Tribe of Twel Captures Carnival Band of the Year

Tribe of Twel swept out the awards at this year’s carnival parade, beating out Just 4 Fun and others for the top spot.

The band captured the Parade Band of the Year title with its portrayal of ‘For God So Loved the World’, as well as all of the Individual awards.

Just 4 Fun came in second in the Parade Band of the Year category with its portrayal of ‘Into The Beyond’, missing the top spot by 36 points. (The band claimed the top spot last year).

Saint Lucia Carnival climaxed with the national parade of the bands on Monday, July 16, and Tuesday, July 18.

A total of 10 bands participated in this year’s national Parade of the Bands and 12 in the J’Ouvert Parade. The results for this year’s carnival parade were released earlier today.

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The results from J’Ouvert and the national Parade of the Bands for Saint Lucia Carnival 2023 are as follows:

J’Ouvert Band of the Year

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Back In Time	Celebrating Mother Africa	420
2	J’Ouvert Jammers	Back Out Dirty Horns For Soo	351
3	Mudsters	Labou Love	317
4	Come To Me Tyre Shop	We Jumping Not Shooting	300

Road March

Position	Artist	Song	Points
1	Imran Nerdy	Clock Out	36
2	Ezra Da FunMachine	Hello Carnival	35
3	Shemmy J	Miss Grippy	27
4	Ricky T	Kay Ou	10
5	Mighty	Kedek Kedek	10

Individual of the Year

Position	Name	Band	Portrayal	Score
1	Jordan Augier	Tribe of Twel	For God So Loved The World	447
2	Kim Desir	Tribe of Twel	Anba Go	440
3	Sharon Tanner	Tribe of Twel	Palm Sunday Redemption	433
4	Craig Hyacinth	Tribe of Twel	Papa Djab Seducing the Nation	430

Ole Mas

Position	Competitor	Portrayal	Score
1	Julian Calderon	Mr. PM You Killing the Corn Tree	295
2	Cuthbert Modeste	Julien Alfred Breaking Records	290
3	Robert Calderon	Three Golds For Three Little Nose	259
4	Carlton Ishmael	Criminals Have More Arms Than The Police	251

Best Portrayal of Theme

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Tribe of Twel	For God So Loved The World	129
2	Xuvo Carnival	Down The Rabbit Hole	121
3	Just 4 Fun	Into The Beyond	119
4	Fuzion Mas	Fuzion FM	114

Best Designed Band

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Tribe of Twel	For God So Loved The World	132
2	Just 4 Fun	Into The Beyond	121
3	Xuvo Carnival	Down The Rabbit Hole	115
4	Fuzion Mas	Fuzion FM	107

Mas on the Move

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Tribe of Twel	For God So Loved The World	89
2	Xuvo	Down The Rabbit Hole	81
3	Just 4 Fun	Into The Beyond	72
4	Island Tribe	Sin City	68

Spirit of Carnival

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Xuvo Carnival	Down The Rabbit Hole	436
2	Fuzion Mas	Fuzion FM	388
3	Tribe of Twel	For God So Loved The World	386
4	Just 4 Fun	Into The Beyond	376

Parade Band of the Year

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Tribe of Twel	For God So Loved The World	433
2	Just 4 Fun	Into The Beyond	397
3	Xuvo Carnival	Down The Rabbit Hole	387
4	Fuzion Mas	Fuzion FM	362