I still haven't figured out exactly what makes a contender for King and Queen. I believe that each band competes. Bands are the different groups that you sign up to walk with in the parade - which is what most people believe is the only way to celebrate Carnival. But I also think that there is a competition open to the public to submit their costumes for judging as well. However, as with most competitions, those entrants with deeper pockets and sponsorship from bands are over the top and tend to take the top prize.
Here are a few of the highlights...
Believe it or not, this is one of the individual costumes which are much smaller than the sponsored costumes. This particular one had an underwater theme. She was dressed as a fish and there is a giant fish on her head, with very large fins.
Here are a couple more of the smaller costumes that I liked. Not sure what their themes were.
The sponsored costumes also consist of things worn by the individual, but they are also usually wrapped or pulling some kind of cart which brings the rest of the costume. Some of these bigger costumes range in size from 20' x 20' ft to the biggest that I recall from the night, 30' x 35'. Here is one of the smaller of the sponsored costumes, also an underwater theme.
This last one was one of my favorites.
Aaron, Kate, Meredith, and I went to the semi-finals for the kings earlier in the week and are hoping to make it to the finals tonight. Kate took all of these pictures except for the blue one, which I took. She asked if she could go up to the front of the stage and take pictures with the rest of the press photographers, and they let her. That's why all of her pictures don't have heads in front of them. She was standing with this group when she took all her pictures...
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