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Men don’t have to play mas in glorified board shorts

On October 31, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

A little while ago I happened across a post entitled “Men pay for costumes too!“.  In it Akil laments the fact that male carnival costumes seem to be an after thought.  The ladies costumes are all elaborate and blingy while most male costumes are just glorified board shorts. I was motivated by this post to [...]

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Flights to Trinidad for Carnival 2012

On October 31, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

It’s flight watch Monday again. As of today, consider these flights from Feb 14/15 – Feb 22/23       Toronto – CA$903 with Caribbean Airlines (last week CA$904) **CA$856 with multiple airlines (1 layovers)   Atlanta – US$789 with multiple airlines (1/2 layovers) (last week US$791)   Washington, DC – US$687 with multiple airlines [...]

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Brian Mac Farlane Sanctification for Trinidad Carnival 2012

On October 31, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

Brian Mac Farlane launched his presentation “Sanctification” today. The folks over at Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Costume Photos were able to attend and they have already uploaded photos from the launch. It looks like mostly the sketches for his band were revealed.  Hopefully prototypes will be forthcoming soon. Click here to view photos from the [...]

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2011 Miami Carnival – Scorch & Lime by Kermit

On October 30, 2011, by Kermit

                                    …the people in pit didn’t miss a beat and after pausing for a bit to see if the music was coming back right away, the partiers started chanting their own music and dancing heartily to it all [...]

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Mac Farlane Carnival mas band launches today

On October 30, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

Brian Mac Farlane will launch his presentation “Sanctification” for Trinidad Carnival 2012 on Sunday 30 October 2011. My aunts play in Mac Farlane every year and I always like to see them in costume before heading out on the road on Carnival Monday and Tuesday; me in my bikini and beads and them in their [...]

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K2K – Dead Sea Ruin

On October 29, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

      For more information: http://k2k-carnival.com/ K2K Alliance and Partners facebook fanpage

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How to waterproof your eye makeup for Trinidad Carnival

On October 28, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

You never know what kind of weather we are going to have for Trinidad Carnival.  Also the heat can melt your makeup in an instant! I remember the year that I played with Island People it rained buckets when we got to the South Quay stage.  I saw lots of women who had their eye [...]

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No Fantasy Carnival for the general public

On October 28, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

You heard me right.  There will be no Fantasy Carnival for the us, the general public. Fantasy Carnival is now SOLD OUT.  And they never even opened up registration to the masses.   But wait, I thought they said they were opening for general registration once they were done with friends and family?  Well too [...]

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K2K – Caribbean Sea

On October 27, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

Backline (BL) includes airbrushed fringe oversized top, multi-colored blue monokini, peep-toe, thigh high black leather  and headpiece. (BL): 4,170TT / 695USD Deposit (BL): 1,500TT / 250USD   For more information: http://k2k-carnival.com/ K2K Alliance and Partners facebook fanpage    

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Anya Ayoung Chee for Fan Favourite

On October 27, 2011, by Trinidad Carnivals

Those of you following us on Twitter will know that I have been voting occasionally for Anya Ayoung Chee to win fan favorite for Project Runway Season 9. Well, yesterday afternoon, I got into the voting in a big way, every 5 minutes to be exact.  So why the move from occasional to borderline obsessive [...]

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