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bahamian242 6 years, 10 months ago

You mean to tell me we have Traffic Management??? Hahahahahahaha Where?????

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ThisIsOurs 6 years, 10 months ago

Junkanoo was awful. I am tired of waiting for twenty years hoping some magical thing will happen and they finally put on a show someone wants to see. If you are going to charge people 20,30, 40,70 dollars to see a show, hire Fred Ferguson, Ian Poitier, Mr Carrol and let them put on a three, four five hour production someone wants to watch. Do two nights of these shows if you want, to give all performers a chance to showcase.

Stop this greatest show on earth fairy tale from perpetrating for another twenty years. No group deserves the prize money. Since most of these groups clearly can't prepare for one parade in a year, eliminate them from participating, have a separate parade for them where they can rush in light costuming.

Get off Bay Street another romanticized unnessary element. The cramped poor viewing seating is passed its usefulness.

Do away with the scrap group, omega Psi phi nonsense, nobody pay to see that. We want to see beautiful costumes, well pasted, cleverly interpreted themes, and energetic dancers. We don't want to sit for hours before '"something" shows up.

Stop the obsequious homeges to "dignitaries", who just reach and most times even do nothing, in Rawson sq.

Stop the corny skits in Rawson sq.

stop the object throwing into the crowd before someone get knock out.

My vote is for a production, please start speaking to Mr Poitier and Mr Ferguson. Use the prize money to pay people to build staging, costuming and to work the parade. I sure they'll get more money in their pockets in one production than they've gotten from their group leaders in decades.

The gigantic, accident waiting to happen, costumes are "uselessary". Scale them down. They've provided clear evidence that they can build beautiful appropriately scaled pieces

(Disclaimer I een see Family, maybe they save the night, thought Saxons was beautiful but I hear they weren't pasted well, couldn't tell from my vantage point)

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ThisIsOurs 6 years, 10 months ago

The lead dancer from Saxons was awesome, pay him to organize choreographed dance. Fred does music, Ian directs. Mr J can do music too. Sure there are more persons that can be delegated work. This could be an awesome event. Something hotels would be proud to send their guests too without wondering "if" it guh be good. Sell it, show the guys how they'll make money and I'm sure they'll be on board.

They can have a people's rush on a separate night. Where anyone can join a group of musicians who actually know how to shake cowbells and beat drums. Everyone wears the section tshirt and massive Junkanoo hatt, more revenue. Each section has to come in under a given number of people

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Sickened 6 years, 10 months ago

WHY WAS THIS POSTPONED??

They need to find new jobs for the people at the met office. Either: 1. The doppler/radar machines don't work; 2. The screens on the machines got specs of lunch on them and they thought they were storms rolling in; 3. They look out the window with really dark shades on and saw storm clouds; 4. They are STILL totally incompetent.

OR

The junkanoo committee needs to be retired.

I'm starting to HATE junkanoo. The very word makes me cringe now

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sheeprunner12 6 years, 10 months ago

ThisisOurs is making some serious points that the Tribune management needs to email directly to Pintard .......... Junkanoo must be professionally managed and commercialized ....... and it needs a cultural stadium (like in Brazil) that can be used year-round to put on as many different parades from different genres as possible ......... Bay Street is nostalgic but out-moded ..... replicate Bay Street in a cultural stadium with 20,000 seating capacity.

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