This year I decided to "jump ship" and play an individual in Harts' presentation "Persian Empire".
Most of my friends playing this year were going to be in the band, therefore I will follow.
Now I was told beforehand that Harts takes care of the regular masqueraders before even thinking of the individuals/section leaders. I have to honestly say that the experience with Harts was far and beyond what I expected.
I arrived in Trinidad the Wednesday before and drove by the mas camp. There were so many people out there waiting to pick up costumes as well as asking if anything was still available. Upon entering the gates to the mas camp, a guy told me right away "no female costumes available, sold out", I was like "damn" and he doh even know what I come there for. The place was so crowded that I decided that I did not want to even entertain the thought of entering this super busy hub.
I stayed in contact with a representative of the band for a couple of days thereafter and soon was asked to come in for a fitting the Friday before.
I entered what seemed to be a converted garage alive with excitement and workers on various tables, as well as section leaders toiling away on their own costumes, males and females alike.
ALL OF THE COSTUMES BEING WORKED ON WERE FANTASTIC!!! IT WAS AN OVERDOSE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF FEATHERS, BEADS, WINGS, SEQUINS ETC. I did not know where to look first.
I met a group of 3-4 employees that were working on various parts of my costume. One was working on the headpiece, another the beading of the swimsuit, another one on the boots. As i arrived I was shown all of the various parts of the costume which seemed to be endless. I was also given a Monday costumes also fitted with arm pieces, leg pieces, a small headpiece as well as earrings and necklace to match. I FELL IN LOVE, THIS WAS THE BEST COSTUME THAT I HAVE EVER WORE!!
I was taken into a room to try on the swimsuits and anything that needed to be fixed was adjusted right there and then. I had lost weight, however they made the adjustments without batting an eye.
I was asked to leave my boots and they told me what they had planned to do with them. My headpiece was on a table with a million feathers still to be added and I swear the girl that was working on it looked like she needed a drink! Lol!!
Carnival Tuesday all the section leaders met at the mas camp for between 4:30am-5:30am. I thought that they were joking but everyone was very serious. Being the "new member" of the Harts crew I was welcomed with open arms and on the road if so much as a bead got hooked into my boots, Gerard Hart came out of no where to set it right.
This band gets 4 stars from me and most of all it was $$$$ well spent, they will definitely get my dinero again.
MOST OF ALL THIS BAND RESPECTS THE INDIVIDUAL AND GIVES THEM SPACE TO SHOW THE COSTUME. ALSO BEFORE THE BAND PARADES, ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS GET TO GO A LITTLE "JUST UP" BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND FOLLOWS. YOU ARE ALSO GIVEN TIME TO GO JOIN YOUR SECTION TO "JUMP UP" ONCE AGAIN. IT WAS A JOY
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Nice review...thank for sharing this.
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