CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL

Look Out for Tropicalfete 2015 for New York Labor Day Carnival as we are Going Green on the Road calling awareness to the Movement of Saving the Planet

Trinidad & Tobago, Dominica, Haiti, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Cuba, Martinique, Aruba, Bonaire,Curaçao,  celebrate a pre-Lenten festival called carnival that involves parties, pageant, music and competitions which climaxes with two days of street parade. The two days of parade take place on Carnival Monday and Mardi Gras where brilliantly colored costumed revelers jump and dance to sweet calypso, soca and steel pan music. After the two days of revelry, it is Ash Wednesday and all the parties and dance are toned down until the Lenten season is over. During the months leading to the Carnival Monday and Tuesday, patrons are treated to a variety of carnival oriented events such as parties, Carnival Queen Pageants, King and Queen of the bands, Kiddies carnival, calypso tents leading to the Calypso Monarch finals, Steel pan competitions, Power and Groovy Soca Monarchs. The2015 result of the Trinidad and Tobago carnival activities - The 2015 Chutney Soca Monarch and Traditional Monarch champions Rikki Jai (Samraj Jaimungal) and Ravi B (Ravi Bissambhar)       In the Schools National Chutney Soca Monarch Aaron Duncan retained his title for a third time, however, with a total of 261 points, Duncan who is a student of Trinity Junior School had to share the title with Christian Mendez from Bishop Anstey Junior.  The Secondary School category was won by Suraj Ramdass Singh from San Fernando East Secondary. Machel Montano captured the Power Soca Monarch crown with the tune “Like Ah Boss”, Neil Iwer George placed second with the tune ”Play D Mas” and first time competitor, Nikki Crosby came in third position with the tune “Granny.”  The Groovy Soca Monarch crown was won by Olajunti Yearwood with his very popular tune “Ola”, Farmer Nappy came in second with the tune “My House” and in third place was Antiguan, Ricardo Drue with “Vagabond.”

The defending Calypso Monarch, Roderick “Chucky” Gordon defended his title successfully with his songs – “The Rose” and “I Believe.”  In second place was Devon Seale with his songs “My Humble Plea” and “Soul Judges” and Karene Asche came in the third position with her songs “Fix the Gap" and “Every Knee Shall Bow.”  Karene Asche also won the first ever National Nation Building Calypso Monarch in the Kaisorama which took place at the Queen's Park Savannah on February 13, 2015, Devon Seale and Heather Mac Intosh were also winners.   Kurt Allen came second with "Selfie T&T" while Brian London's "Wishful" got him the third position.  

The Top three positions for King of the carnival went to these three individuals:

1. Roland St George – “Athwaje”
2. Ted Eustace – “Samaranga: D Wolf Bat”
3. Fareid Cravalho - "Death Desolation Despair: Keeper Of Souls”

The top three Queens of carnival:

1. Stephanie Kanhai - "The Sweet Waters Of Africa”
2. Roxanne Omalo - "The Phantom Queen”
3. Jonell Dick - "Andromeda Mystical Queen”

In the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Pan Champions competition, the large band results were as follows:  1st place - NGC Steel Xplosion, 2nd place - Petrotrin Katzenjammers and 3rd place - NLCB Bucconeers.
In the small Steel band category, the top three places were: 1st place – Our Boys, 2nd place – C&B Crown Cordaans and the 3rd place went to Tobago Pan-thers.
The single pan bands top three winners were:  1st place – Metro Stars, 2nd place – New Vision and 3rd place – Hope Pan Groovers.
In the Pan Trinbago Panorama, in the Large Conventional Band category, the top three Bands were:  1st place - All Stars, 2nd place - Phase 2 and in 3rd place was Exodus.
In the Medium Convectional Band 1st place went to Pan Elders, 2nd place Bucconeers and Steel Xplosion copped the 3rd position.
In the Small Pan Band category, in 1st - position Arima Golden Symphony, 2nd – Supernovas and 3rd was
Crescendoes Musicale.

In the Single Pan Band category in 1st position - San Juan East Side Symphony, 2nd - Marsicans and
Trinidad East Side Symphony placed 3rd.

The Road March title was captured by Machel Montano with his song “Like a Boss”, which played 390 times, making that his seventh Road March crown. Machel’s song “Erupt” was second and played 37 times and Groovy Soca Monarch Olatunji Yearwood placed third as his song “Ola” was played 22 times.
 
Carriacou and Petite Martinique also celebrated their colorful and exciting carnival activities prior to the start of the Lenten season and here are the results of some the activities.  Miss Derrona Farray was crowned Miss Carriacou Carnival Queen 2015, in second place was Miss Ria Thomas and Miss Kentisha McGillvary placed third.  Derrona Farray was also copped Best Platform/Introduction, Best evening wear and best interview, Ria Thomas copped Best talent and Best costume was awarded to Kentisha McGillvary.
Mozo (Garvin Moses) captured the 2015 Carriacou and Petite Martinique Groovy Monarch crown with the song entitled “One Life”, Gold’n (Matthew Thomas) performed the song “Leh go” and he came in second place while Shanda (Nashander Charles) came in third with the song “Dance the Night Away.”
Kavon (Kavon Roberts) was crowned the 2015 Carriacou and Petite Martinique Calypso Monarch with the tune, “The Need for Love”; Shanda (Nashander Charles) came in second with the tune, “We in Crisis” and Leftist (Anderson Matheson) who sang “Too much Politics” came third.
The 2015 Soca Monarch for Carriacou and Petite Martinique was Brendon McKie (Killa B) who sang Camouflage, in second position was Jermone Adams (Hunter HD) with his song “Outta Space” and in third position was Andrew E Dick (Big Bad Buster) with the tune “Come for Mas.”
 Dominica’s 2015 Carnival Queen was the stunningMiss Odessa Elie. Dominica also had Goodwill Primary School Carnival Princess Show and Charisse Piper was the winner of Goodwill Primary School Carnival Princess Show.  Alliyah Daniel took the 1st runner-up position and second runner-up is Urbi Richards. The third runner-up position went to Cathiana Nicolas and the 4th runner was Danika Bernard.
 Lord Karessah won the crown with His songs – “Call Me Name” and “Flush It”, Dice came in the first runner up position, followed by Daddy Chess and Jama B.
Sadly and unfortunately an accident happened during Haiti’s carnival parade on February 17. Sixteen people were confirmed dead and 78 others injured. The authorities cancelled carnival activities and declared three days of national mourning.

Look Out for Tropicalfete 2015 for New York Labor Day Carnival as we are Going Green on the Road calling awareness to the Movement of Saving the Planet

Caribbean Carnival
Apr12th 2015      Bacchanal Jamaica
April 16st -May 4, 2015   St. Maarten
May 2nd & 3rd 2015  St. Thomas (V.I)
May 2nd, 2015   Cayman Islands
May 7th – 9th, 2015 Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival
May 23rd, 2015 Atlanta, GA
May 21st-24th, 2015 Carnival Houston
May 24th, 2015 Bermuda Day
May 24th, 2015 Orlando, FL
May 23rd-24th, 2015 San Francisco, CA
May 22nd-25th, 2015 Berlin (Germany)
June 7th 2015     Tampa, FL
June 11th-14th, 2015 Charleston Carifest Charleston, SC
June 20th, 2015 Philadelphia, PA
June 20th, 2015 West Palm Beach, FL
June 21st 2015   LA Carnival/Hollywood Carnival
June 29-Jul 10th, 2015 St. Vincent & The Grenadines
July 4th , 2015    St. John (V.I)
July 4th, 2015     Montreal, Canada (Carifest)
July 11th, 2015   Baltimore / Washington DC  Carnival
July 11, 2015 South Jersey Caribbean Festival
July 20th & 21th 2015      St. Lucia
July, 2015 Jersey City, NJ
July 17th – Aug 5th, 2015 Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival (formerly Caribana)
July 17th – 18th, 2015     Atlantic City, NJ
July 24th & 25th, 2015 Twin Cities Carifest Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 25th-26th, 2015 Vancouver, BC
July 25th, 2015 Rotterdam (Zomer Carnival)
July 25th 2015    Antigua
Aug 2nd-3rd 2015 Barbados Crop Over
Aug, 2015 Calgary (Carifest), AB, Canada
28th July – 9th Aug, 2015 Tortola Carnival (BVI)
Aug, 2015 Nevis (Culturama)
Aug 5-6-, 2015   Hamilton, Canada
Aug 5-6-, 2015   Edmonton (Cariwest)
Aug 5-6-, 2015   Detroit, MI
Aug, 2015 Hartford (Connecticut)
Aug, 2015  Ottawa (Caribe-Expo)
Aug 7th – 8th, 2015 Virginia CaribFest Carnival
Aug 10th – 14th, 2015 Grenada (Spice Mas)
Aug 16th, 2015   Chicago, IL Windy City Carnival
Aug 23rd, 2015 Boston, MA
Aug 24th Worcester Carnival (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
Aug 30-31st  Notting Hill (London, UK)
Sep 7th, 2015     New York (Labor Day)
Sep 12th, 2015   Belize Carnival
Sep 7th, 2015     Cambridge Carnival
Sep 19th, 2015   Jacksonville Carnival
Oct 11th , 2015 Miami Carnival, FL
Nov 12-22nd, 2015 Cayman Pirates Week
Dec 2015 Montserrat
Dec 2015-2016 St. Kitts