BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – AFTER weeks of waiting in anticipation, the 2013-2014 Sugar Mas Line-up was finally revealed.
This was done at the Carnival Launch on Saturday (Nov. 9) at the Palm Court Gardens in Fortlands Basseterre, which, for the first time in recent years, had attracted a sparse crowd.
Although all the events were announced, the venues and times for most of them were not and Carnival Committee Chairman Sylvester Anthony said they would be given at a later date.
The season kicks off with the Official Opening of Carnival on Friday, November 22. This, Anthony said, would be done in the form of a grand street parade and would be followed by the undermentiond events:
Friday, November 29 - Health and Fitness Fair at Independence Square
Sunday, December 1 - Church Service
Friday, December 6 - Basseterre Alive and Multi-cultural Food Fair; Soca Monarch Semi-finals
Saturday, December 7 - Islandwide Bar Crawl; Tonic Promotion's Who Run the Dance
Sunday, December 8 - Breakfast Fete
Friday, December 13 - Defence Force Fete
Saturday, December 14 - Carnival Foam Fete
Sunday, December 15 - Calypso Semi-finals
Wednesday, December 18 - Band Clash
Thursday, December 19 - Folklore Avenue
Friday, December 20 - Soca Monarch Finals
Saturday, December 21 - Junior Calypso Monarch and Talented Teen Pageant; Cane Juice Cooler Fete
Monday, December 23 - International Night
Tuesday, December 24 - Calypso Ex-Tempo
Thursday, December 26 - J'Ouvert
Friday, December 27 - National Queen Pageant
Saturday, December 28 - Senior Calypso Monarch Finals; Inception Fete
Monday, December 30 - Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant
Tuesday, December 31 - Junior Carnival Parade; Rotary Club of Liamigua New Year's Ball; Members Only New Year's Eve Gala
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 - Carnival Grand Parade
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - Last Lap
Anthony said that the Carnival season would officially close on Sunday, January 5, 2014 with a Carnival Cool Down Fete.
Sugar Ms 42: Eee belong to me and you!
