You are probably wondering why on earth I am up at 3:00AM right? Well, I leave home in an HOUR to get my makeup done at 5:30am so I am getting everything organized before I leave home. I am so ready, if I was anymore ready it would be Carnival 2010!
So, yesterday on the road was nice! The band is once again MASSIVE, we were at times in the front and back of TRIBE and it just felt like masses of people. Not too bad yesterday as the band did keep moving, however expect the numbers to increase today.
The President Max Richards and entourage were on the road in full force, so too were the other Government Ministers; of course getting to the front of the band through the entourage proved to be trying for some masqueraders as they were told to go AROUND the President and his security team.
Popular choice for Road March from masqueraders is "
Tusty" by Blaxx, this was the song masqueraders demanded when crossing the stage, however the Soca Mafia has already decided that we are crossing to Faye Ann Lyons "
Meet Superblue"!. Destra was trying to rally support for "Bacchanal" as she made a guest appearance on the Red 96.7 truck..it was hilarious that soon as she performed the D.J.s launched into... "Meet Superblue"!
And finally, although I awoke to brilliant sunshine yesterday I arrived into Port of Spain to meet the band under rain clouds. As we parked it sprinkled and then the sun played hide and seek until we reached the Savannah where the rains came and wet us down! The rain just amped everyone up for crossing the "stage"however the sun came out in full blast later . The only other time we got a slight sprinkle was at lunch. Kudos to TRIBE for doing umbrellas and tents with a proper plastic area on the ground on the lunch stop so no one had to sit on the soggy ground (in the event that the ground was soggy).
So, as I go back to my preparations I wish everyone a SAFE and enjoyable Carnival. If you want to see streaming Carnival Action check out the folks at
Ctnt World by clicking
HERE.Also, to masqueraders, this is the
Whe De Band information that so many of you were looking for yesterday:
PLEASE NOTE TRIBE's MEETING POINT ON BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY IS AT
STANMORE AVENUE!!The
website is updated with this information, for those of us who collected early you were given information that meeting on Tuesday is HAYES Street... THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED.
PARADE STARTING POINT
CARNIVAL MONDAY: STANMORE AVE. START 10:30AM
CARNIVAL TUESDAY : STANMORE AVE. START 7:30AM
Have a safe Carnival Monday folks!
I woke up this morning thinking that today is Carnival Monday... can you tell I am excited or maybe it is a lack of sleep or disorientation but it quickly dawned on me that it was actually Carnival SUNDAY! So as I spend yet another day getting last minute items and doing final preparations (does it seem like you can never finish getting stuff?) here is my list of things you may want to do before the big day:
1. If your costume has rhinestones that may snag your mas stockings, coat the back and front of the rhinestones with clear nail polish. Also look for jagged raised ends of the prongs holding the stones and squeeze them back into place. Coating other parts of the costume, such as the chains on Caged Canary will also prevent it from turning colour when coming in contact with sweat or water.
2. Fletch Dry your costume. To do this use a small brush, dip into the fletch dry powder then coat your feathers. This method works best on bras, belts and other small feather areas. Depending on the size of your headpiece you can simply put it in a bag with the powder and shake. It is a bit too late to order fletch dry now and NO it is not sold in Trinidad. The other alternative may be a Sail Waterproofing Spray sold at Peakes; one blogger swore that this worked very well on her costume.
3. Do a test run wearing your costume complete with tights and boots. This way you will know if your tights are comfortable, your costume fits properly and your boots are wearable. Also this will help you determine if you need any adjustments. All the partying can either cause you to lose or gain a few pounds. Samaroos is open today until 10PM in the event you need some last minute supplies.
4. Give your costume a good look over, check for missing beads, stones or any items that may have come lose. I know that you really should not be hot gluing missing decoration at this stage if the costume was constructed properly but sometimes it is a necessary evil! Also, make sure you are given the correct pieces of your costume, if you have foot pieces make sure they are left and right, same goes for arm pieces!
5. Lay out your entire costume pieces, or put them on a hanger; do the same for Monday wear. Put everything you need for both days including your pouch, makeup, accessories etc and make a list of all the things you need when getting dressed. This is especially handy if you are not getting dressed at home (for those getting makeup done). Also do up a list of what you are actually taking with you on the road such as sunblock, blotting sheets, cell phone etc and test run your pouch or bag to ensure that everything can fit.
6. Charge all camera and cell phone batteries.
7. If you are switching cell phones (like me, as I am going with a CHEAP phone on the road) save all your phone numbers to the SIM Card. On that note enter all the contact numbers for friends and locate the band service on your phone as well.
8. Now is the time to co-ordinate with friends or your driver the times you need to be picked up and dropped off on Monday and Tuesday. Double check the band’s Meeting Points and time of departure.
9. Get rid of all the body hair that you may have forgotten to wax!
10. And finally get enough rest and enough liquids so you won’t be tired or dehydrated tomorrow…
One of the bloggers collected her
Sea Salt Frontline costume from
Spice yesterday and sent me a mini review along with photos.
Hi,
Saucy my experience with Spice was great I am so happy with my costume . Love my goody bag, lots of stuff
On a sad note one of the bloggers did not get through with Scotch Bonnet the bra she ordered was way to small, her fault not Spice; she gave them wrong bra size . Spice tried to look for a bigger size but none could fit her so she had to change sections.Spice was very helpful to her she tried on Sea Salt backline and Golden Basil frontline but she did not like either and settled for Cardamon. She got a backline bra and belt with a frontline head piece and money back.That was very nice of spice she was treated good but she is still vex !
My collection was very quick they had everything ready for me , and I am so sorry to hear what happen to the other bloggers.
Female Goody Bag
Male Goody Bag
So yesterday was collection for Island People sections Carnival, Rays of Light, Natural Mystic and Touch.
With no designated day for overseas masqueraders I was informed that not only did masqueraders who were supposed to collect for the aforementioned sections show up at the Stadium, but everyone else who didn't collect previous sections turned up as well, including overseas masqueraders.
This resulted in long lines for both "fast track" (pictured below) and those paying off the balance at the cashier.
Some disappointed masqueraders sent me emails to voice their frustrations at the process; the thing is however that Carnival Friday and Saturday are notoriously the WORST days ever to collect costumes ( I heard there were over 200 masqueraders collecting for TRIBE at Cascadia yesterday and traffic jam to the venue as well). For 2010 if you can please have someone collect your costume on the designated day and hopefully Island People will start distribution earlier leaving Friday and Saturday for overseas masqueraders.
Hi Saucy,
I am a regular visitor to your blog and I noticed and was happy regarding the comments about the costume collection process at Island People. Sigh. I am playing with Rays of Light and decided to collect my costume today instead of tomorrow because I wanted to prevent any last minute mishaps.
On arriving at Jean Pierre complex at approximately 5pm (after work), the first thing i saw while driving in was the long line of people waiting in the smoldering sun. I could not believe it. Going in, I saw one of my friends who went in hours earlier and was now leaving, without her headpiece. They were not ready. This is Carnival Friday, no headpiece?
I eventually left when I saw the mass of people looking at me. I have no choice but to go meet the same people tomorrow at the venue in hopes of getting my costume in an acceptable time.
I'm truly disappointed in Island People. They have not made a good first impression. Definitely going back to Tribe next year.
Goodnite Saucy,
I went to collect my Island People costume today, section of choice- Rays of Light. Thank goodness, i had paid off for my costume at the beginning of February. Anyway, I was allowed to proceed straight to the distribution counter. The place was in a total mess!! Even though, i was at the head of the counter, it took me an hour to collect my costume, only to be told that all the headpieces finish. They should be getting them tonight and to come back in the morning. How could you have 500 costumes to be distributed and have only 200 headpieces in stock (Im just ballparking figures) Bear in mind, the IP representative, did not give me my receipt or any form of identification stating that I am to collect my costume tomorrow. So, you know tomorrow will be total chaos. Every Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane and Mary, going to show up demanding a headpiece. The IP reps would not know who from who, because I'm sure they have no time to update the system tonight. Stupes, so I guess, tomorrow I will have to battle with the masses. Oh lawd, IP disappoints again in service. But!! one thing, I cannot complain about is my costume. It is absolutely gorgeous and identical to the prototype. Kudos to the designer and producer.
Regards,
IP follower lacking a headpiece :(
Hi
Just an update. After the smooth flow of IP collection all week basedon reports from friends. Today was a horror, apparently all the people who did not collect on their assigned days turned up today. For Rays of Light we did not get our head pieces which we would collect tomorrow. Hopefully that would not be too much headache.
Take care.
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Giveaway #4
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This is for those of you who still need to get stick on nails, lashes, body jewelry, hats, hair spray, glitter and other Carnival accessories.
Wonderful World will be opening on Sunday at the following branches: Trincity Mall, West Mall, Gulf City and Starlite Shopping Plaza.
Three days left until the greatest show on earth and if you don't have a costume, have no fear Wee International is giving away a free costume.
Here is the catch:
To all mass players
Get 2 free carnival costume in the band Wee International "PARADISE PLUM"
This all inclusive package includes premium drinks, personalised(sic) service, premium bar, hot lunch and cutters served all day, trained paramedics and lots and lots of fun on the road with Wee.
Bring yuh posse down to the mas camp 28 Bournes road St. James and every tenth (10) person will receive 2 costumes Free ..so 10 register and 2 are Free..
just call 683-0001 ask for Skerro or 788-7378 Richard..
don't miss out on this one..the road belong to Wee this carnival
Great idea, now let's hope this really works for those of you latecomers in finding your band come Carnival Monday and Tuesday:
If you haven't noticed this before, as per Sonia Mack's
website please note that all
Paradisus costumes not collected by
TOMORROW will be sold on
FRIDAY.
click to enlarge
Wednesday 18th February 2PM – 9PMSpirit of Iere
People
People High Priest
Sun
Rainbow
Pitch Lake
Thursday 19th February 2PM – 9PMIguana
Tropical Fish
Water
Friday 20th February 2PM – 9PMSunset
Butterfly
Parrot
Ceremonial Dancers
Bird of Paradise Flower
Falls
Final payment due before collection
Credit Card, Cash or Linx only (no personal cheques)
Kindly present your receipt to collect your costume.
Please present a valid form of ID (Driver's Permit,I D Card, Passport)
COSTUMES NOT COLLECTED BEFORE 10PM ON FRIDAY 20TH FEBRUARY WILL BE SOLD AND DEPOSIT WILL BE FORFEITED.
So, I just got a call from my girl friend wanting to know who designed Cotinga because the back of the costume is NAKED, all your "bottom is outside" she said, stating emphatically that she wanted to sell the costume now. My question to her, did you not see the back of the costume before you registered.. her response, well she didn't study all that!
People, Carnival Jumbie addressed the bare nakedness of Cotinga
in her post last
AUGUST:
So rumours abound that this section is one of the most 'in demand' for Tribe 2K9. Of course Frontline Brazilian Macaw, Caged Canary and Kiskadee are up in the top ranks as well. I just wanted to share some pics that I got today. I noticed that there was no rear view of Cotinga online and from my review you would already know its very skimpy. For your viewing pleasure..here is a rear view of Cotinga so you know I am not exaggerating! I hope allyuh Cotinga/Macaw/Canary lovers know what you getting yourselves into and see these things in real before rushing it. If you looking for me, I go be in the gym....!
And if you missed that post there were hundreds of photos of the costume floating around online, one like me looks at the costume I am interested in from all angles and I save photos from all over just so I can get multiple views of the costume from top, back and side. In addition I make countless trips to the mas camp and make lots of calls to TRIBE to ask all the questions I can think of concerning the costume.
Yes, I know some of you are not as obsessive and missed the details such as the fact that the costume beads are edged in GOLD not silver (light gold that is) and people are now crying because all their accessories and foot wear and in the latter colour. I do have close up photos of the costume that clearly shows the beads are gold, for those that doubt the colour was not changed.
Now many people are upset because the costume is SO SKIMPY, well I don't think anyone can blame the designer for that, it was designed to be skimpy! And though Richard and Anthony designed the cosutme they were only responsible for production of the headpieces and frontline tails; they did NOT make the bras and belts.
It is quite unfortunate that people are upset that the costume is so naked or that the details on the costume are now gold, but really who is to blame? Were these facts overlooked in the rush to register in the "hottest" section? I always tell people to choose a costume that suits you and not the one that is the most popular!And on that note please know that Green Honeycreeper is decorated with GOLD not silver!
Distribution for Island People's Heaven on Earth began yesterday and two points to note :
1. Monday wear in the form of boy shorts for the ladies and T Shirts for the guys is included in the costume box
&
2. Masqueraders were told that the full complement of goodies for the Goody Bag had yet to arrive from Sponsors, so I guess those collecting later in the week will get more stuff....
Here are some photos of the Distribution yesterday:
To view the album click
HERE.
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