Sean Nero

With no need to reg­is­ter to play in the band, nei­ther pur­chase a cos­tume-un­like the sys­tem that ap­plies in main­stream pret­ty mas' bands-Pe­ters an­tic­i­pates that the Peo­ple's Band will be an in­stant hit on its de­but this Car­ni­val in Port-of-Spain, Ma­yaro and San Fer­nan­do. For rev­ellers in Port-of-Spain, hailed as the Mec­ca of Car­ni­val, Hart Street was iden­ti­fied as the start­ing point. Mon­day's call time is 1 pm. Tues­day is 9 am. Edric Con­nor Park was ad­ver­tised as the as­sem­ble point for fun-lovers in Ma­yaro on both days. Meet­ing time on Mon­day is 2 pm and 11 am the fol­low­ing day. The call time in San Fer­nan­do on both days is 1 pm. Be­cause of the per­re­nial con­ges­tion in Port-of-Spain, the band had been giv­en its own route: North on Aber­crom­by Street, west on New Street, south on Vic­to­ria Av­enue, west on Tra­garete Road, south on Pole Carew Street and east on Ari­api­ta Av­enue.