Leaders and representatives of the 2017 Junior Kadooment bands, holding the positions in which they will be appearing before the judges in hand.
NEW things are in store for this year’s kiddies jump up.
Junior Kadooment producer Rico Cumberbatch told the media that this year, a band from Bermuda called the H&H Gombey Troupe will be coming to Barbados to open the July 29 Crop Over experience, scheduled to be held at the National Stadium, with a cultural showcase.
Cumberbatch was speaking on Wednesday evening, at the National Cultural Foundation, St James headquarters where a meeting was held for Junior Kadooment bandleaders to draw their positions for the order of parade.
Junior Kadooment will also be bigger this year, with three new bands coming on board, including Wonderland Experience in collaboration with Wills Primary School, Blackbird Productions and the Dragon Fly Kids Band, which is a tribute to veteran band leader Renee Ratcliffe.
Co-bandleader for Dragon Fly Keisha Murray told The Barbados Advocate that the concept of the band this year is to, through the different sections; bring back some of the bands Ratcliffe would have produced over the years.
The sections are Dragon Fly, Neverland, Space Invader and Under the Pop. The band’s designer is Marlon Brewster, who is also designing the costumes for Jump Promotions.
“Of course we are going to make her proud; she is going to be smiling when she sees us,” co-bandleader Nakeisha Gittens said.
Quimby’s Explosion, Dragon Fly Kid’s Band, Wonderland Experience in collaboration with Wills Primary School, Fifth Element, Youth Explosion, Girl Guides Association, Blackbird Productions, Xante, Young Spirits Community Group, Gwyneth Squires, Island Spice Designs, M-Visions Children, Triple Force, Arthur Smith Primary School, Northernmas, Wednesday 2000, Good Shepherd Association and Milton Lynch Primary, is the order in which the bands will be parading before the judges. (AH)