After making guest appearances for the last two years, as stipulated by The Carnival Bands Incorporated (CBI) the official body that represents masquerade bands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Energy Mas Band is ready to debut as full-fledged competitors in the masquerade component of Vincymas.
The band will do so with a presentation entitled ‘Soca in the Mas’.
The general public and particular potential masqueraders and those who were part of the band’s outings in 2023 AND 2024, will get this Saturday, May 3, 2025, a full view of the five adult and two children sections that comprise the 2025 presentation, when the band stages its official launch at the Sion Hill Intersection.
The Band’s base is located opposite Randy’s Mini-Mart on Tyrell Street, Kingstown.
Five sections
The five adult sections are Rumist, Carnival Jumbie, Sexy Girl, Turn Me On and Teaser, with Loving Can’t Done and I am Soca assigned to the children.
Bandleader- Norman Quashie, whose title and concept for the band was given the artistic translation by Jadiel Foster, a young Vincentian designer, is excited about the production.
“After struggling for two years on our own, not being able to be judged, am anxious with that expectation that we can now enter the competition this year and show what we have. I want to say to our masqueraders and others, look forward to the Energy Mas Band because we plan to give our best come this year’s Carnival”, Quashie projected.
Costumes for the ‘Soca in the Mas’ presentation are priced at $#225.00 for children and $450.00 for adults.
Quashie urged on mas lovers to get registered (with the band) so that they can be part of a special presentation for Vincymas 2025, “aa the Energy Mas Band seeks to leave a positive mark on the festivities.
Vincymas 2025 is set for June 24 to July 9, with the official launch on May 10, at the decommissioned ET Joshua Airport Tarmac.
The pre-show starts at 6PM with the main acts scheduled to commence at 8pm. Contrary to what might have been “making the rounds’, there will be no charge for entrance to the launch.
Vincymas launch in New York is set for May 10, at the Nazareth Regional High School located at 475 E 57th St., Brooklyn.
