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| ATLANTA CARNIVAL 2008 COVERAGE
So
anyway, I reach ATL @ 11:50PM. I disembark the plane and right at the gate I see
the orange sign of Atlanta Caribbean Carnival greeting me.
We got to the media/artist area, behind the stage and loaded up on sunblock and watah! It's time to wo'k, and so we did… (see gallery of pictures of Atlanta Carnival)
ATL
Carnival 2k9 is already in my list for next year, the question is, is it in yours?
Ciao!
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Panidad
on the scene! Well, Atlanta Carnival for me started at 2pm on Friday May 23rd,
when my flight left LAX. Gosh I'm ready for some humidity. Now, I don't care what
the West Coasters say about the humidity... I lllllove it! It's just home!!
How exciting! I felt soooo important! That was Glenda picking up lil' ole me right
by the gate! Now, dat's what I call having contacts! A jolt of energy recharged
me! Now I wanna go OUT! I mean the plan was to go straight to the hotel, you know...
to rest for the big day and all! But who are we kidding? It's Carnival weekend
for crying out loud!
We
reach De Panyard! I had already been to Atlanta's Panyard before, and it was not
as packed as I woulda thought, but then again it was only 1AM! The word was that
people don't reach until much much later for this event. I was starving so went
straight to look for some Pelau, but it done! So I got corn soup instead. The
DJ's were spinning a mixture of old Soca tunes which was going down sweet. But
by 5am, I had had enough, I mean ... I have to be downstairs ready to go by 9am
(6am for me as I'm coming from the West Coast) and I've yet to checked in. So
we took off... we saw people coming when we were leaving, but I's got to go to
sleep!
The
first time the TJJ crew got together was in Paul's SUV. Paul, one of the ACCBA
(Atlanta Caribbean Carnival Bandleaders Association) members; was our driver for
the day. (Thanks bro!) You just had to get out of the rotating doors of the Renaissance
Hotel and you could hear the Soca rhythm from the parade, so we weren't too fah!
Ooooh! Did I forget to mention we were all staying at the mighty nice Renaissance
Marriott in Downtown Atlanta? Eeehehehe! 24th floor to be exact! Wasi, your da'man!
TJJ
and St. Vincent's Problem Child were sharing the ride. He was going to
do his scheduled sound check and we were running to catch the parade! Problem
Child and TJJ got to chat a lil' bit. People? He is mad cool! Very down to earth,
I like that! (be check out TJJ TV for more on the interview with the artists!)
After
the parade and concert, the TJJ crew got freshened up and went to cover 
The
next night the TJJ crew got together again to cover 
By
Monday the airplane was waiting for me, well, not really so I bettah get to the
airport on time to catch it! Atlanta Carnival 2008 Weekend was fun! Wasi, Jana
and their crew treated us like royalty, Trini Jungle Juice thanks you for that!
