MONDAY MADNESS

Monday Madness was indeed madness.

One of the things I do is PLAN PLAN and PLAN some more. In all the planning, Monday Madness was well confusing. There was stage front and I want to believe like an area that was just not stage front. I won't call it general because stage front wasn't VIP or anything, it was just those of us who preferred to be closer to the front of the stage. So in essence, we too were general. I don't know. As I said, it was madness. We haven't even gotten to the 'trucks' that were selling VIP, VVIP and possible MOON experiences (to the same fete)! The difference (in my opinion) was that there were different sections of people selling tickets and what they offered to their individual sections/patrons. There were too many to remember or what they offered as none of them mattered to me. I was only interested in being in front of the stage.

Let's be clear, I am only putting in this entry because I said I would. There was nothing extraordinary about the event. In fact, I left there still confused lol

THE SPIRIT CALLIN MEH!

Finally, a carnival mas band that has intrigued me enough to dust off the old laptop.

Imagine a band with the customer service of TRIBE (then).

The amenities of your favorite mas band.

A brunch to jump start your Carnival Monday.

Their own signature drink.

And the vibes of Island People Mas!!!

Some would say that the Island People Mas reference may not be a good one but I'm not here to argue, I said what I said and I stand on it. Island People Mas was the band with the vibes!!

Spirit made their debut Carnival 2024 and they have already made themselves some extremely loyal masqueraders and their fair share of haters.  Everyone loved the band whether you were a registered masquerader, bystander or stormer but the haters came along when it was time to register for Trinidad Carnival 2025. 

Lol, what's carnival without a good ole bacchanal?

At the end of carnival 2024, owner of Spirit Mas said that his aim for 2025 was to keep the band at the same size it was for 2024. He continued to say that he wanted to keep the integrity of the band by not decreasing customer service or the quality of the band overall for a couple dollars and he meant it! I guess not enough people got that memo because when registration time came around, there were many unhappy people.  That's when the Spirit bashing begun. 

I've heard that Spirit didn't care for the darker skinned people and they were looking for a certain "type" of people to let it their band...  Actually, the type they allowed to register first were the preregistered type.  The ones who took a leap on faith and played with Spirit in 2024 were the ones who were given the opportunity to preregister. Aside from that, I'd certainly like to know what "type" that was because in the registration process FOR 2024 I don't recall anyone having to send a face shot or a body picture of themselves like I've experienced in a popular carnival mas band. On the road, there were also all types of body shades, shapes and types. There was also representation for every ethnicity. People just like to complain once they've realized that they're not on the winning team and that's all I can say for that.

The countdown is on til you land on the Spirit Island....

168 DAYS