POSITIVE VIBRATIONS

Yuh cah please people eh? Dis Carnival was nice. De TMBA try some new tings an’ I fine it come off good. De route was nicer fuh de masqueraders. De judges was in de tick’a tings. It start off not too too late. An’ still ah hear some people grumblin’. Yuh know it have some people, even if yuh gi dem a million dollars dey still goin’ an’ complain how far de bank is. Dis was de firs’ year fuh de new committee, oh gawshe well support dem nuh, instead’a only pushin’ up yuh mout’!

All I know is mih two knee huttin’ mih! Ah had a ball! Ah went King an’ Queen Show an’ when ah tell yuh! Chile! Costume mudda and fadda was dey! De mas makers and dem come out good. Hear nuh! Toronto giving Trinidad and Tobago some real competition yuh know!

Yuh should’a see yuh girl. Ah was wearing on a jersey mark "Queen Macoomeh". People tired write and akse who it is writin’ all dis commess so ah make sure ah was galleryin’ mihself up an’ dong Lamport Stadium. Lamport was PACK! It still had dem stingy people outside who radda hear it dan see it but all in all, we come eenside an’ support de event. Love Movement was dey singin’ praises. Dey was nice boy. See?? Ah did tell all yuh Papa God was in Carnival too! Ah was glad. Especially when ah see people bring out de chirren tuh enjoy de evening.

Ey before ah forget, hear what happen to me nuh. Yuh know me, always leaving tings till de las’ minute. Friday night ah went lookin’ fuh something to wear in de Parade. Ah bounce een dis shop call Sandy’s Fashions on Birchmount by Sheppard. Sandy Pertab sheself fix me up wid a two piece outfit. If is one ting ah does appreciate and always talk up is when a proprietor take time an’ attend to dey customer. Boy! People was stoppin’ mih on de road aksin’ who make mih clothes! You couldn’ miss mih. Ah had on all mih flag an’ it had a big "TRINI" mark on de back. Sandy girl, tanks eh darlin’! Ah sen’in everybody by you!

Anyway, where ah was? Yes! Saturday reach. I was most present in de Parade. Dis was de firs’ year in a long time dat ah din play mas. I was a photo take-outer dis time.

Papa God plan up de wedder good. De sun was hot an’ de sky was clear. De mas makers had some ban’ dey, when ah tell yuh! It was lovely! De masqueraders was dancin’ an’ jumpin’. De chirren was enjoyin’ deyself. Leh mih tell all yuh eh! Carnival safe fuh de future. We chirren like de ting too bad! Look Jessie Matthews had some little ones in she ban’. Some’a dem no bigger dan a sikea fig an’ sweet de same way. Ah take so much snap ah run out’a flim!

Buh yuh know, all joke aside. Is two tings ah really want to say dis week. Two set’a people I want to tank personally.

Firs’ to begin, ah want to tank all de badjohns. Doh laugh, ah see’rous. From what I hear, nobody fire no shot an’ nobody stab nobody. Ah know all yuh was bobbin’ and weavin’ in de crowd but on behalf of me an’ all who was dey, ah tank yuh fuh coolin’ it. De most violence I see happen was when a sailor man hole one’a Tony Eno photo take-outers an’ pepper he wid powder. I know all yuh badjohn will still do all yuh foolishness a nex’ time but still, leh mih give tanks, awright?

De next set I want to tank is de TMBA. Dis was one’a de bes’ Carnivals in Toronto I ever gorn to! Everybody I talk to on de road was glad fuh all yuh! Ah see Churchill an’ Angela an’ Joan an’ dem sweatin’ up an’ dong Lakeshore wukkin’ hard to make sure tings come off good. An’ boy! Not all’a we people does make tings easy nuh!

All yuh know I doh call name when ah mauvais langin’ eh? But it have some ban’ leaders who like dey eat pepper sauce! When yuh see dey ban’ come troo, even de parade marshals an’ all does back back an’ gi’ dem room. De ban’ din even self look so hot but certain leader like to gawf up deyself so de officials let dem do what dey want.

Ah doh want nobody blow any whistle eh, becaw ah doh want to lorse mih macko privileges but ah bet all yuh know who it is ah talkin’ ‘bout. A hundred ban’ pass, everyting goin’ smood but dis so-call mas man had was tuh do one set’a simi-dimi before he masqueraders could reach in front’a de judges. Ah laugh! If de judges was givin’ marks fuh ole style he would win every year! Ah hope he read dis an’ realize de onlyest people he was impressin’ was two ants ah see winin’ on a bench in de bleachers.

Oh gorm an’ doh talk about tings people was wearin’! Jeezanages! Ah see one girl wearin’ a two piece white outfit – a halter top an’ a shorts. De girl like she doh live far from de kitchen an’ de clothes was small small’. Every two minute someting only droppin’ from she han’ so yuh know is ben’ she ben’in’ dong to pick it up! De poor halter couldn’ hole een everyting so she had was tuh fole back all dat drop out’a it and den de shorts was bawlin’ fuh murder. Some people have no shame eh?

All in all, I like how everyting went. De TMBA raise de bar fuh de CCC. Nex’ year leh we see what goin’ tuh happen. It would be nice if de two’a dem combine an’ refuse de City money and show how we could stan’ up on we own two foot.