23/07/2008 by admin.

If you have some spare time, don’t forget that between now and next Tuesday 29th July is the final push to get the costumes ready and make any necessary repairs for the Sandown Main Carnival on 30th July.

Give either Jill or Sharon a call and they will find you some last minute work to do. Even if you can spare only 1 hour your help would really be appreciated. Sharon will be at the Carnival centre today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning, and work is being carried out at the Shop as well.

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20/07/2008 by admin.

Just to let everyone know the Brighton Carnival Photographs have just gone live - be warned there are 163 photographs in total - these are the best of all the one’s I took.

You can view the whole album here - Brighton Carnival 2008

If anyone wants a professional copy of any photo can you let me know so I can put them on to my  Professional print album.

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20/07/2008 by admin.

Because I know so many of you are desperate to see some photos from Brighton, I’ve chosen some of my favourites for you to look at before the main album goes live.

Just so you don’t forget who we are!

Our latest quirky sound systems came with their own cycles.

Just so beautiful in her mask.

A lovely Fan Dancer.

Linda in splendid costume.

Watching from an angle.

The Fabulous Noh puppet.

Japanese Warrior.

The Lily Dancers.

Connor in his Japanese Fighting Kite costume

Peacock in full flight.

Tommy in his fabulous Japanese Dragon Costume.

Wowing the Crowd

Seraphina

Lily

Jason and Poppy

Dancing to the crowd stage area at Brighton carnival 2008.

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20/07/2008 by admin.

My partner Jeff took this photo of me whilst I was painting the mask for Ashley’s puppet - I think it’s really funny as it looks as if the mask is having a quick drink!!!

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20/07/2008 by admin.

It’s been a very busy week trying to sort out the best photographs from the 400 plus I took at Brighton, so I have to apologise for the delay getting them live. Hopefully by the end of today (Sunday 19th) we should have a new album of our adventures to Brighton.I’m also trying to set up a small album of the workshops all of us have been involved in either at the Carnival Center, Fusion or Jill’s house, I keep saying to Sharon, that I love the community spirit that Mas Fusion has and that when all hands to the decks are needed everyone helps in some way or another, you should all be really proud of yourselves, as the costumes were a delight to see and photograph. 

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17/07/2008 by Queen J.

On Sunday 13th July more than 50 members of the band travelled to Brighton to perform in the carnival. A fantastic day was had by everyone. A lovely sunny day ensured that the fabulous costumes looked their best. The performers showed off the new dance moves and wowed the crowds with the spectacular costumes as we moved throught the streets. The parade ended with a great stage performance and commentory from MD Coco P. To end what can only be described as a fantastic day we won the Oscar for MOST DYNAMIC GROUP. Well done MAS FUSION another superb show. Thank you to everyone who helped make the day a success.

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