Collection day for me was the Monday before carnival and it was NOT busy at all. Took 15 mins max to pay for and pick up 2 COMPLETE costumes (and talk to a couple people too). That's that !
COLLECTION A+
My costume looked great. The complaint i had was with the pants. One pocket at the side with no button or zip - like a trap for you to put things in and lose them when you jumping . My single car key , camera ,$100 and celly fitted nicely in my small camera bag so it wasn't much of a problem. Hmm why doesn't a band give out matching camera bag for various costumes ..hint hint hint. The goodie bad was nothing spectacular- the bag itself was a paper bag with handles . Only thing i can really use inside was the sunscreen .
Got some cranberry juice, snacks, 2 Band-Aids, headache tables and prob $15 in vouchers yawn yawn yawn and a nice orange P8 cup to go with my yellow costume (another hint..... y don't we have matching cups or why not stick to white cups) .Anyways that's that- costume and everything else went in my car truck just in case I ended up staying in north carnival weekend - ended up breaking a feather on my head thingy but guess that's my fault cause there were plenty other things in truck .
COSTUME A-
Monday the band met for 10:30am and i was actually parked in King George park about that time. Unfortunately because of the jouvert experience I slept in car for about an hour till my people woke me up almost 12 and we went to find the band. Don't remember it taking long at all. That text service to find your band is the BEST thing - works great . Also I real like how TDC had people all over giving out maps of POS- dont think i ever saw them in the numbers they were out this carnival . Early Monday as usual P8 looked empty but i was having a time. Because P8 does really give Monday wear people had on all color and it was hard to see how many people were in each section. The bar was real easy to access, the music trucks were good. I didn't taste the snacks. Lunch stop was in Woodford square as usual.
Not great accommodation but shade if u were willing to sit on ground. I cant remember what was lunch - I remember i ate the meat and threw away the rest . I rarely eat much on the road ever . But my friend ate her whole box and she would have told me if it wasn't good so i guess it was ok. The lunch was also served from a single truck so took i lil while to get your chits (i really mean less than 3 mins- but in p8 that a long time:) ). Cant say too much else on Monday- it was good . After lunch i jump and waved through the band . I left a little after 5pm when we crossed Savannah road/stage. I needed to try to get some rest because carnival weekend was reellllll longgggg for me and I doh stick on Tuesday.
MONDAY A
Tuesday morning I was prob up at 4:30 am for no good reason. Watch tv and wasted time a bit then got ready . My friend told me if anything he would pass for me on Tuesday morning but I suspected he would be running late and really I don't like to stick Tuesday so i decided to jump in my faithful car and head to POS. But 6:45 am I was in the car parked . Surprisingly I called my friend and he was "5 mins" away so i decided to wait (plus it kinda hard to tie the head piece and armbands on by myself). Met some bloggers in the car park so the lil wait wasn't too bad. A little after 7 we set off to find band - took about 20 mins to find them because the moved off at a pace at exactly 6:45am as advertised .
I live for carnival Tuesday and that morning was GREAT for me. My section looked real GOOD and crossing judges with my tombouctou "friends" ( who name or faces i never remember) was REAL FUN ! Some sections like caliente, wasabi, tombouctou, hot ice, ember and bush fire looked big whole day (BTW big in P8 is about 100- only caliente looked like it could have had more ) . Some others looked real small.In past years after I cross the stage I go back to take pictures because only time you can really judge how big a section is is when they cross- i forgot to do it this year . I must say the first few sections looked really good crossing the judges ( the RED, then GREEN, then YELLOW, the BLUE ). the Fl caliente girls did what is expected and pose for picture whole day ! I didn't spend much time in the back of band though cause it seemed EVERYONE i knew was in top 4 .
Before we crossed the Savannah road/stage we had to take off/turn down music for a good 30 mins because of the steelpan side in front. Guess the only way we could try to avoid that is to real stretch the band when that happens so that at least the last truck can play . Guess once a steel pan side isn't amplified they would have some problems... whatever . On Tuesday the soca mafia didn't have too much influence on what we played so I got to cross a couple judging points to BACCHANAL and TUSTY !! ( oh yeah I must say on the road i loved the Machel - WE DON'T STOP !! ) I don't drink shots on the road so I didn't try any of the things that they were offering. The security was real real good though. The rope pullers worked real real hard. Wee wee truck was clean when i investigated it .
Weak knee maxi looked kinda full - steups at the weak knee people . The bars looked overstaffed - just the way i like it . I didn't see or hear of ANY drink running out. I didn't always like what the front truck was playing but the second "SIMPLY SMOOTH" truck was better most times and all of 2 mins walk away . I don't think I ever limed by the third truck. VM already spoke about the fun that the truck Djs had whole day. He was real funny in the crowd with his cordless mic and thing - gosh that man tief reel wine ! After the Savannah were moved really fast to the lunch stop. Maybe too fast for most - but that was after 2 pm. Checking back my phone i was eating lunch at 2:45 when my friend called but i cant remember what time we got there. Food tastes good and the lay out was good. I actually ate my entire lunch (first time ever ) . There were a little bit of chairs but most people had to sit on grass ( there were people handing out stag bandannas that were being used as mats :).
I cant remember how long we stopped for though . After lunch it was back in the streets for more jump and wave. After encountering legacy and other bands in front of us they decided to reverse all the trucks in the band and change route. That was something to see !! I jumped and waved and wined till lil after 5 pm again then went off to check some peeps by Savannah. After I didn't bother to go look for band again so i headed south and the wait started for 2010
TUESDAY A+
Saneman
COLLECTION A+
My costume looked great. The complaint i had was with the pants. One pocket at the side with no button or zip - like a trap for you to put things in and lose them when you jumping . My single car key , camera ,$100 and celly fitted nicely in my small camera bag so it wasn't much of a problem. Hmm why doesn't a band give out matching camera bag for various costumes ..hint hint hint. The goodie bad was nothing spectacular- the bag itself was a paper bag with handles . Only thing i can really use inside was the sunscreen .
Got some cranberry juice, snacks, 2 Band-Aids, headache tables and prob $15 in vouchers yawn yawn yawn and a nice orange P8 cup to go with my yellow costume (another hint..... y don't we have matching cups or why not stick to white cups) .Anyways that's that- costume and everything else went in my car truck just in case I ended up staying in north carnival weekend - ended up breaking a feather on my head thingy but guess that's my fault cause there were plenty other things in truck .
COSTUME A-
Monday the band met for 10:30am and i was actually parked in King George park about that time. Unfortunately because of the jouvert experience I slept in car for about an hour till my people woke me up almost 12 and we went to find the band. Don't remember it taking long at all. That text service to find your band is the BEST thing - works great . Also I real like how TDC had people all over giving out maps of POS- dont think i ever saw them in the numbers they were out this carnival . Early Monday as usual P8 looked empty but i was having a time. Because P8 does really give Monday wear people had on all color and it was hard to see how many people were in each section. The bar was real easy to access, the music trucks were good. I didn't taste the snacks. Lunch stop was in Woodford square as usual.
Not great accommodation but shade if u were willing to sit on ground. I cant remember what was lunch - I remember i ate the meat and threw away the rest . I rarely eat much on the road ever . But my friend ate her whole box and she would have told me if it wasn't good so i guess it was ok. The lunch was also served from a single truck so took i lil while to get your chits (i really mean less than 3 mins- but in p8 that a long time:) ). Cant say too much else on Monday- it was good . After lunch i jump and waved through the band . I left a little after 5pm when we crossed Savannah road/stage. I needed to try to get some rest because carnival weekend was reellllll longgggg for me and I doh stick on Tuesday.
MONDAY A
Tuesday morning I was prob up at 4:30 am for no good reason. Watch tv and wasted time a bit then got ready . My friend told me if anything he would pass for me on Tuesday morning but I suspected he would be running late and really I don't like to stick Tuesday so i decided to jump in my faithful car and head to POS. But 6:45 am I was in the car parked . Surprisingly I called my friend and he was "5 mins" away so i decided to wait (plus it kinda hard to tie the head piece and armbands on by myself). Met some bloggers in the car park so the lil wait wasn't too bad. A little after 7 we set off to find band - took about 20 mins to find them because the moved off at a pace at exactly 6:45am as advertised .
I live for carnival Tuesday and that morning was GREAT for me. My section looked real GOOD and crossing judges with my tombouctou "friends" ( who name or faces i never remember) was REAL FUN ! Some sections like caliente, wasabi, tombouctou, hot ice, ember and bush fire looked big whole day (BTW big in P8 is about 100- only caliente looked like it could have had more ) . Some others looked real small.In past years after I cross the stage I go back to take pictures because only time you can really judge how big a section is is when they cross- i forgot to do it this year . I must say the first few sections looked really good crossing the judges ( the RED, then GREEN, then YELLOW, the BLUE ). the Fl caliente girls did what is expected and pose for picture whole day ! I didn't spend much time in the back of band though cause it seemed EVERYONE i knew was in top 4 .
Before we crossed the Savannah road/stage we had to take off/turn down music for a good 30 mins because of the steelpan side in front. Guess the only way we could try to avoid that is to real stretch the band when that happens so that at least the last truck can play . Guess once a steel pan side isn't amplified they would have some problems... whatever . On Tuesday the soca mafia didn't have too much influence on what we played so I got to cross a couple judging points to BACCHANAL and TUSTY !! ( oh yeah I must say on the road i loved the Machel - WE DON'T STOP !! ) I don't drink shots on the road so I didn't try any of the things that they were offering. The security was real real good though. The rope pullers worked real real hard. Wee wee truck was clean when i investigated it .
Weak knee maxi looked kinda full - steups at the weak knee people . The bars looked overstaffed - just the way i like it . I didn't see or hear of ANY drink running out. I didn't always like what the front truck was playing but the second "SIMPLY SMOOTH" truck was better most times and all of 2 mins walk away . I don't think I ever limed by the third truck. VM already spoke about the fun that the truck Djs had whole day. He was real funny in the crowd with his cordless mic and thing - gosh that man tief reel wine ! After the Savannah were moved really fast to the lunch stop. Maybe too fast for most - but that was after 2 pm. Checking back my phone i was eating lunch at 2:45 when my friend called but i cant remember what time we got there. Food tastes good and the lay out was good. I actually ate my entire lunch (first time ever ) . There were a little bit of chairs but most people had to sit on grass ( there were people handing out stag bandannas that were being used as mats :).
I cant remember how long we stopped for though . After lunch it was back in the streets for more jump and wave. After encountering legacy and other bands in front of us they decided to reverse all the trucks in the band and change route. That was something to see !! I jumped and waved and wined till lil after 5 pm again then went off to check some peeps by Savannah. After I didn't bother to go look for band again so i headed south and the wait started for 2010
TUESDAY A+
Saneman
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