A Spice Saga

A fellow blogger had some drama with her Spice costume collection this year.
I admire her restraint in not cussing Spice management and d entire set of them up in Hilton on each of the occasions that she went up there. With other folks, Spice's management and a good portion of their family tree would have felt the lash of a well-phrased, sweet cuss!

Read the entire saga here: Part 1 - Costume Collection, Part 2 - Really Spice? and Part 3 - Her Money (Ha Ha)

My opinion is that the damage done to Spice's reputation by this one experience by a blogger, and compounded by the various bad reviews sent in to Sauce's blog: Review 1, Review 2, Review 3, Review 4, Review 6 and Review 7 needs to be addressed. A business, like all things of this earth, is not infallible. Mistakes will be made. But how those mistakes are dealt with, is what often makes or breaks a business (Vista anyone?). Damage control via a functioning PR Department is often a requirement for a reason.

Spice: you are now under the glare of some very very bright lights. How will you address these allegations and come good in 2011?

It's done

Carnival 2010 has come and gone.
I have a rash around my neck and wrists 'cause as usual my skin has reacted to costume jewelery. Pulled a muscle in leg...but I had a blast.

TRIBE has gotten just too big. They absolutely MUST downsize, cut the band in half, I doh know... do something...it has become unmanageable.
I must give props, kudos etc to the security of TRIBE..they have the hardest job and they did well on both Monday and Tuesday. Well up to about 6:30ish on Tuesday anyways...doh know what happened after that 'cause I left the band then. They tossed stormers out during the day, and even managed to maintain some semblance of order whilst we tried to palance, chip, wine etc across Ariapita just after Adam Smith Sq. Since when is it ok for there to be only enough space in the road for the truck and 2 lines of masqueraders on either side?!!! Isn't that some safety issue?


Anyways I'll do a full review in my next post of  my Carnival 2010.


Hasta Luego

PALANCE!!!

It's Carnival Monday....Happy Carnival to you all.
See ya on d road!!!

Beyonce...I am...and IP Mas!

This was in my inbox earlier, below the 'Fit to Play' Update



"...Beyonce… I Am... and ISLANDpeople Mas

ISLANDpeople Mas is pleased to announce that its masqueraders will exclusively be allowed to purchase specially priced General Admission tickets for Beyonce’s… I Am Concert, at the amazingly low price of $300.00TTD. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime chance to see Beyonce live on stage in Trinidad and Tobago alongside our very own Machel Montano HD in his first performance for the season!

Tickets are available at the Distribution Centre only, starting from tomorrow Saturday 6th February. Contact the Mas Camp at 628-1FUN (1386) for further information!

Islandpeople Mas... the fun has just begun!"

Ah Collect mih Costume!!!

Collected my costume today...and it is GORGEOUS!!!
Not gonna post separate pics, cause Saucy has some here

Someone asked about fit:

• The bra: I read that some folks had bra fit issues, but I took a 36C and it fits perfect...no potential nipple issues (and I did some jumping and ting to test it out too!). Lots of string to tie it securely as well.
• The belt: Having lost some weight since I measured back in August I was concerned about fit. But no worries here...the belt is in four different pieces and each is connected to the other via loops and Velcro.   So if it's just a couple inches that have to adjusted, either up or down, then you're ok. More than a couple inches and my advice is go to the Customer Service people and let them know (a friend got hers exchanged for a smaller band)

• Leg pieces: never thought i might have issues...but since it's all one piece meant to fit as one around the entire length of your calf/shin , i'm thinking that some folks may have to do some cutting and adding ties.   This since the elastic thing used only stretches so far...and with boots, well you get my drift.

Sooo I cyah wait till Carnival :-)

p/s:- Sauce ah doing boots dis year eh...I've caved!
pp/s:- the pic is from Trinidad Carnival Diary

Quick News Brief

My how the time has flown.

Distribution Schedules
Both Tribe's and Island People's Costume distribution schedules are out.
  

Check List Items

• Stockings - check
• Boots - check (yep ah doing boots dis year!)
• Money to pay off d costume - check
• Accessories - to be decided after collecting d costume
• Make-up - Pre-arranged with d resident artists!

Now, I wait patiently on Wednesday February 3rd 2010 between the hours of 5:30pm and 8:30pm, to collect mih costume.