Originally posted: July 8, 2012 at 12:56pm
Like
so many St. Lucians in the diaspora I rushed home to watch our yearly
Carnival Queen Show on my computer screen from thousands of miles away.
Although being so far away we try to compensate for our absence by
participating, in any way possible, with all things 'local.' It makes us
feel, even though for a few moments, as though we never left. Thank
goodness for the internet. Last night Murphy was alive and well at the
Queen Show where too many things went wrong. Not because of Murphy, but
rather because of poor planning, a serious lack of standards, and an
atrocious entertainment choreography. For a moment I thought I was
watching The House of Dark Shadows, starring Barnabas Collins and
Maggie. At any moment I was expecting Shane to put a vampire bite on
Onika's neck. I mean seriously did anyone need to tell them there
needed to be more light?
Swimwear for me was really good.
Not perfect but nice. These girls must have been the fittest, sexiest,
longest legged contestants to ever grace a queen show stage in St.
Lucia. The husband and wife dancing duo was absolutely superb. They were
fantastic....world class.
The contestants tried really
hard. They put in the time, practice, and dedication to do their best.
They were however failed by the organizers of the show. It is clear
that the planning was poor, rehearsals were inadequate, as there just
appeared to be a mass of confusion on stage with the format. Everything
should be in a Carnival Queen Show handbook. That way nobody is left up
to their own 'feelings' about how things should be done. There should
be a standard on stage activity. How to hand out prizes. What the
format of the show will be. What is a no-no for announcers and
commentators. Too many times we have hosts and entertainers saying the
most inappropriate things at these shows. There should be contracts for
everyone in the public eye. A proper job description, and a clear
understanding of what is accepted and not.
Things
really started going downhill during the question and answer segment.
Of course supporters of the different contestants will love it when the
opponents mess up with the answers. This happens at all shows of that
type. Poor jab the girls, that must be the most nerve-racking part of
it all; especially if the person ahead of you messes up. But can you
believe the horror when the judge is actually the one messing up during
the show? How can a judge who can't even read now turn around and
judge a contestant on diction and how she answers that same messed up
question? Maman mouton blanc!!
First off, I thought this
judge had just come from a workout at the gym rather than sitting as a
judge at a Queen Show. 'Muskles' all over the place bulging out from
her sleeveless top. And then being unable to read her own question to
the contestant. She made the same mistakes each of the three times that
she reread the question. It was so horrendous that the crow eventually
booed that judge! What!! Can you imagine how that contestant must have
been traumatized having to answer after all that? Poor thing.
The
prize giving was a disaster in itself. Does there really need to be a
participating award given? Can't that be given later for posterity to
the contestants? My goodness, what is the purpose of a chaperone? No
table behind the contestants to put the prizes resulting in prizes
being placed on the floor!
What really gets me is the
failure to capitalize on the highlight of the Queen Show. The crowning
glory for the queen was lack lustre and a mass of mediocrity and
confusion with last year's queen simply removing the crown and placing
it on the new queen's head. Isn't this supposed to be a queen? Isn't
this why we were supposed to be dressed formally, to be in the presence
of the queen? Where was the throne to seat the queen for that epic
crowning moment? Where is her velvet robe? Where is her sceptre? Then
to be flanked by the other contestants for that photo opportunity
moment, which will go down in history and for posterity.
A french translation of crowning glory has it as "le plus grand triomphe" The queen had no such moment last night.
Synonymns for crowning "climactic, consummate, culminating, final, mother (of all), paramount, sovereign, supreme, ultimate"
Let the queen be a queen!
It
was a Queen show with a formal dress code. Why are people in there
looking like they are dressed for jour ouvert. Couldn't there be more
appropriate music when the queen is announced? My word man, is the only
thing which gets St. Lucians to react is for them to mash up something,
or wave a dirty rag or half bath towel? Ricky T can sing but he has no
sense of occasion, and it's time we learn to be appropriate. Before he
sang at the end of the QUEEN SHOW Ricky T says "I just want to send a
shout out to my baby mama"
Then the queen was
unceremoniously dragged away from the stage to be interviewed by Shane
and Onika and then they just abandoned her and start talking among
themselves as if she was not even there. Maman maman maman!
Last
night's Carnival Queen Show was a disaster! It was a compendium of
horrors, a cacophany of woes, an embarrassment of epic proportions. A
disgrace. A farce.
And who doh like it allez toofay!!
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