Are you ready for Carnival?

Known as the ‘Home of Carnival’, Trinidad and Tobago officially launched their Carnival 2020 on Sunday 29^th September 2019 at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah.

The launch was originally scheduled to take place on the Monday 23^rd September, the day before Trinidad and Tobago celebrated their 43^rd Republic Day. However, the event had to be postponed due to the country being placed under a Tropical Storm watch which was later discontinued. With more time to plan and prepare for an even bigger and better event, the National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) did not disappoint with this year’s themed ‘Rejuvenation Better than before’.

As hundreds of patrons turned out to witness and partake in the carnival formalities and festivities, CEH was there to give our readers an inside look of the evening proceedings. The event commenced with a musical welcome and street parade leading to stage featuring Dancers, Traditional Carnival Masqueraders including Mokojumbies, Blue Devils and musical items including Rhythm section, Tamboo Bamboo, Tassa and the Steelpan.

 

The Chairman of the NCC, Mr. Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters gave a passionate and welcoming speech where he emphasized the importance of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, stating that spending money on carnival is one of the best investments that our country can make, because it yields immediate economic returns.

 

Moving along to the most anticipated aspect of the evening, the live entertainment brought with it something to be appreciated by both the young and old. Featuring performances by well-known calypsonians and soca artistes, live bands and steelpan. Some of the highlights of the evening included performances from Chutney Soca band Ravi B & Karma, Soca veteran Blaxx, Calypso monarch winner Ronaldo London, four-time Junior Calypso monarch Aaron Duncan,  Calypsonian veteran Lord Relator and renowed Extempo Master Black Sage; who took us on a reminiscent trip down memory lane and was later joint on stage in a comical Extempo battle by Mr. Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters.

 

The talented and beautiful Calypso Diva and former Calypso Monarch, Karene Ashe also performed giving a powerful rendition of her composition ‘Every Knee Shall Bow’.

 

 

 Our national instrument was also suitably in the mix, filling the air with sweet sounding steelpan music as Desperadoes delivered a musical medley of popular soca hits bringing patrons energetically to their feet.

 

 

And what is carnival without the sound of soca as patrons were treated to jam session with the living legend himself, Super Blue performing many of his timeless classics.

 

 

Ending the night’s festivities was soca artiste Farmer Nappy alongside the band Karma as he hooked the crowd performing his 2019 hit single ‘Hook Meh’ and even singing a piece of Nadia Batson ‘So Long’ also featured on the same riddim.

 

 

With Carnival 2020 officially launched, the countdown is now on to the greatest show on earth. We at Caribbean Entertainment Hub will like to commend the NCC for their magnificent display of our Trinidad and Tobago carnival culture and we urge you to stay tuned as we continue to keep you updated with everything in carnival and entertainment that’s well on its way.

 

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