Shas­tri Boodan

As­tra Win­ches­ter Cre­ations Pan­dem­ic has won Ply­mouth J’Ou­vert 2022. The re­sults were an­nounced on Sun­day night by the To­ba­go Fes­ti­vals Com­mis­sion.

Eleven bands crossed two judg­ing points at the venue on Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

Ane­ta Win­ches­ter al­so copped the ti­tles of Queen of the Band, the Cou­ples cat­e­go­ry and the In­di­vid­ual ti­tle.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia on Mon­day As­tra Win­ches­ter said she was elat­ed, “I feel very, very hap­py to know that this is my fourth con­sec­u­tive win. I am very proud of this ac­com­plish­ment. It was a lot of hard work but I know that hard work and ded­i­ca­tion yields suc­cess. I ex­pe­ri­enced the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic. I got first-hand ex­pe­ri­ence of what it was all about. I knew that it would be a good theme and that I could do so much with it. I told my­self that one day I will por­tray the coro­n­avirus as one of my themes and so, I de­cid­ed to make that my pre­sen­ta­tion for Ply­mouth J’Ou­vert 2022.

“From the very start my play­ers told me that they loved my con­cept this year. Every­one kept telling me “I love it”, “As­tra yuh come re­al good with that theme.” Play­ers had a hard time de­cid­ing which sec­tion to play in be­cause they told me the three sec­tions I pre­sent­ed were so nice. When the re­sults were re­leased, play­ers were call­ing me, con­grat­u­lat­ing me be­fore I could even share the news of my vic­to­ry. They were all so hap­py to know that we did it once again.

Queen of the bands Aneta Winchester with her portrayal of Omicron

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“My band will be tak­ing part in Oc­to­ber Car­ni­val with the same theme “Pan­dem­ic.” How­ev­er, I will be in­creas­ing sec­tion 3 which de­picts the coun­tries af­fect­ed by the coro­n­avirus, eight coun­tries were pre­sent­ed for Ply­mouth J’Ou­vert. How­ev­er, for Oc­to­ber Car­ni­val about 15 coun­tries will be pre­sent­ed. The band will most like­ly take part in the night mas and/or J’Ou­vert.”

The three sec­tions of the band in­clud­ed Doc­tors and Nurs­es who fought hard to save the lives of those in­fect­ed. Death, those who died from the coro­n­avirus and Coun­tries af­fect­ed by the coro­n­avirus.

Hun­dreds flocked to the sea­side vil­lage for the cel­e­bra­tions. Bands, rev­ellers and per­sons seek­ing to free-up af­ter two years of clo­sure be­cause of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic took to the streets and fol­lowed the beat of the mu­sic truck along Arnos Vale Road. The event fea­tured a taste of tra­di­tion­al dev­il, mud and Apache mas.

First to cross the stage be­fore 5 am was City Raw Jabs with their pre­sen­ta­tion of D On Told Sto­ry of the Saints that fea­tured dev­ils coat­ed in old mo­tor­car oil and us­ing a flam­beaux to spit out a kerosene fire­ball. Re Pro­mo­tions pre­sen­ta­tion Apache Shades of Sun­set was amongst the larg­er bands. Apache fea­tured Chief Cur­ry as the King of the band along with his queen Poc­a­hon­tas.

John Arnold, the CEO of the To­ba­go Fes­ti­vals Com­mis­sion, told Guardian Me­dia that he was pleased with how the event was man­aged. How­ev­er Arnold said he was ex­pect­ing much larg­er bands to par­tic­i­pate.

Winning the title Couple of the Bands were Patrick, right and Aneta Winchester from the band pandemic

VINDRA GOPAUL

Here are some of the re­sults

J’Ou­vert Band Cat­e­go­ry .

1- Pan­dem­ic- As­tra Win­ches­ter Cre­ations

2-Apache- Shades of Sun­set- Kelon Mc Pear­son

3- What the Hell- Cul­tur­al Vibes

Queen

1- Ane­ta Win­ches­ter-Omi­cron

2-Nava­jo War­rior- Re Pro­mo­tions

3- Lisa Wall- Lilith

Revellers from the band Apache; Shades of Sunset a presentation of Re Promotions.

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King

1- Geron­i­mo- Re Pro­mo­tions

2- Chief Cur­ry- Re Pro­mo­tions

3- Patrick Win­ches­ter- Coro­n­avirus

Cou­ple

1 Patrick and Ane­ta Win­ches­ter- Pan­dem­ic

2- Geron­i­mo and Nava­jo- Re Pro­mo­tions

3- Pipi in she Tipi- Re Pro­mo­tions

In­di­vid­u­als

1- Merlisa Win­ches­ter- Ja­maica from the band Pan­dem­ic

2- Adana Win­ches­ter- Bar­ba­dos

3- Ad­dis Duke- the awak­en­ing of death

Moko Jumbies from the band Apache; Shades of Sunset a presentation of Re Promotions.

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Moko Jumbies from the band Apache; Shades of Sunset a presentation of Re Promotions.

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Chief Curry from the band Apache; Shades of Sunset a presentation of Re Promotions.

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