The Caribbean Carnival  in Jacksonville Saturday, October 23, 2010 Caribbean Style Mardi Gras Parade from 1pm Annual Caribbean Style Mardi Gras Parade, Food, Arts & Crafts Festival. Annual Carnival Parade, Festival and Music Explosion will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 from 1:00pm to 10:00pm at Metropolitan Park, downtown Jacksonville, Fl. (across from EVERBANK Stadium). Vending spaces for Saturday are being sold on a first come first serve basis. Steel drums, colorful costumes, Caribbean music and outstanding cuisine highlight the bill during this energetic cultural festival, held downtown. The revelry kicks off with a spectacular par...

So here is one of the coolest bands we've seen for Miami Carnival 2010. Pretty much the biggest band going out for Miami, the section One Island Body Paint.  Our costume of choice is Leonopteryx, the Rum Hoes section of One Island Body Paint Band. Remember that giant red bird thing from the movie Avatar?  You get food, drinks, body painting and all the trimmings. Check out the latest pics. With the body painting combined, this is definetely the "it" costume for Miami Carnival 2010. For More information call  646-481-6725 [flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157624666980852"]...

Rum Hoes presents "Leonopteryx" Check out the costume Come see and take a look at how the costume will look on YOU this Sunday August 1, 2010 @ Volume II Mas Camp 120 Veronica Place Between Albemarle & Tilden Brooklyn, NY Ltd Advanced Tickets $15 ...Music by: NYC: Top DJ’s Doors open at 2:00 PM Live Body paint models Check out One Island Body Paint Costumes for Miami Carnival ...

Here are some more pics of the Costumes from Tribe Carnival for their 2011 Trinidad Carnival presentation.  So far what we've been hearing is more of the same from Tribe. If more of the same means great costumes then fine. Although some costumes do seem to have repeat designs, some look unique, bottom line, there is only so many colors in the spectrem, what do people expect? Never the less here they are! Tribe The warrior within. Check out over 300 pics here [flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157624584219238"] Having Trouble Viewing Pics Click Here Pics from Trini Canrival Diary...

Pictures of the Carnival Costumes from Tribe band launch 2010. The costumes for Trinidad Carnival 2011 from Tribe looks like how Tribe Costumes look. You guys get what I mean. [flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157624454343837"]...

Tribe Carnival launch 2011. Watch live July 24th 2010. Ustream.tv channel on triniscene. Starting at 11pm I believe. Check out the ustream channel, and stay tuned. Streaming .TV shows by Ustream ...

Last year's First Place Winners are back for the 2010 New York West Indian Labor Day Parade and Carnival. Borokeete theme this year, Ball Ah Confusion in Concrete Jungle. Borokeete's Down De Road mas camp for special events located at # 656 Powell Street Btw New Lotts & Linden. Email Borokeete@gmail.com   718-513-1331 Borokeete's now has a new registration mas camp location: Camille Johnson Plaza 5414 Church Ave., BTW 54th & 55th Street Brooklyn, NY 11203 [flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157624477652558"]...

Carnival On Tour Continues with Boston Carnival. If you missed the All inclusive ride to D.C. Carnival, then Boston Carnival Bus Ride is here! Saturday August 28th, ...

So here are the finalist! Eight Finalists chosen from the preliminaries will compete with last year's winner Michael “Redman” Thomas. They will perform two original songs if they want to win the  Calypso Monarch award and Toronto Canada’s top Calypso award. The nine singers drew numbers to determine the order of performance for the finals: 1.  Naki - Nzunaki Tuitt 2.  Smokey Burke – William Burke 3.  Structure – Bryan Thornhill 4.  De Carra – Leslie Carrabon 5.  Webb – Hamilton Alexander 6.  Macomere Fifi – Tara Woods 7.  Redman – Michael Thomas 8.  Penshioner – Trevor Quammie 9.  Guney – Guney Cedeno...

These are some of the most beautifully designed costumes we've seen in Brooklyn in a long time.  Odyssee Mas Band is doing things right. We will be finding out the names and sections soon! But for now That blue costume looks like its going to steal the show in New York for Carnival this labor day. Theme this year is Ancient Greek Myths: The Odyssey, we are located on 4515 avenue D Brooklyn, NY 11203. Our contact information is odysseemasband@yahoo.com our phone number is 718 451 0139/347 595 6048 [flickr-gallery mode="photoset" photoset="72157624596203812"]...

Skullduggery - July 4th, Anchorage Oasis Carnival - July 18th, Queens Park West TRIBE – July 24th Spice- August 8th, Zen Showtime – August 22nd Ronnie & Caro August 28th Pulse 8 – September 10th Gems – September 18th Trinidad Carnival may not be right around the corner, but the Band Launchings are. Here are some Launch Dates for a few Trinidad Carnival Bands. TRIBE – July 24th Spice- August 8th, Zen Showtime – August 22nd Ronnie & Caro August 28th Pulse 8 – September 10th Gems – September 18th...

The Caribbean in Jacksonville Saturday, October 23, 2010 Caribbean Style Mardi Gras Parade from 1pm Steel drums, colorful costumes, Caribbean music and outstanding cuisine highlight the bill during this energetic cultural festival until 10pm. Admission $10.00 Kids under 10 FREE. Annual Caribbean Style Mardi Gras Parade, Food, Arts & Crafts Festival. Annual Carnival Parade, Festival and Music Explosion will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 from 1:00pm to 10:00pm at Metropolitan Park, downtown Jacksonville, Fl. (across from Alltel Stadium). Vending spaces for Saturday are being sold on a first come first serve basis. Parade begins at corner of Ba...

There is no real secret to making high heel boots more comfortable. But if you want to wear your boots for Trinidad Carnival, Miami Carnival, Caribana, Crop Over, or any other Caribbean Carnival then there are a few things to know. First, it starts out with planning what type of boots you want, and actually shopping for it. Begin by determining your actual shoe size. After that, buy a pair of of your carnival high heel boots that is about 1/8 size larger than you wear. If you are going to buy from a store that is near to you then, try on the high heel boots and see if they are comfortable. Remember, if you are using these boots for carnival be sure to leave room for...

Gel Toe Pads can help you. These are for your toes. The gel pads are  used over your toes and will help against blisters and pain. You know they are useful because the gel toe pads are mostly used by dancers who use point shoes to protect their feed from blisters and also eases the pain at the points. If you are looking to use them, try them out first, do some research see if they are right for you. They are not that expensive. When buying comfort for your shoes,  a lot of people recommend toe pads since they can give you more support than other products like foam or cushion. There are these pads called Danztech Skinny Dip Toe Pads are really...

Las Vegas Carnival, Inc – has chosen & Carnival Band to represent Brazil in its carnival event on October 10th 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Bloom, Vice President of Production for Las Vegas Carnival, comments, “SambaLá is a welcomed representative of the city of Rio, Brazil. SambaLá has had great success in producing a carnival parade in Long Beach over the last 13 years and they are a welcomed competitor to the other bands participating in the carnival competition.” SambaLá will compete amongst other carnival bands in the all-day carnival competition which includes the masquerader parade of bands is now open to other countries wishing to enter...

Visitors and Trini natives alike are welcome to join one of the many "Mas Bands" that provide costumes, security, food and drinks during j'ouvert, Children's Carnival, Carnival Monday, and Carnival Tuesday in Trinidad and Tobago each year. Many visitors choose to "play mas" with one of the large, all-inclusive bands, like Tribe, Kaotic or Harts. Here are some of the main Mas Bands you can contact for more information. Don't forget to plan early: some bands start taking reservations beginning in August! J'ouvert Bands Blue Devils Info: 868-499-1469 | 868-629-3997 Boom Champions 94.1FM Info: 868-625-3194Website: http://www.boomchampionstt.com Chocolate City Info: ...

Las Vegas Carnival, Inc – a USA / Trinidad based operation, announced today that it has started it has been negotiating with several national and international sponsors to the concert and carnival event on October 10th 2010 and wanted to give the opportunity to all potential sponsors, interested in participating in the event. The carnival / concert event shall provide opportunities to sponsors in several categories to have their products / services showcased and sampled and be a part of the broadcast show. The Sponsor Categories: Beverage: - Beer - Wine (sold) - Gin - Vodka - Rum - Tequila - Soft Drink - Fruit Juice - Water Drink - Energy Drink ...

The latest sensation in the Caribbean Scene is Las Vegas Carnival. We are still unsure as to the scope of the Carnival however one thing is certain you have a choice to make. Las Vegas Carnival is going to take place October 10th, the same weekend as Miami Carnival. We are very excited to see new carnival celebrations taking off. This year, Vegas Carnival invites other bands from around the world to participate in their competition for a startling grand prize. I truly love this idea. All of the quarrels about which country has the best carnival will be settled in Las Vegas, Lets Get Ready To Rumble! LAS VEGAS CARNIVAL OPENS MASQUERADER BAND COMPETITION TO OTHER ...

Band of the Year 2010 Results Small Band of the year Tribal Connection 1 Tribal Connection Inner Circle of the Pow-Wow 2 The Boss Music 3 Pirates and Plunderers Belmont Jewels Medium Band of the Year 2010 Ronnie and Caro - Banner Ronnie and Caro- Individual 1 Tribute Ronnie & Caro 2 The Journey Rosalind Gabriel 3 Call that George The Midas Associates Large Band of the year 2010 Mac Farlane - Pierrot Grenade Mac Farlene - Fancy Sailor 1 Mac Farlene Resurrection the Mas 2 Trini Revellers Festivals of the Worls 3 Lecacy Massala Band of the Year 2010 Results For Trinidad Carnival Small Band of the year First Place...

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