In keep­ing with Cedar Grove Pri­vate School’s trend of ac­tiv­i­ties, the school’s ad­min­is­tra­tion host­ed its stu­dents to a Car­ni­val fun day with some tra­di­tion­al Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions of its own.

Last Christ­mas, school prin­ci­pal Sha­heed Al­la­ham said it was the school’s mantra to have all chil­dren at the school ex­posed to all facets of T&T’s cus­toms and in the end to have all round cit­i­zens.

On Car­ni­val Fri­day, the pupils of the Palmiste, San Fer­nan­do school par­tic­i­pat­ed in a ca­lyp­so com­pe­ti­tion, as well as mas and Moko Jumbie pre­sen­ta­tions.

The an­nu­al ca­lyp­so com­pe­ti­tion and the pa­rade of class­es pro­gramme, apt­ly themed Flo­ra and Fau­na, at­tract­ed full sup­port by the ac­com­pa­ny­ing par­ents.

The fi­nal­ists in the ca­lyp­so cat­e­go­ry per­formed some of their own ren­di­tions much to the de­light of the ador­ing par­ents, teach­ers and peers.

No­tably cre­ative were the com­po­si­tions of Up­per KG stu­dent Char­l­ize Ra­goonath—Colours of Car­ni­val—Grade 1 stu­dent De­nae Headley’s We Doh Want No Virus and re­turn­ing champ Grade One’s Za­edn Ar­joon, per­form­ing Don’t De­stroy My T&T.

In the se­nior cat­e­go­ry Grade 4’s Ju­lian Ramkisson ren­dered Cedar Grove and re­tained the ti­tle.

The pupils were much hyped fol­low­ing the com­pe­ti­tion and thor­ough­ly en­joyed guest ap­pear­ance by chut­ney so­ca en­ter­tain­er Ravi B who per­formed the 2020 songs Head­shot and Oma­lay.