The following is a tentative listing of potential fetes for the T&T 2010 Carnival season - fetes, location and dates are subject to confirmation. Saturday January 2nd, 2010 * TRIBE ICE (Insane Cooler Experience) - Venue to be announced * Privilege 'Hysteria' Cooler Fete Sunday January 3rd, 2010 * Trinity College's Soka In Moka - Trinity College, Maraval - 4pm Friday January 8th, 2010 * St Francois Girls College Annual All-Inclusive - St John’s Hall, Wrightson Rd, POS - 4pm * Citibank Fete * Legacy Cooler Fete Saturday January 9th, 2010 * Blazin' Soca (Fire Services Fete) - Wrightson Rd, POS - $125 TTD * Outta De Blue - QRC All-Inclusive...

On Thursday November 5th 2009, Antilia brings the warmth and energy of the Caribbean to the extravagant Tribeca Penthouse. The event will be hosted by Jamaican-American Supermodel, actor Tyson Beckford and 1998 Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad & Tobago. ANTILIA CARNIVAL 2009 features a fashion show and costume presentation by several of the top rival CARNIVAL BANDS in Trinidad & Tobago. Never before Antilia Carnival, have these bands been presented on the same stage! The premier showcase for Trinidad Carnival in the US, the event allows Americans, Caribbean-Americans and the media to experience a taste of Carnival first-hand, from the exo...

So I read Saucy's post today and I have to say that after reading that and the comments, the 'Backline Individual' talk has gone too far. Being one of the people who was present in CBOX and initiated the 'Backline Individual' talk I think I need to lay down my opinion on this issue.The Backline or Homemade Individual or Individualized Backline or what ever you want to call it is basically, when someone has a backline costume and add something extra which makes a noticeable but PLEASENT change in their backline costume. BIs are not meant to take over, overpower or push up themselves infront of their section, frontliners or individuals, as I said on the SPICE FB dis...

Normally when people say wee international I usually think WTF? However of the past few years they've been in operation, they've built a following and clearly building up a better design team! No longer are there much "WTH" designs but more along the lines of "This can work!"Check out the article!...

Hiya guys!So I got my new machine and sewed my first bag of the season for Threads of Morocco!bags in the container waiting to decorateSo as most of you know, my sewing machine died this vacation, I ran through 2 machines in 9months! So i knew it was time to step up to a fully industrial machine. I searched and searched and finally found the one for me the yamata fy8500! This machine is a God send! It sails through layers of fabric like nothing and my God is it fast, took me a while to get accustomed to it! In the end when I got the hang of it finished a bag in 5 minutes!!! Now that's a record!! I love my machine!!!!the workstation/ my new machine!...

We still have another 4 months to Carnaval in Rio, but Rio de Janeiro has a new Carnival Queen, Shayene Cesario. The muse we have described in the past has just been elected yesterday, October 9th, the new Official Rio de Janeiro 2010 Carnival Queen. The contest occurred in Rio´s Samba City. When the Official Rio de Janeiro Queen and Princess Contest was over, Shayene Cesário could never imagine she would be crowned the Official Rio de Janeiro Carnival Queen, winning over 12 other contenders. The decision was made by a judging panel that considered several attributes for the final scores, including samba dance abilities, overall charisma, sympathy, body eleg...

      NY labor day carnival comes to Trinidad I am outraged by the talk of no wee-wee truck for Trinidad Carnival. That is upsetting news as a carnival masquerader. Whats next? No alcohol? I mean come on now. If there isnt any wee-wee trucks on the Carnival route, the people will resort to using the bathroom on side streets, knocking on people's door on route (some people may even charge people to use their restroom), and who knows, tourist may be even robbed and harassed while heading down to a side street to relieve themselves. I am all for the hygiene and the obeying and carrying out the law to prevent any disease or unhealthy...

Congratulations Rio de Janeiro on 2016 Olympic Bid effort! The Carnival Community in Brazil thanks everyone who has participated in this gigantic effort! More than 500 people worked on this tremendous task to convince the IOC members that Rio and Brazil has the capacity of organizing the 2016 Olympic Summer Games! Brazil_Samba_dancing_Show___Unidos_da_Tijuca_16_1.jpg Background Info: The 2016 Summer Olympics, Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The host city of the Games will be announced at the 121...