Shas­tri Boodan

Free­lance Cor­re­spon­dent

Night Mas in To­ba­go got off to a late start on Sat­ur­day.

Orig­i­nal­ly card­ed to com­mence at 7 pm, Is­land Jumbies were the first band to roll out from the west­ern end of Mil­ford Road, near the Coast Guard base, just af­ter 9 pm.

Sev­er­al bands were card­ed to make ap­pear­ances on the night, in­clud­ing Emurge Wel­come to Pan­do­ra; Mar­cellin Ned and As­so­ciates’ Bow Wow Wow; Coun­try Book­ie, the T&T’s Reg­i­ment pre­sen­ta­tion of Op­er­a­tion Ground Hog and Bit­ter­ness Who Drift at Night.

One of the down­sides of the event, how­ev­er, was the ab­sence of prop­er light­ing along the Mil­ford Road stretch. As such, mas­quer­aders and spec­ta­tors had to de­pend on the TTEC street lights and lights from ve­hi­cles to make their way up and down Mil­ford Road.