Big Start For St. Lucia Carnival Weekend

The show began promptly with preliminary judging of King & Queen of the band. The big costumes then took to the stage in a competitive display of carnival creativity. They were followed by the groovy party segment, featuring sixteen artistes. The show ended almost just ater 3pm with a huge audience enjoying it all the way through.
The results of the night are as follows:
2011 King & Queen of the Bands

KING
Rituals “The Maharaja’s Temple” Martin Dorville 1st – 453

RED Unlimited “RED Dawn” Francis “Parry” Daniel 2nd – 446

St. Lucian Spirit “The Bombing of Lady Nelson” Reginald St. Juste 3rd – 428
Mas Action….The Band “TOMAS”…the destroyer, Ethelbert “Ace High” Willie 4th – 357.

La Mosaique “Lion Fish” Benjamin Gabriel 5th – 284

HD Tribute to Sir John Thomas Cenac 6th – 251
Looshan Revellers “The Messenger from Beyond” Ricky James 7th – 188

QUEEN
Rituals “Duwali: Light of the World” Sharon Tanner 1st – 441
Mas Action….The Band “LANDSLIP” Zizi Pitcairn 2nd – 425

Toxik “White Magic” Natasha Dubois 3rd – 320

Royalties Extreme “A Night in Vegas” Sophia Henry 4th – 310

Looshan Revellers “Flight of the Mockingbird” Lisa Stephen 5th – 230
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GROOVY MONARCH
1st: Ricky T – Take Over Tent (402) Indian Girl
2nd: Teddyson John – NG Soca (375) Out & Bad
3rd: Mongster (374) Glo Ko Ko
4th: Ambi ft Mongster (363) Ma Malay
5th: Niki David – NG Soca (343) Big Ten
6th: Mubarak – Nice Time
7th: Toya – Carnival
8th: Scady P – Make it Bubble
9th: Lady Cece – Tell Me. I Want to Know
10th: Gozilay – Koute Mamaw
11th: Ti Carro – Wine For Me
12th: Private Six – Love We Carnival
13th:Esteban – Wealthy
14th: Zionomi – Give It To me
15th: Blaze – We Love We Bacchanal
16th: Marie Anne – Black Cinderella

Absent were Superman HD who pulled out due to illness; Ilahman and TC Brown, who pulled out for different personal reasons, as did Mantius earlier on in the season.