Tribe of Twel Wins Band of the Year

Tribe of Twel which won the prestigious Band of the Year title last year did it again for Lucian Carnival 2024 with its portrayal of ‘Wade in the Water’. Thirty-seven (37) points separated it from the second placed band Xuvo Carnival with its portrayal of ‘Alien’. Just 4 Fun came in third with ROAR “Rise of a Revolution” followed in fourth place by Fuzion Mas with ‘Phantos’.

The winners were announced earlier today at a press conference convened by the Carnival Planning and management Committee, during which Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ronald Phillip, gave an overview of the festival from the standpoint of safety and security, noting that the two-day street parade was incident free.

The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority in the person of Geraine Georges noted that preliminary figures for visitor arrivals for this year’s carnival registered 18,000 setting a new record for the period.

A total of 9 bands participated in this year’s national Parade of the Bands and 7 in the J’Ouvert Parade. A more detailed account of Lucian Carnival 2024 celebrations will be published in this weekend’s VOICE Newspaper.

The results from J’Ouvert and the National Parade of the Bands are as follows:

J’Ouvert Band of the Year

Position	Band	Portrayal	Points
1	Back In Time	West Indies Cricket- Our Pride, Our Passion, Our Pain	426
2	Mudsters	This is J’ouvert ‘The History of J’ouvert	348
3	Wee Outside J’ouvert Band	Traffic Lights – Colours	331
4	Come To Me Tyre Shop	We Should Not Ignore Togetherness	322

Road March

Position	Artist	Song	Points
1	Ricky T	Look Something To Talk About	35
2	Imran Nerdy	Start De Party	19
3	Bronxx, Mata, Ricky T	Better Than Them	17
4	Ezra D’Funmachine	Beyoutiful	13

Individual of the Year

Position	Name	Band.....	Portrayal	Score
1	Sharon Tanner	Tribe of Twel	Sisters In The Stream Rituals of Faith and Fellowship	429
2	Giovanni St Omer	Fuzion Mas	Drogon King of Dragons, Protector of the Realm	427
3	Kim Desir	Tribe of Twel	Rivers of Blood and Memory	393
4	Kareem Sifflet	Xuvo Carnival	Pred8or	393

Ole Mas

Position	Competitor	Portrayal	Score
1	Cuthbert Modeste	Jars on The Square	358
2	Fiona Compton & Sherene Gonzales	Helen of The Malpwop	315
3	Carlton Ishmael	Attention: Men Beware Cause if You Getting Horns Next is Gros Pwel and Bowtins	311
4	Julian Calderon	Mr Speaker Trying To See Oppositions Light	295