An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

There were on­ly a few spec­ta­tors in the Grand Stand at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah and the North Stand was vir­tu­al­ly emp­ty for the Pa­rade of the Bands in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day.

But the poor turnout did not de­ter rev­ellers from small, medi­um and large bands who danced their way across the stage at that venue. Al­so mak­ing ap­pear­ances were tra­di­tion­al char­ac­ters.

There was steady stream of mas­quer­aders from 12.40 pm, with the first ma­jor band, Ron­nie and Caro, cross­ing the stage at 1 pm with rev­ellers in Mon­day wear danc­ing to DNA by Mi­cal Te­ja.

Fol­low­ing close be­hind, large band The Lost Tribe, with its 2024 pre­sen­ta­tion Rain­for­est, in­clud­ing a rev­eller push­ing a ba­by in a stroller, took 20 min­utes to cross the stage.

K2K Al­liance and Part­ners mas­quer­aders were re­splen­dent in white, black and or­ange head-to-toe dress in The Salt Cross­ing - Desert Sea­son. The cos­tum­ing set the band apart from many oth­er Car­ni­val pre­sen­ta­tions.

Pa­parazzi Car­ni­val took the stage at 2.29 pm with Ihoko: The For­got­ten Trail.

In the Road March race, while Mi­cal Te­ja’s DNA was a favourite among the rev­ellers yes­ter­day, Bun­ji Gar­lin’s Car­ni­val Con­tract was al­so played on ro­ta­tion by mu­sic trucks cross­ing the stage.