Its on! But Y No Machel?

The Six Flags caribbean Concert series is on again, and boasts most of my 2011 faves thus far, i.e. Iwer and Kees :D . So here I am all excited when I take a second glance at the list...buh wait..no Machel??? Not even a lil HD Family made the list, never mind that Patrice is starring in one of their homepage ads with a big 'ARTIST LINE-UP' next to her *side eye*. And yes I know Aaron Fresh is on there but I haven't yet accepted him as HD, I'm STILL not over his predecessor Umi leaving HD. I sure hope that this list of confirmed persons gets a lil longer in the near future, especially as i am still salty over missing Machel in MSG.


Confirmed Artists:
- 2011 Trinidad & Tobago Groovy Soca Monarch Champion – Kes The Band
- Def Jam Recording Artist – Aaron Fresh
- 2011 Trinidad & Tobago Soca Monarch Finalist – Iwer George
- 2010 St. Vincent Soca Monarch Champion – Skinny Fabolous
- 2011 Trinidad & Tobago Groovy Soca Monarch Finalist – Benjai
- 2011 Trinidad & Tobago Groovy Soca Monarch Finalist – Chucky

DATE: July 9th 2011
VENUE: Six Flags, Jackson, NJ

Fete Fashion

In recent years as my love for and subsequent participation in Carnivals grew (also due in part to my love for Scorch fetes lol) I had to switch up my wardrobe a bit from more club based to easy-breezy-fete wear of the romper and beach cover-up persuasion. I have a few months to prepare for my next few Carnivals, as D.C. Carnival is in June..well hopefully, so I am taking this opportunity to gear up for the upcoming Carnivals via some retail therapy. My go-to website for sexy cover-ups is Victoria's Secret, but I have also found some gems in Forever 21.

V.Secret: $58. USD

V.Secret: $64. USD

Link to one of my fave rompers..could not post the pic because..well you'll see why lol
http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa0321s.html $38USD

F21: $19. USD

These are just a few ideas, and as you can see its easy to get what you need no matter your budget, prices of fete-type clothing can range anywhere from $10. USD, (i kid u not!) to $70. USD, and over of course but I really think anything over $60 is kind of pushing it. I'm still a college student after all...

Updates

I havent been very good blogger...never finished my Crop Over review and never reviewed Miami either lol.

I will try my best to finish my review of my last carnival, the biggest and best, Trini Carnival! Actually my FIRST TRINI CARNIVAL IN 5 YEARS!!! It was a really great experience, I just wished it could have been longer, not necessarily more than the two days but just for me to have been here for more of the Carnival season. I missed a Machel concert of epic proportions and didn't get to see my costume until the day of collection (Carnival friday) but all in all it was well worth every dime spent. Its so true when people say you pay for the experience and not so much the costume, I will DEFINITELY do it again next year!

There are definitely some changes i need to make next year, definitely need to start preparing earlier as i hd only a month to get everything together and kinda said screw it and didnt go all out for my monday wear, makeup etc as I had originally planned. I also did not have my carnival body ready :( and my lack of fitness caused me to skip the TRIBE/BLISS Afterparty in Jenny's carpark, I was waaaay too bun to mke it. silly me also put no gel insoles in my cheap boots so you could imagine how the soles of my feet felt by the end of las lap!

The one tad unfortunate thing is that I now have the carnival bug worse than ever and am here googling dc, st lucia and bdos cropover dates so i can have something to look forward too. (my poor bank account!) O and also i think this year I may make the shift from j'ouvert to pretty mas right thru. for some reason I didnt have fun in the D.C. paint band in '09 neither did I have that much fun in the mud band '10..so this year either I just go stush and dun and play in Panisha or one of the other 'pretty mas' bands or...I skip the parade and just do the parties..we'll see......