Bacchanal - gone bad

The 12:05 a.m. announcement that it was show time was a reprieve inside the Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, last Friday. Finally the patrons were going to get a chance to see if the Surface Band, fresh from Trinidad’s Carnival, had any worth. It was the moment many seemed to have been waiting for.

Before the announcement, many of the patrons were like leaves on a day when the wind was stagnant. The heavy bass music being ‘pumped’ from the speakers of Sparkles Disco had almost zero effect as even patrons in the front who are notorious for ‘getting on bad’, were as stationary as the northern star is perceived to be.

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Bacchanal Dreams a NIGHTMARE

The beat emitting from Sparkles Disco speakers projected well beyond the boundaries of the Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, last Friday night.

Now celebrating 20 years, the Bacchanal team once again invaded the Oxford Road venue for Bacchanal Fridays, under the theme ‘Bacchanal Dreams - Dreams Come True’.

Still there was not much to dream about, as it was obvious from the crowd’s lack of energy that the opening night of the two-month long Friday nights carnival celebration was tame, despite a very good turnout.

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