If there was one fete I was looking forward to post UK lockdown, it was Jam J’ourvert organised by the Mingle Team. It wasn’t just me. There was much anticipation from the feting community about this event. This event is a dirty fete. I mean there is water, paint and powder going and coming from all directions. If you think that you will go to this fete and stay clean? Your best bet is to stay at home. Maybe that is what I like about dirty fetes so much. You don’t dress up. Well you do, but it has a different purpose. You wrap/cover your hair if you are precious about your hair, locs or weave getting messed up. You…
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Pandemic Carnival 2021
Love the creatives in Trinidad. Truly. Despite no official carnival (due to the pandemic) for masqueraders to wear costumes, designers stepped up and designed anyway. Online concerts took place. A carnival movie ‘Lavway’ was…
WLOG 6: Butterflies, fireflies and goats
It’s been over a month since I have posted here. What can I say? Life happens. Took a break to go home to St. Lucia for Christmas. In these COVID times, that was quite…
WLOG 4: Procrastination, procrastination.
My general productivity has waxed and waned this past week. There are parts of ILC work I have been seriously focused on. There are other parts I am still procrastinating about. And in my…
WLOG 3
I don’t know how this lockdown 2.0 has affected most people, but for me? This week has been… hectic. That’s my theme word for this week. Hectic. Writing this now Sunday evening I have…
WLOG 2: Schedule, Nessa Preppy
Week 1 of Lockdown 2.0 done. This has a very different feel to the first UK Lockdown in spring. There is much more of a relaxed feel. There is less general national anxiety in…
WLOG- The Beginning
‘PEOPLE DON’T READ ANYMORE’. A friend said that to me. ‘There is no point in writing, people are into videos’. In a way he is right. Reading has lost popularity. People consume at a…
Carnival in the Time of Corona; An International Carnivalista
I usually play mas in more than one carnival during the year. For this year 2020, besides Trinidad, I was planning for St. Vincent, St. Lucia and of course Notting Hill. There were festivals…
Designer Vanisha: Costumes, Lewis Hamilton, Krave, Caesar’s Army
She has been prolific in the creation of costumes since arriving on the designing carnival scene in London (UK) and has had many successes. Arguably, one of her greatest achievements as a designer is…
Manager Series: Red Rock Raquel
Raquel Arty, the road manager for Patrice Roberts, is one female manager’s story I’ve wanted to share for a long time. She’s a successful female road manager in a male dominated industry. Yes, it…
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