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	Carnival Road March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Carnival Road March is the musical composition played most often at the "judging points" along the parade route during Carnival.
		Originating as part of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the term has been applied to other Caribbean Carnivals.
		This page was last modified 03:48, 28 May 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carnival_Road_March (82 words)

	Shows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The road march are songs played in an upbeat manner, where the revelers participate by dancing to this upbeat rhythm, through the streets during a parade.
		The Road March can be presented to the public by an individual or by a group of persons or band.
		Carnival Band of the year: Here is where the general public get to be the "judge" and predicts which band will be named carnival band of the carnival year.
	www.stmaartencarnival.com /shows.htm (987 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Jamaica Carnival retrenches - ...going back to UWI roots and looks to revival next year - ...
		After a one-year absence in 2000, UWI Carnival itself was revived in 2001, but without the appeal and excitement associated with celebrations of former years.
		Although UWI Carnival is not an income generator for the Guild of Students, its success is dependent on a substantial investment of time and money.
		Green pointed out that the Jamaica Carnival camp was instrumental in sourcing sponsorship and providing stages and equipment necessary for the events and the road march, which will be held on March 1 at the UWI.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030205/business/business1.html (472 words)

	Carnival On De Net : Happenings
		Carnival Monday is also the proving ground for the songs that are contending for the Road March.
		This was a time in the early 1900s when the leader of the band would not only organise the production of the band but would also compose and lead in song the band in a “road march” or music made quite literally for marching in the road.
		Today the Road March is the tune that is most popularly played as the various bands cross the various judging points sprinkled throughout the city.
	www.visittnt.com /todo/Events/Carnival2000/Colours/monday-mas2.html (284 words)

	Carnival plans getting into high gear - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		But as he looks ahead to the Road March, set for Sunday, April 7, carnival will be faced with the problem of where to end the street parade.
		Jamaica Carnival also wants to spread its wings into Portland and to that end the organisation is working with a number of government agencies, including the Jamaica Tourist Board as well as a Portland-based promoter, to try to host an event in Port Antonio.
		The major stumbling block, Lee says, however, are the deplorable road conditions in the parish, the state of which would have been worsened by the heavy flood rains which severely affected the parish during December last year.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20020124T200000-0500_20283_OBS_CARNIVAL_PLANS_GETTING_INTO_HIGH_GEAR.asp (972 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Today is Carnival Day - Sunday \| April 7, 2002
		Today's road march for Jamaica Carnival revellers begins at Liguanea Prep School on East Kings House Road, continues along Lady Musgrave Road, Trafalgar Road, then on to Constant Spring Road before culminating in the vicinity of Carib Cinema in Cross Roads.
		At the start of Jamaica Carnival, persons argued that soca and carnival had no place in Jamaica because it was not of the masses.
		She states that it is for this reason that Byron Lee, the brain behind Jamaica Carnival, insists that the Jamaica Carnival road march must go through Half-Way Tree.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020407/news/news3.html (377 words)

	Mighty Sparrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1956, he won Trinidad's Carnival Road March Competition with his most famous song, "Jean and Dinah".
		His prize was $40, and in protest of the small sum, he wrote "Carnival Boycott" the following year, a song which spoke out against Trinidad's carnival industry.
		Sparrow refused to participate in the Carnival Road March for the next three years, but still became one of the Caribbean's most successful artists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mighty_Sparrow (162 words)

	Curacao Carnival \| Karnaval di Korsou \| Curacao Carnaval \| Korsou Karnaval \| Korsow Karnaval
		The 2006 Carnival season will be inaugurated in the first week of January and the streets of Curacao will be turned into a colorful celebration of our national party ‘Karnaval’.
		The week begins with the Children’s Carnival Parade in the center of town and culminates with the Grand Parade on Sunday, February 26th followed by the Carnival Farewell Parade on the 28th.
		The Carnival Queen represents Mother Earth, the symbol for fertility and peace.
	www.karnaval.an (748 words)

	TriniMuse: Sampling the Road March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		TUCO, our carnival calypso/soca head body, is contemplating barring all songs containing sampled past soca/calypso from winning the Road March competition this year.
		The Road March competition btw, is the song voted most popular by the carnival revellers on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
		You will need to make your own judgment according to the circumstances, but the factors you will need to consider in deciding when permission is required are the distinctiveness of the sample, the prominence of your use of the sample, and the extent of your use.
	trinimuse.blogspot.com /2005/01/sampling-road-march.html (1530 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Curaçao 2002
		During the carnival season, hardly any other type of music but the tumba is heard in Curaçao on radio stations, at parties, or at jump-ups – as the walks of the carnival groups are known.
		The tour-de-force of the season, the Grand March, is an all-day affair with the revelry continuing on into the night.
		The season closes on Carnival Tuesday with the Farewell March, especially captivating are the floats adorned with sparkling lights.
	www.internationalreports.net /theamericas/curacao/2002/tumba.html (636 words)

	Afropop Worldwide
		The road march and Iwer George's allegations of corruption in the carnival judge box.
		Once a place to escape the nation's problems, this year Carnival revelers carried their anger and frustrations to the calypso arena as Trinidad suffered at the hands of increased crime, drugs.
		Road March is the annual contest for the most played song on the street during Carnival processions.
	www.afropop.org /radio/program_stream/ID/15/Carnival! (1074 words)

	IslandMix - Jamaica Carnival
		Rios...This is a Jamaica Carnival or Byron Lee affair.
		Something unique I havent seen on any other road marches, they provide these small sealed plastic bags of ice water, fruit juice or rum and juice and everybody has a great time with the ice water squirting it on yuh friends...lots of fun.
		Of course, I will have to disagree that JA carnival is anti-climatic to Cropover and it goes without saying that all WI carnivals can't compare to Trinidad.
	www.islandmix.com /backchat/showthread.php?t=73980 (2808 words)

	CARNIVAL PROMOTERS UNITE EFFORTS FOR “CARNIVAL IN JAMAICA” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Major carnival promoters, Supreme Ventures Jamaica Carnival, Bacchanal Jamaica, Downtown Carnival and Jokers Wild J’Ouvert have joined hands along with other smaller groups to stage a series of events, “Carnival in Jamaica”, starting this year.
		The events for the upcoming Carnival Week run from March 26 to April 3.
		On Sunday, April 3, the Supreme Ventures Jamaica Carnival Road March begins at East Kings House Road at 12 noon and culminates at the National Stadium car park with a free concert at 4:00p.m.
	www.reggaetimes.com /articles/publish/printer_419.shtml (329 words)

	The Mighty Sparrow
		In 1966, He won the Road March Competition again with Melda and 1967 he advised the youth on the importance of Education.
		Walker was his hit in 1968, he won the Road March Competition again in 1969 with Sa Sa Yea and in 1970 he appealed to the people of this world to Love one Another and Lend A Hand.
		He added another Road March title to his record in 1984 with Doh Back Back and in 1985 he demonstrated to the youth in the business that he can step up to another level when necessary with Soca Pressure.
	www.mightysparrow.com /biopage.htm (1726 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - UWI/UTech Carnival a hit - Monday \| March 3, 2003
		The new Rex Nettleford Hall's 'Golden Touch' emerged winners at the UWI/UTech Carnival Road March last Saturday at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, in St. Andrew.
		This year, the UWI and University of Technology (UTech) combined with Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires' 'Jamaica Carnival' to stage the first joint universities carnival activities.
		The march, which was billed for a noon start, failed to get underway until about 2:00 p.m.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030303/ent/ent1.html (436 words)

	Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad ...
		What benefits the DJ's derive from creating an artificial Road March is beyond us, but the things that come to pass as compared to what was there at the beginning can leave one wondering.
		An obvious frontrunner in the race to the Road March is "Soca Warrior" by Maximus Dan Maximus has had thousands chanting the various hook lines of the song in the fetes throughout the season.
		The following are the current Road March standings based on a random poll with more than one hundred people on the streets in Port of Spain during the past week.
	www.trinidadexpress.com /index.pl/article_news?id=137173712 (645 words)

	Music of Anguilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anguilla is best known as part of a wave of Caribbean islands that began producing calypso and related Trinidadian genres, in many cases becoming more popular than artists from the genres' homeland.
		King Short Shirt's "Tourist Leggo" from 1977 was so close to winning the Road March Carnival contest on Trinidad that the organizers banned foreigners from entering the contest.
		Anguilla's most famous music celebration is Carnival, helf near the beginning of August (the first Friday after the first Monday); it includes calypso competitions, street dances and beachside barbecues
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Anguilla (352 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - How to dress for Carnival - Tuesday \| April 17, 2001
		A pair of tights, sneakers and socks, water bottle, a rag and whistle are recommended gears for the men who jump Carnival and add a headband or visor to the other necessities for comfort while moving to the soca beat during Carnival.
		This was the view of Sonyae Marshall who told The Gleaner she has never missed a year of the Carnival Road March.
		Miss Marshall said her Carnival attire will not just be skimpy, because it was ideal for the bacchanal feel of Carnival, but because it is practical.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010417/ent/ent3.html (553 words)

	Carnival Connection - Caribbean CHOICE - Your Gateway to the Caribbean!
		Within the Caribbean Carnival is a Festival of colors, which is transformed into costumes- `Mas', calypso, steel band Music, dance which attracts millions of people.
		Caribbean Carnival is a dynamic blend of calypso music, Steel Pan rhythms, a sea of colors and sensuous movements, combined with the Caribbean people's flair for hospitality, entertainment and all around great fun.
		Carnival is an annual celebration of life celebrated in almost all major cities around the world.
	www.caribbeanchoice.com /carnival/main.asp (353 words)

	The Jamaica Star :: Soca sales 'wining' down ::
		In Jamaica, especially, where the culture of carnival is growing in popularity, Soca artistes have reason enough to want to maximize on this growth.
		The local sales representatives say that while sales of soca music usually pick up during the carnival season it is still not about to compare to the sales of most other music forms.
		Carnival is just a one-season, but reggae, RandB and Soul music are right around the year.
	www.jamaica-star.com /thestar/20040506/ent/ent1.html (468 words)

	Williams Center: Masters of Caribbean Music program notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Among these are three that have existed since the early days: the competition for Calypso Monarch, performer of the year’s best calypso song; the Extempo Competition, where calypsonians trade insults with their rivals; and the Road March, a prize that goes to the composer of the calypso played most often during Carnival processions.
		It was the French that introduced the pre-Lenten tradition of Carnival to Trinidad, and since then the development of Carnival and calypso have gone hand in hand.
		Carnival started as a rather dainty affair in which the French planters would don frivolous masks and pay house calls.
	ww2.lafayette.edu /~artscntr/williams/wms_caribbean.php (5100 words)

	Mighty Sparrow, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Best known for his hits "Jean And Dinah" in 1956 and "Carnival Boycott" in 1957, Sparrow is an 11-time winner of the calypso monarchy and an eig...
		At the age of 14, he formed a steel band to perform at the Carnival, sparking his interest in calypso.
		In protest, he wrote a scorching indictment of the Trinidadian music industry, "arnival Boycott." Despite his refusal to compete in the Carnival contests for the next three years, Sparrow became one of the Caribbean's most successful artists.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11591/11591019.html (275 words)

	Saba
		Mighty Tall Man (Karel Sorton) won the adult road march contest last Saturday night with "Keepin' da Spirit alive" at a precarnival contest at the Sports Field in The Bottom.
		The Junior road march participants are scheduled to perform again during Carnival.
		Carnival Foundation Chairperson Cornelius Richardson said that it was a new idea to have the road march competition several weeks earlier than carnival itself, but this allowed the public to enjoy the music and build up the carnival excitement.
	www.sabatourism.com /communitynews388.html (230 words)

	The Belize Times Weekly Newspaper Online - Jump Street Posse Has Serious Theme \|\|\| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jump Street Posse, a Junior Band organized and orchestrated by Marina Welcome, will have a special feature in the Carnival Road March that will take place on Saturday, September 10th.
		Besides the feature on the five children, Jump Street Posse will present a special tribute to Samantha Gordon a former member of the band who was murdered several years ago.
		Despite her busy schedule as a nurse at Queen’s Square Health Center, Marina still finds time to practice with the Carnival Band and design and make costumes.
	www.belizetimes.bz /news/story/4603.shtml (464 words)

	Carnival in the capital - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Carnival fever gripped Kingston Sunday, with thousands of revellers thronging the streets of the capital for two road marches, either as participants or spectators.
		It takes a whole lot of skill to stand tall and walk, but this Bacchanal Carnival road march participant with the RJR Group float makes it look almost easy as the revellers make their way along Munroe Road.
		The revelry began somewhere between mid-morning and mid-day, so the sun was a constant companion, explaining the multitude of bottled water and water bottles that were on show as protection from the heat and dehydration.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050404T190000-0500_78077_OBS_CARNIVAL_IN_THE_CAPITAL.asp (252 words)

	ABC News: Mighty Sparrow to Perform in Trinidad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1956, Mighty Sparrow won the Carnival Road March Competition.
		In protest against the small amount of prize money, he wrote "Carnival Boycott," a denunciation of Trinidad's carnival industry.
		He has won the national Monarch and the Road March eight times, more than any other calypso singer.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=902220&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (221 words)

	Mighty Sparrow - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Best known for his hits "Jean And Dinah" in 1956 and "Carnival Boycott" in 1957, Sparrow is an 11-time winner of the calypso monarchy and an eight-time winner of Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival Road March..
		Born to a poor working class family in Gran Roi, a small fishing village in Grenada, Sparrow moved to Trinidad at the age of one.
		In protest, he wrote a scorching indictment of the Trinidadian music industry, "Carnival Boycott." Despite his refusal to compete in the Carnival contests for the next three years, Sparrow became one of the Caribbean's most successful artists.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,468082,00.html (355 words)

	ARUBA CARNIVAL 1999 - Claudius Philips - "Mighty Talent"
		He began his debut as a singer at the age of 16, participating in different Song Festival in St. Maarten, At age 17, he won his first Song Festival which was held in St. Maarten.
		In a period of more than 15 years, Claudius participated in the Carnival Calypso and Road March Contest as "Mighty Talent", winning the title of Calypso King 13 times and 9 times as Road March King, where on several occasions managed to win both crowns - Calypso King and Road March King.
		His reign as Calypso and Road March King was in the years - '83, '84, '85, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '95, '96, '97 and 1998.
	www.visitaruba.com /attractions/whatson/carnival1999/claudius (1304 words)

	The Nation Newspaper \| Machel, Patrice sweep Road March
		MACHEL MONTANO and female singing sensation Patrice Roberts have won the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival's Road March title in probably the most convincing style ever.
		The duo, singing Band Of The Year, won the title by over 200 points as their song was played 236 times more than its closest contenders on Carnival Monday and Carnival Tuesday.
		It was played 334 times, according to the organisers which included the National Carnival Commission and the Downtown Carnival Committee, while Shurwayne Winchester's Ah Cyah Wait, which won the International Soca Monarch last Friday, was played 98 times, and Machel's Scandalous, which many thought would have placed second, was third after being played 91 times.
	www.nationnews.com /life/315280969362854.php (244 words)

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