Trinidad Carnival 2012: Band Launch & Costume Specials Updates!

I'm BACK! Yes, I had to take an almost forced mini-vacation from the blog for...ergonomic :(...reasons (this plus my day jobs daily keystroking demands was killing my wrists!).  But I now have a lovely wrist brace keeping my hand and trigger finger safe and am ready to catch you up on all the mas NEWS!  And the news is PLENTY!  Stay tuned for more and get in touch with me ASAP if you need me to make the stress and mystery of being a part of Trinidad Carnival 2012 disappear!  The longer you wait to get started on planning, the less options you have as far as airfare, housing, and yes, costumes!  Let's DO THIS!

1. YUMA Vibe is completely sold out for their 2012 theme PRESS PLAY!  If you didn't get committee registered, weren't a past masquerader who could walk into the mas camp, and didn't have a fast trigger finger and internet connection for online registration...ouch!  Best bet if you simply cannot enjoy yourself in one of the many other mas bands for 2012 is to wait on resales from individual masqueraders and beware price gouging and the band's requirements to release costumes to other than the registered masquerader!

2. Ronnie and Caro launched their 2012 theme THE MASK OF... August 18 and already have some sections sold out!  Check out launch pictures from Trevor Carey Peters Watson and of course their facebook!

3. Islandpeople re-launched their 2012 theme SUPERHEROES after a multitude of disastrous reviews from their first launch and now have registration ongoing, along with specials that end tomorrow, September 15!

4.  NEW band for 2012 Explosion Carnival launched September 4!  Pictures on their facebook!

5. Harts Carnival has registration ongoing for their 2012 theme WRATH OF THE GODS and is selling out of sections fast...don't sleep on it!  

6.  D'Krewe Carnival has launched mas camp and online registration and already sold out of Warrior!  They had to reopen the section!  Check out all the other options for their 2012 theme PANACHE on the link above to costume launches, and on their website as well as the facebook page!  They are also offering a special on the section Elegante until September 30th, don't miss out because this section is almost gone as well!  D'Krewe welcomes old and new masqueraders and is promising no registration politics, just MAS! :)

D'krewe, theme PANACHE, section ELEGANTE FRONTLINE

D'krewe, theme PANACHE, section ELEGANTE backline & male

Trinidad Carnival Costume Pictures Now One Page At Top of Blog!

No more digging for the link...for you or me!

Each year I will just update that link with the current year's information!

One large band (YUMA), one medium band (D'KREWE), and one small band (Oasis) will always have prices up (those are coming) in both TTD and USD.  Other band conversions and other dollar conversions available upon request.

D'Krewe carnival, section Warriors, from 2012 theme PANACHE

I will specify the currency converter used on the post!

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Trinidad Carnival 2012: Launches! Islandpeople: HEROES & Harts: WRATH OF THE GODS Tomorrow Aug. 12, YUMA: PRESS PLAY Saturday Aug. 13!

Excitement in the air, two hot bands launching and the vibes (and the online streaming) begin about 24 hours from now!

YUMA showed us a teaser section!  Costume is Tyris from the game Golden Axe (theme is Press Play, so there will be sections like Spawn, Angry Birds, Call of Duty, etc!  HOTTT!)

From my email, beautiful graphic news of the launch:

Catch the YUMA Vibe on their Facebook page, and be ready for the live streaming view of the launch via Internet!


Islandpeople Mas postponed their launch from last week and will be launching their 2012 theme HEROES tomorrow night!

Meanwhile, one of the oldest, strongest, and hottest bands has a launch coming tomorrow August 12 as well: Harts Carnival (see them on Facebook) is launching their 2012 theme, WRATH OF THE GODS, and the teaser so far, a section named Pantheon, is fierce!

Trinidad Carnival 2012: Oasis Carnival Launching "Nippon" Tonight Live!

Live streaming courtesy of Triniscene.com! (Launch was technically Friday August 5 at 11pm...Trini time! lol)

Clearer pics? Click here!

Remember to check out the costume pictures of bands that launched so far at the Trinidad Carnival 2012 launch pics superpost!

Oasis Carnival had a great showing for their first year (Trinidad Carnival 2011) at some of the most affordable prices of the season and from the pics below taken from their facebook page, their masqueraders had a wicked time on the road!  Definitely interested in seeing what they have to offer this time around!  That white costume teaser from the ads looks hawt!  (Don't know what it is but every band I've seen so far for 2012 has a seriously hot white costume...)

Pictures of the 2012 launch (see below) will be much clearer from the usual sources (and I'll edit this post to link to them here) but for now here's what I grabbed from the launch...feed quality on the live Internet stream was not the best so don't be mad if some are blurry, you're getting a FAST look at what small band Oasis has to offer for 2012!