Miami Carnival 2010 Band Launch - Mascots International July 24th

Saturday, July 17, 2010 clivia 0 Comments

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Helloooooo Mascots family and friends... Hope you had an enjoyable Fourth...but now we focus on THE LAUNCH...

Mark your calendars... July 24th ...we want everyone there...seasoned masqueraders, rookie masqueraders, potential masqueraders...come one, come all to the mascamp (7321 NW 45 Court, Lauderhill)...as Mascots has a question for yuh...

Iz Carneeval a Bacchanaaal...?

The answer is...oh yes it is...yes it is...yes it is... :)

To back up our answer...we will show u just what Commess it have..... what kinda Rumors yuh does hear bout...... and de Mele dat is de result... Come, see ;-)

The address is: 7321 NW 45 Court, Lauderhill FL 33319 (the Mascamp)

The time is: 11pm...till

The cost is: $10...

The music will be by our favorites..... of course ;-)

See you there...

Yours in mas,
Mascots

Nikki...954-249-1039
Christine...954-667-4294
Mascamp...954-533-748
Check out their face book group here! This one is on the schedule too!


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Skandalous mas - Lead Section - Pandora - One Island Body Paint

Saturday, July 17, 2010 clivia 0 Comments

Skandalous Mas is the lead section in One Island Body Paints 2010 presentation, so I had to give them their seperate post. :) ;) Melissa and her sister Arleesha are the Miami Locals in the mostly New York institution of One Island Body Paint...and their section Pandora is the bluest of the blues.

Here are their pics from the launch that i was able to steal from her Profile..lol




See more of the pics here 
All the best ladies!! Much Love always

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Saturday, July 17, 2010 clivia 0 Comments

So the truth. Two launches have passed since my last posting. And the reason why i haven't updated you, is unfortunately in true Bacchanalist style, the launches for Wassi Ones    and One Island Body Paint - Return of the Avatar were on the same night in venues too far away to make both of them. 

SOO Iset up a contingency plan. My friend Will owner of the D-Junction would take pics at Wassi and I would do One Island at Naked.

So I get there at one. Models were scheduled to be on stage at 2..and I walk into the venue. The crowd at Naked was especially thick that night as two of the rooms that would normally allow for a smooth flow of people were shut down . One for a private party and the other for the dressing and staging of the models. 

This was a bad sign. As I walked past the room where the models were getting painted...you could see through the partially covered french doors of the room that a photo shoot was underway. I guess i understand the need for privacy in terms of body paint since some of the models were  only partially clothed. 

I had hoped that both Chatty Patty and I ..would have been able to be let in at some point to take pictures, but since we couldn't find any of our contacts that was a FAIL. 

I think it would have been a great ploy to have the painted models displayed through those same French doors as people walked in. - a safe way to display partially clothed models...but I guess time didn't allow for that kinda creative set up.

Finally after sulking in my Guinness and complaining to Patty...lol....we realized that the only photographers let into the room were ones affiliated with the promotion/party...so my plan was to get as close to the stage as possible as early as possible to get the pics that i needed.

Another Fail.

That room was so crowded, so congested, the stage protruded into the crowd but there was no vantage point to get any pictures that would accurately display the costumes...I was soooo dissapointed. Steups.

Anyways...here are some pics that I was able to find from various sources of the One Island Band avatar - Return to the road.

One Island Band Avatar - Return to the Road
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Hmmm...doesnt this look familiar????

When I finally got to speak to Will about the Wassi Ones launch, and to other sources...it seems that the exact opposite was the case at that venue. The crowd was smaller, less hype but the opportunity for great pictures presented itself. 
Wassi Ones
More pics at D-Junction.com
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I promise to do better at the Genx and Mascots Launch people! 
I wont review the costumes....Ill leave that up to you. Let me know what you think.


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Miami Carnival 2010 - Injection Promotions Section Launch - D'Sep Shun of Magic

Tuesday, July 06, 2010 clivia 2 Comments

For more pics go to CarnivalVibration.com 
I went to this band launch on Saturday Night at Sosta. I was also asked to do the makeup for the two girls that would be displaying the costume. UNFORTUNTELY we didnt have time to take up close pics because like typical Trinidadians...we were running late.


When we eventually got to the venue with the models...the party was already in full swing. When i say full swing, It was so crowded that the small stage that was set up for the models to display was already swarmed with hard feters.


Anyways, soon enough it was time for the models to go on. The Section producer Pinky was so nervous about speaking about the section that eventually she copped the services of "Disco Dave", Promoter and Former radio dj [blink blink] to one, hype up the crowd in readiness for the costumes, Two - move the feters off the itsy bitsy stage and 3 - announce the information about the section to the crowd. Great job Dave!


The models were then led to the stage, again through a thick crowd that seemed more interested in wining on the models than watching the costumes. The Back line model went on and seemed completely enraptured with the music. Then the male model came out...and to the sounds of PIPE soon started jamming down the place with the female model. 


Next up was the front-line model, who was so nervous backstage that she needed some liquid courage before she went on stage. It worked well for her...although with the huge back-piece and headpiece being crushed by the crowd she almost never made it to the stage. Apparently the liquid courage worked as soon she and the other two were jamming down the place.

Pros. The colors of the costume are beautiful, although I believe that they don't display as vibrant as they are in the photographs. although this was not considered a band launch per se, the models reflected the mood of the party by focusing more on having a good time than the display of the costume.

Cons. The stage was wayyyyy too small to display the costumes well and because of the rain that night there was no opportunity to photograph the pics in the best lighting that would reflect them well. The crowd though was also so tight that photographers didn't have the opportunity to take adequate pictures of the models in costume.

Wassi Ones will be launching the entire band this week at another venue, where I hope the lighting and space will allow for better display of the costumes.

All in all for a first attempt Injection Promotions did an EXCELLENT job and I expect great things from them in future.
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