CHAIR of the Tobago Carnival Bandleaders Association, Dianne McCrimmon, believes that there is a plan to sabotage the national celebrations in Tobago.
In an interview with Newsday on Tuesday, McCrimmon said, “I am feeling hurt and I am feeling bad about it. It is unfair how they’re treating our national event. Sabotage.
"There is normally a parade of bands, there is no parade of bands. I had to make noise – that cannot be right. They’re only changing up everything. Let’s agree to disagree but we need to come to some kind of mutual understanding. There is no afro queen show; that is something Tobago used to look forward to. Come on, why are you doing us that? They’re saying one thing in meeting and then is something else.”
She said in December there was a meeting with the three interest groups – pan, mas and calypso, where they were introduced to the interim CEO of the Tobago Festivals Commission, Janelle Drysdale-Job, and informed of the commission’s role in the event. Read More
George, K. (2024, January 17). Tobago bandleaders upset, claim parade, J’Ouvert, afro queen show scrapped - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Newsday.co.tt. https://newsday.co.tt/2024/01/16/tobago-bandleaders-upset-claim-parade-jouvert-afro-queen-show-scrapped/
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