I’m going to host a watch party at my house. If you want to check it out live yourself, it costs about $4.50 in USD for the official livestream here:
https://pantrinbago.carnivaltv.cloud/

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I’m always rooting for Phase II Pan Groove. They’re playing a tune called “Trouble” this year, in collaboration with Freetown Collective

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bHHnQRbx0G8

Freetown Collective is a pretty great group! I saw them live (over Zoom) a few years back

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The Renegades just opened their piece with a weird little skit where someone through a stuffed lizard at a school teacher that scurried across the stage

Now there’s a guy with a lizard mask walking around, leading the band - this is amazing

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Haha there’s a giant lizard statue on top of one of the drum cages

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And DRONE LIZARD CONSTELLATION in the sky!

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Hell yeah, Starlift is playing a tune called “Last Train” and now there’s a colorful train moving on stage

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Starlift had the best theatrical performance so far, with some kind of romance story where the couple boarded the train and rode across the stage at the end

I feel bad for The Tropical Angel Harps, who will be playing the same “Last Train” song later. How will they top that?

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Tropical Angel Harps on now

They started with a fake train station announcement- “Last train for Port-of-Spain” and incorporated a train whistle into the start of the song

So that’s cool! But no big decorations or props

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