Congratulations to Brian Mc Farlane winner of the Large Band of the Year and Ronnie & Caro who took home the prize for Medium Band of the Year. Mc Farlane’s Earth looked stunning; I loved the translation from sketches to actual costumes, it was quite impressive! On our way to meet TRIBE downtown we passed through Mc Farlane so I was lucky to see the entire band, my favourite sections were Fire, Pestilence and Gloom.
Ronnie and Caro were in front of TRIBE at the Savannah so I was again able to see the entire band; albeit it was a small presentation the costumes looked very vibrant and the entire band was well organized. Of the other bands I only managed to see a few costumes here and there; Evolution looked nice from the little I saw, Orange Appeal and Tantalize in Teal being my picks on the road. From Island People Kingfisher looked beautiful, as well as Egret, Zebra and Silver Fox. I noticed the design on Silver Fox was changed a bit with a piece of jewels added to the middle of the costume from bra to belt; I absolutely loved how this looked in person!
Of course I am totally biased to the band I played with and I thought MOST sections in TRIBE looked gorgeous; Lady of the Lake was impressive, when the sun hit the diamante the costume sparkled, Mystique was dazzling as purple is my favourite colour so I really liked how that section looked on the road. Goddess of the Chase is another section that stood out to me along with Water Nymph and Sun Goddess, though I did notice with the latter section some masqueraders got really full headpieces while others got a baby version! Titania looked surprisingly cute, feathered collar and all; I am neutral in my opinion on Pixie Dust and Amalthea. Black Magic I loved on the road, but I still don’t think I can ever play in so much black. I did not see many ladies wearing the wings for Autumn Sprite and to me that is what made the costume stand out, so I didn’t get awed by that costume at all.
The most underwhelming costume was Silver Mist. The costume looked too much like grey with very little silver, considering this was one of the hottest sections in the band initially I expected more glitz. I have to say the frontline Back Pack made the costume stand out, and to those ladies credit the frontliners looked great. Kudos to the Silver Mist ladies who were also able to wear that back pack ALL day, from what I heard it was very uncomfortable with no padding on the straps!
Overall I was generally impressed by the costumes I saw on Tuesday, most of the bands did a very good job and I was certainly pleased with MY costume! Hopefully for 2009 the standard of costuming will only get better with even more spectacular, beaded and feathered costumes for those of us who love our bikini and beads! Mc Farlane will hold down the mantle for the creative “marse” lovers, of course, and I wish that Oracle and other bands of that vein, will indeed offer more options and variety to appease the critics who seem to think that bikini and beads is not “marse”!!! As for me, once I am of able body, mind and health I am looking forward to 2009 with TRIBE!
Ronnie and Caro were in front of TRIBE at the Savannah so I was again able to see the entire band; albeit it was a small presentation the costumes looked very vibrant and the entire band was well organized. Of the other bands I only managed to see a few costumes here and there; Evolution looked nice from the little I saw, Orange Appeal and Tantalize in Teal being my picks on the road. From Island People Kingfisher looked beautiful, as well as Egret, Zebra and Silver Fox. I noticed the design on Silver Fox was changed a bit with a piece of jewels added to the middle of the costume from bra to belt; I absolutely loved how this looked in person!
Of course I am totally biased to the band I played with and I thought MOST sections in TRIBE looked gorgeous; Lady of the Lake was impressive, when the sun hit the diamante the costume sparkled, Mystique was dazzling as purple is my favourite colour so I really liked how that section looked on the road. Goddess of the Chase is another section that stood out to me along with Water Nymph and Sun Goddess, though I did notice with the latter section some masqueraders got really full headpieces while others got a baby version! Titania looked surprisingly cute, feathered collar and all; I am neutral in my opinion on Pixie Dust and Amalthea. Black Magic I loved on the road, but I still don’t think I can ever play in so much black. I did not see many ladies wearing the wings for Autumn Sprite and to me that is what made the costume stand out, so I didn’t get awed by that costume at all.
The most underwhelming costume was Silver Mist. The costume looked too much like grey with very little silver, considering this was one of the hottest sections in the band initially I expected more glitz. I have to say the frontline Back Pack made the costume stand out, and to those ladies credit the frontliners looked great. Kudos to the Silver Mist ladies who were also able to wear that back pack ALL day, from what I heard it was very uncomfortable with no padding on the straps!
Overall I was generally impressed by the costumes I saw on Tuesday, most of the bands did a very good job and I was certainly pleased with MY costume! Hopefully for 2009 the standard of costuming will only get better with even more spectacular, beaded and feathered costumes for those of us who love our bikini and beads! Mc Farlane will hold down the mantle for the creative “marse” lovers, of course, and I wish that Oracle and other bands of that vein, will indeed offer more options and variety to appease the critics who seem to think that bikini and beads is not “marse”!!! As for me, once I am of able body, mind and health I am looking forward to 2009 with TRIBE!
5 comments:
I agree with you....Lady of the Lake looked gorgeous in the sun. A couple of friend in other sections commented on how pretty the costume looked. Even though they were in different sections they though that LOTL was the best. I also was in love with Mystique....monday when i saw the costume i was wondering why i didnt chose that instead...the costume was so rich and vibrant in colour...i loved it!!
And hearing from friends who were spectators this year...they said Tribe looked the best on the road...well atleast at the first judging point cuz after that everyone was all over.
I did not like how sliver mist took at all, while having lunch on monday and tuesday i overheard really horrible comment on sliver mist. I played with black magic, i thought it tooked really wonderful. My friend played in Goddest Of The Chase which was really nice also, but i was disappointed on Monday afternoon when her bra started falling apart and i had to help her mend it on Tuesday morning. Overall i had a wonderful time and cant wait for next year.
From what I saw most of the Tribe sections looked really nice (even Titania and I saw one girl in Luna and it didn't look that bad). It was clear that the costumes were well made. I was really disappointed with silver mist and myths of babylonia though.
LOTL looked gorgeous of course :)
My review of the costumes:-
Mystique looked good, I'm not fond of purple as a rule, but this looked quite good on the road. Thus Isis B looked impressive as well. Totally unlike Isis A which just seemed ordinary. Other ordinary looking costumes were Luna, Pixie Dust and Autumn Sprite. I liked Autumn Sprite, but without the wings it just sort of blended and became just another costume wiht anything really distinguishing it.
Black Magic was aight. It looked dull on some, and spectacular on others. Amalthea looked a bit plain, but i still like the costume more than Black Magic. Goddess of the Chase: wow, very very nekkid costume, but it looked great on just about everyone that wore it.
Water Nymph: nice costume.
Butterfly Bliss and Titania: i actually liked these on the road, they looked cute, and loved the colours.
Now Myths of Babylonia: what can i say. I never liked this costume, but some people looked good in it. The guys that wore the hot shorts yummm!!! especially the guy in the helmet with the netting over his face, and one of those guys who wore the sandals with the outfit.
i forgot about Sun Goddess andMystical India. They were never favourites, but i was impressed with how Sun Goddess looked on the road. Still don't like Mystical india though.
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