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Roland St George tops mas prelims
Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2005

By Sean Douglas, newsday.co.tt

ROLAND St George was tops with the crowd Thursday night at the preliminaries of the King and Queen of Carnival held at Queen's Park Savannah. He portrayed a sinewy and ferocious tribesman who danced in flames and wore a necklace of human skulls around his neck. Meet "Caryba" from the band, Conquest of the Indies. Curtis Eustace also scored well with the crowd for the shimmering golden sails and banded rods of his king, "War chant - d' rise of Tatanka" from the band Tribal Fantasy.

Perhaps the best moving king of the night was Leroy Prieto, who both bobbed and swirled his oddly-coloured clown, "Magazany - the bizarre buffoon king of all clowns" from the band Red Sun Down. As usual with Prieto, he totally carried his outfit without supporting wheels. Made of pastel colours, the clown almost seemed to float when twirled by Prieto. Geraldo Vieira Jr seemed to be holding back something until the semi-finals with his intriguing, but somewhat minimalist octopus, "Secrets of the Abyss" from the band Conquest of the Indies.

Randolph Moore was warmly received by the crowd for his small but touching portrayal "Things to Remember" from the band Bring Back the Old Time Days. Atop his shoulders, a man sat on a latrine and a woman washed at a sink, the whole outfit having a nice unity of theme. Kudos to Howill Pooran for innovation in creating "Our Nation's Pride - The Scarlet Ibis." He bundled together fibres to give body to a huge bird. Dave Lakhan's "Spirit of Bacchanal" was portrayed by a ghostly skeleton with palm leaves sprayed white, in a good use of local, natural materials. "Beauty and the Beastmaster" by Balnarine Bennie had a strong form of a rearing dragon, but its colours were not distinct enough from the jumble beneath it.

In the queens, Inez Gould scored big with the crowd with "Hispaniola" portraying the riches of the Carib-bean as three erect horns of plenty spilling out grapes, bananas and oranges. Susan Low was "The Lady of the Night" with six huge discs, each a golden rim fringed with crimson feathers. "Four seasons of the cane" by Merlene Lewis was a nice idea, showing cane as sprouts, mature stalks, flowing and finally burnt cane, but it needed a stronger overall form. "The Rebirth" by Leslie-Ann Boiselle was a huge favourite, with its three pairs of horizontal wings looking like a tri-plane. Gloria Dallsingh's "Brazilian Dancer" shook up nicely with the movement of its sequins seemingly magnifying the motion of the whole costume. Abby Jarvis' "Mama look a Mas" portrayed two birds about to mate. The scarlet wings formed a double layered spread of red which was quite effective.

Carol Guy James Barratt was a washerwoman, "La Belle Espoire." She looked pure, both in her all-white colour and in shape. But one observer said she looked a bit lonely and should have been accompanied by two baby washerwomen dancing around her. Some 38 kings and 35 queens were listed to appear. Up to press time yesterday the National Carnival Bandleaders Association did not have the results for the 16 kings and 16 queens who would advance into next week's semi-finals.

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