Carnival experienced an almost 30 per cent drop in attendance
Compared to 2008,Carnival experienced an almost 30 per cent drop in attendance for the 2009 official festivities
Financial Controller for the Carnival Development Committee, Richard Apparicio said the decline was reflected in about 28 per cent of the shows.
However, while the poor state of the economy has been cited as the reason for the decline in attendance at the shows, Apparicio said he did not think this was the cause, but that the carnival programme itself needs an overhaul of its product — a point he made mid-way through the celebrations last week.
Apparicio, who also heads the National Festivals Office, said more creative energy needs to be put into the festival to make it more appealing to a discerning audience.
According to the financial controller, the biggest show was the Tuesday Carnival Parade of Bands at which over 5,500 people paid to attend. This compares poorly to 2008 when 8,922 people attended.
The second biggest was the Party Monarch Competition, where just over 5,000 people paid to attend.
The lack of profits for Carnival this year were compounded by the CDC?s decision to reduce ticket prices by between 20 and 35 per cent.
Attendance at the Calypso Monarch was a paltry 2,700 paid patrons, down from roughly 4,000 the previous year.
Apparicio said he has also presented an interim financial statement to Culture Minister Eleston Adams, with a full report due by September, the end of the financial year.
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i am glad about the drop cause we don’t have to worry about swine flu killing us it should have been less if u have swine flu get you backside back where you came from if you don’t come and let’s jam down in carnival
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I was a visitor in 2008 and was very discouraged by the treatment I received in the ARG, which made me vow not to return for carnival. My issues of concern included the command that no one could leave the grounds before 11 p.m.(The grounds were packed to capacity which created a safety hazard and could have resulted into a stampede.) Upon departure, gatekeepers demanded that I be photographed and have my photo kept in database in order to return. These practices should be reserved for prisons, war zone areas, and should not be exercised during emancipation celebrations.
In addition, there was insufficient seating available to the public. I learned of restricted seating available free of charge to an elite few. These stands were half empty and tickets allowing access could not be purchased.
The prejudice I experienced at the ARG and Antigua hotels was worse than any I experienced elsewhere.
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I aggree with ‘Wireless girl’ we can surely find some unbias Antiguan judges for our carnival. Does Trinidad require our services to judge their carnival?
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to be honest, i have a problem with the judging of the calypso monarch competition, come on something is wrong and i do not see the need for no trinidadian judge
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Just a tweek here or there (in my opinion). Carnival was awesome.
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