Trinidad Carnival 2010

The spirit of a King/ King of Carnival

NINTH TITLE: Curtis Eustace portrays ’Spirits of Mandingo-An African Legend’ during Sunday night’s Dimanche Gras final at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. Eustace won the King of Carnival title with the portrayal, his ninth overall

Some of the Kings and Queens that took part in the competition.

Parade of the Bands

Kiddies Carnival 2010

Mac Farlane

Large Band of the Year winner for 2009 Brian Mac Farlane’s Resurrection: The Mas was a smash hit with spectators in Port-of-Spain as many expressed pride to see the return of “long time mas. Mach Farlane has won the Large Band of the Year for a Second Time and JW and Blaze have won the road march for 2010 with his song Palance 

Mac Farlane the designer of the mas costumes that give him Victory once again in the large band category.   

Brian MacFarlane’s 2010 Carnival presentation, Resurrection: The Mas, yesterday palanced along Adam Smith Square to draw more onlookers than the half-naked and topless female masqueraders of most other large bands. MacFarlane’s extravagant 16-section band was reflective of the Carnival euphemism, the greatest show on earth, after throngs of spectators got off the pavement along the corner of Ariapita Avenue and Carlos Street to crowd both sides of his presentation, which featured traditional mas characters from the late 1880s. MacFarlane, who has won the large Band of the Year category since 2008, was a hit among bystanders, who whipped out their pocket-sized digital cameras to capture shots of the characters in his band, such as Dame Lorraine, a mas character reflective of 18th century French planters, who dressed up in elegant costumes of the French aristocracy and paraded with masks made from fine wire mesh.

A Few of his Costumes for 2010

 Next year’s season will be much longer as Carnival Monday and Tuesday will be staged on March 7 and 8.

The season will also be lengthy in 2011 with Carnival carded for February 20 and 21 respectively.

Following are the dates for Carnival festivities for the next ten years:

2011 - March 7 & 8.

2012 - February 20 & 21.

2013 - February 11 & 12.

2014 - March 3 & 4.

2015 - February 16 & 17.

2016 - February 8 & 9.

2017 - February 27 & 28.

2018 - February 12 & 13.

2019 - March 4 & 5.

2020 - February 24 & 25.

Queen of Carnival

WATER LADY: Rosemarie Kuru-Jagessar portrays ’Wakanisha - The Sacred Water Bearer’ during the Queen of Carnival competition at Sunday night’s Dimanche Gras final at the Queen’s Park Savannah,

Port of Spain. Kuru-Jagessar won the title, her first in the competition

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