Posts tagged Carnival Nationz

Are you having carnival tabanca yet? Caribana we miss you already. The costumes and the music were our freedom, we needed this liberation after two years of a rough pandemic. Let’s first congratulate Scarborough mas band leader Louis Saldenah who won the Band of The Year title with his presentation of Street of Fire, making it 20 times so far. Placing second in the competition was Jamaal Magloire’s Toronto Revellers with “Bon Voyage” and in third place was Celena Seusahai’s Tribal Carnival with “Kingdoms”. Fourth place winners were Bryce Aguiton and Marcus Eustace’s Carnival Nationz with “Queens & Goddesses.” This …

Montreal Carifiesta has come and gone. Congratulations to promoters and organizers. Now all roads lead to Toronto Caribana, which is expected to be the most attended North American Carnival after two years of Covid postponements. The parade takes place on Sat. Jul 30, beginning at Exhibition Place and moving down Lakeshore Blvd West. (approximately 4.5 kilometres). . Mas bands lined up for Toronto Carnival and their 2022 presentations include: Freedom Mas Band CA 2022- Genesis Sunlime Mas Band 2022 – Unleashed Venom Carnival 2022 –Papillon Carnival Nationz 2022 – Queens & Goddesses Fantazia Carnival 2022 -Origins Toronto Revellers 2022 – …

After two years of pandemic life, a sense of optimism, hope and caution is the general feeling among bandleaders and masquerades as they plan for carnivals across North America. Montreal Carifiesta and Toronto Caribana are officially on and preparations for those two street parades are well underway. Unfortunately here in Montreal, organizers of the top mas band ” Roots Cultural Association” have decided not to participate in this year in the Carifiesta parade. Roots was founded by Michael Julien and Stephen Payne and has been making costumes for Montreal carnival (Carifiesta) since 1977. They have won the Band Of The …