s plans for Carnival 2007 tomorrow.

Yuille-Williams said on Friday that after a meeting, tomorrow, with the Urban Development Company (Udecott), she would reveal the plans for Carnival 2007.

The minister was speaking during PCS Nitrogen Starlift’s golden jubilee and awards ceremony at its Mucurapo Road, St James, headquarters.

With exactly 70 days to go before the two-day national festival, there has been much speculation on the burning issue of plans for Carnival 2007, especially as regards a main venue for the mas. The Grand Stand on Queen’s Park Savannah has been dubbed “a point of no return” by the Government, until the proposed state-of-the-art Carnival Entertainment Centre is built.

Pan Trinbago, hardest-hit by the closure of the Savannah venue for Panorama, has submitted alternative proposals, and is eager to know the final decision.

Meanwhile, the San Fernando City Corporation has recommended Skinner Park as venue for the National Panorama finals, and is courting panmen with a proposed $1 million first prize.

Michael Legerton, president of Trinbago Unified Calypso Organisation, has announced the Jean Pierre Complex and Strand performing arts centre as prospective venues for major calypso events, while the National Carnival Bands Association has thrown its support behind Minister Yuille-Williams—whatever her plans are.

A meeting between the culture minister and heads of the special interest groups drew protests from Ainsworth Mohammed, deputy chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC), who subsequently resigned.

He charged that the line minister was attempting to “micro-manage” the affairs of the body, which has authority for the national festival.

For the moment, Kenny de Silva, who resigned in March, shortly after Carnival 2006, remains as caretaker chairman of the NCC, since Yuille-Williams has not accepted his resignation. —With reporting by Sean Nero
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