Carnival confusion continues, as NCBA moves to disqualify ten mas competitors
Less than one month after Carnival 2015, the National Carnival Bands Commission (NCBA) is looking to disqualify more than ten Kings, Queens and Individuals who took part in carnival competitions. The Sunday Guardian learned that a group of performers were called into the NCBA head office on Picton Street on Monday and informed of the disqualifications. The group met with NCBA president David Lopez and two other NCBA officials and were asked to sign a document agreeing to the disqualifications.
The Sunday Guardian learned that a small argument broke out when the group refused to sign the document. One senior king, Edwin Worrell said he and the other ten performers were called to the NCBA office on Monday and left after refusing to sign any document declaring them disqualified. Worrell owns Branches Mas Band and has been producing a mas band for over eight years. He said he was being disqualified for competing in the Kings competition without being attached to a mas band which is in the NCBA rules.
“How can the NCBA say that when my band competed Downtown and at the Queen’s Park Savannah. The NCBA is telling me that I passed the judging points, but my band did not. I was with my band when we passed the judging points, so I do not know how they could say that,” Worrell said.
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“The Sunday Guardian has since learned that the computerised system and the entire adjudication system was descredited back in 2010 by former chief judge Nigel Eastman. The report, obtained by the Sunday Guardian, speaks of too much “interference” in the adjudication process. The computerised system is managed for the NCBA by Nigel Chinapoo. Despite distancing itself from the adjudication process, it is the NCBA that is now disqualifying those who portrayed a variety of Kings, Queens and Individuals.”
If this is a true indication of the judging process, the accuracy of the results in all the mas competitions are questionable.
Drama. How stupid, the time you all are spending on carnival past should be spent on how to make next year better.
NCBA people get real, what are your objectives here? carnival 2015 was shitty and there is nothing you all can do that will change that, it look like you are looking for someone to blame, you all were a disappointment to T&T so own-up and move on.