Well as time draws near for Carnival 2007 I feel like I have to join in the fun...I get ah inspiration from all dem bloggers who sharing they carnival stories and helpful tips for carnival survival. Also meh brethren, Spinn Jumbie get bite from the blogging bug...so I go try ah ting...
My carnival story begins in 2004...the first time i play mas since...I cyah remember...I get hook agen...from steelband semis to monday and tuesday on the road...it was pace...can't stop, won't stop...i playin mas every year since so yuh boy on the road agen in 2007.
I in Pulse 8...pulse who?...yea Pulse 8...the "best" 8 sections from Poison...or as somebody who playin in a another band (a former Poison section by the way....lol) said...the Poison "dregs"....
Anyway, The run-up to carnival kick off the week before carnival with liming every night...who say lime?
This year the lineup is:
Monday-Mardi Gras
Tuesday-Eyes Wide Shut
Wednesday-Bacchanal Wednesday
Thursday-TRIBE Carnival Thursday
Friday-Girl Power
Saturday-Dawn
Sunday-Lara
Mon & Tues-On d road!!!!
Now the Rules of the Road are:
1. No Stopping to rest, chill out, hide from the sun, e.t.c....is pace!!!!
2. If yuh doh have a costume, yuh cyah play mas (for all the stormers, who find they have a right to jump up in the band...MOVE!!!!)
3. Yuh cyah stay in yuh section whole day....it is mandatory that yuh take a tour...of at least your band...advanced carnivalists can explore more than one band...(I managed to jump thru Tribe, Poison and Island People last year!!!...yea it was dat kinda party)
4. for the ladies, if yuh see ah man limin' with his gyul...pls doh wine up on him...dis is a very important rule as I can personally testify to the blowout the offending winer gyul will get.
5. for the fellas, because a gyul let yuh take a wine, doh feel she in love....an please move on...it have some thirst men who does wine on a young lady and get carried away...afta 2 songs is too much...ladies if he still stickin yuh know what to do...hug up a girl friend and start to wine....he shud get the picture....if he doesn't...call SECURITY!!!!
6. If yuh drinkin...doh drive...nuff said (since i stop drinkin 2 years ago...I is everybody best friend)...
7. Finally, if yuh doh like carnival, I cyah blame yuh is genetics...yuh born so....enjoy the beach or watchin it on TV and stop hatin'....i said stop hatin'... on the skimpy costumes, and the jump and wave music, and every other reason (too many to include here) why our carnival is the BEST!!!!!!
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