Trinidad Carnival 2012: D'Krewe Carnival's ELEGANTE section now sold out! Get them while they're hot!

Elegante

Check out closeups of D'Krewe sections for their 2012 theme PANACHE here...

Elegante

And REGISTER now!

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 2012: Harts WRATH OF THE GODS pictures!

Harts Carnival, one of the oldest bands in Trinidad, launched 19 sections Friday night!  Check out the pictures from the Harts website and Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos below.

Remember to do your band and costume comparison shopping by checking them all out at the TNT 2K12 Costume Photos Superpost!

So many HOT sections it's hard to choose a favourite...especially for the men!  But definitely one of the standouts is Amphitrite!

Photo from August 12 band launch courtesy of
Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos

So many for the men I can't even list them all...Erebus...Boreas...Aries...etc!

****UPDATE NOVEMBER 27, 2011***
Harts has introduced a HOT new section for 2012, check out their facebook photos!

Harts Carnival, 2012 theme WRATH OF THE GODS, section NIKE & ZELOS

Trinidad Carnival 2012: IslandPeople Launch Photos! Theme HEROES

I fell off the Internet radar this weekend completely!  Missed the launches because I was far away from Internet access but you know Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos comes to save the day!

Remember to follow along with all the major launch photos for comparison shopping at the TNT 2K12 Costume Pictures Superpost.

My picks:

Check the rest here!

*****9/18/2011 UPDATE****

ISLANPEOPLE RE-LAUNCHED HEROES WITH A WHOLE NEW SET OF COSTUMES, PLEASE CHECK THE REST (SAMPLE BELOW) AT THE FACEBOOK ALBUM HERE!

Trinidad Carnival 2012: Oasis Carnival, Fantasy Carnival, and DreamTeam Carnival launched this weekend!

Check the links at my Trinidad Carnival 2012 costume pictures superpost for more pictures and information!

2 of DreamTeam's courtesy of Islandmix.com:

And more coming so stay tuned.  YUMA is out there, IslandPeople "in the air,"...Legacy, Ronnie & Caro, Harts, Trini Revellers, Pulse 8...somewhere in all this is a section with your name on it!

Both of these from Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos

Trinidad Carnival 2012: Fantasy Carnival theme BOOK OF ANGELS Launch Photos and VIDEO!

Brand new band for Trinidad Carnival 2012, check out the pictures and the video and remember to track photos of costumes launched so far on the Trinidad Carnival 2012 band launch pictures superpost!

Check out video clips on the Eloquence, Inc. YouTube page!  And of course the usual sources for the clear in person pictures, Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos and Trinidad Carnival Diary!

More videos of each section here!

ANGELS

ARCH ANGELS

VIRTUES

DOMINIONS

RULERS

OPHANIM

POWERS

AUTHORITIES

VIDEO (SEE ON YOUTUBE AS WELL) OF NEXT SECTION:

THRONES

CHERUBIM

PRINCIPALITIES

SERAPHIM

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FOLLOWING PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRINIDAD CARNIVAL COSTUME PHOTOS!

Best frontlines: POWERS and VIRTUES and SERAPHIM

Best backlines: SERAPHIM and VIRTUES and PRINCIPALITIES

Best individuals: SERAPHIM and AUTHORITIES

Best males: VIRTUES (left) and SERAPHIM (left)