With the 2016 Carnival festivities at an end, the V.I. Carnival Committee has announced winners in this year’s festivities, including Spectrum Band, which repeated as Road March winner with the song “I Don’t Care.”
Saturday’s Adults Parade was this year’s final event, and the winners were released soon after it wrapped up. This year’s majorettes winner was the St. Thomas Majorettes, which also won in the same category for an earlier music-inspired performance in the Children’s Parade. The group has become known for its use of props during the parades. This year members performed routines on chairs, entering through a piano-key arch set up at each judging station.
For the Adults Parade, winning in the Troupe Under 50 category was the Eagles Carnival Troupe, which celebrated the Caribbean’s diverse culture Saturday with costumes that paid tribute to each Caribbean island, including elaborate headdresses bearing that island’s state bird, or another distinct feature. The group’s second section was a tribute to America, and group members came into the square waving full-sized American flags on tall poles.
The Gypsy Carnival Troupe won the Troupe 50-100 category. Its “Showtime Spectacular” paid tribute Saturday to Caribbean culture by recognizing local media icon Doris Miller Orie, who passed away last month at the age of 96. According to group members, Orie hosted one of the territory’s first talk shows, and in her honor, the Gypsies’ costumes this year were showgirls, singers and directors, with matching props. Jam Band’s “Showtime” accompanied the performance, which included Rockette style can-can lines on both sides of Post Office Square.
Also winning for the Adult’s Parade were: Party Hardy Carnival Troupe (Best Troupe Over 100,) Elskoe & Associates for “Deh Bungalow Undah Snow” (Best Floupe,) and the Skaka Zulus in the Traditional category.
Along with the St. Thomas Majorettes, this year’s Children’s Parade winners include the Joseph Gomez Show Stoppers for Best Troupe, Sun Children (with its "Hot, Hot, Hot" entry) for Best Floupe and the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders, who hit the route this year dressed as traditional clowns, winning in the Traditional category.
Other winners this year are:
Contest (Toddler’s Derby T-Shirts)
Winner – Brandon Williams
1st Runner Up – Ja’Kayla Vaughn
2nd Runner Up – Mia Joseph
The Stoli – Budweiser Calypso Elimination Tent
1. Broc Lee (Jamal Williams) 5. X-Man (Leston Harris)
2. Nikki Smith (Tisha Lennard) 6. Caribbean Queen (Temisha Libert)
3. Super T (Myrel Tonge) 7. De Incredible Shark (Michael Thomas)
4. Solemnity (Raymond Smith)
The Vita Malt Princess Selection Show
Winner – Laila Evelyn
1st Runner Up – Paris Chin
2nd Runner Up – Sainyah Jackson
Best Cultural Madras Wear – Laila Evelyn
Best Talent – Laila Evelyn
Best Evening Wear – Sainyah Jackson
Best Sportswear – Paris Chin
Miss Intellect – Laila Evelyn
Miss Photogenic – D’Naeja Todman
Miss Congeniality – D’Naeja Todman
Most Cooperative – Laila Evelyn
The Queen Selection Show
Winner – Kamarsha Potter
Best Cultural/Historical Costume – Kamarsha Potter
Best Evening Wear – Kamarsha Potter
Best Talent – Ceara Roberts
Miss Intellect – Kamarsha Potter
Miss Photogenic – Bianca Phillips
Most Cooperative – Bianca Phillips, Ceara Roberts, Kamarsha Potter
Miss Congeniality – Ceara Roberts
Best Dressed As a Doll
Group 1
Winner – Joia-Alexis Cranston
Group 2
Winner – Deondra Amiyah Scatliffe
Group 3
Winner – Louise Lynn LaBorde
First Bank Jr. Calypso Competition
Primary Division
Winner – Amari “Amigos” Phillips
1st Runner Up – Jah’syi “Mighty Jah’syi” Narcisse
2nd Runner Up – Arturo “Lypso Turo” LaMotta
Intermediate Division
Winner – Abriana “Princess Abbi” Gregoire
1st Runner Up – Nakai “Young Professor” Berkeley
Secondary Division
Winner – Monae “Lady Red” Greene
1st Runner-Up – Mary-Alice “Lady Krista” Prosper
2nd Runner Up – Maurice “King Maurice” Hansby
Village – Showtime HQ – Honoring the Original Jam Band
Winner – Booth #5 – Ismay Frett and Family
1st Runner Up – Booth #18 – Henry Alexander
2nd Runner Up – Booth #12 – Reynika Patterson
Best Relationship to Theme – Booth #5 – Ismay Frett and Family
V.I. Calypso Competition
Winner – Caribbean Queen (Temisha Libert)
1st Runner Up – Nikki Smith (Tisha Lennard)
2nd Runner Up – Broc Lee (Jamal Williams)
Most Improved – Nikki Smith (Tisha Lennard)
Best Social Commentary – Caribbean Queen (Temisha Libert)
Best Political Satire – Nikki Smith (Tisha Lennard)
Most Humorous – Super T (Myrel Tonge)
Water Sports Activities
Race 1 – Jet Ski (700-800 HP)
Winner – Aska Lewis
Race 2 – Jet Ski (1100-1200 HP)
Winner – Chris Spikes
Race 3 – NONE
Race 4 – Boat (60-90 HP)
Winner – Christian Greaux, Jr. – “No Problem”
1st Runner Up – Nazil Baksh – “Alley Kyat”
Race 5 – Boat (150-225 HP)
Winner – Donald Petersen – “Substance”
Race 6 – NONE
Race 7 – Boat (250-300 HP single engine 24ft)
Winner – Donald Petersen – “Substance”
Race 8 – Boat (600 HP 32 ft. & under – offshore)
Winner – Alton Phillip – “Smoken Joe”
1st Runner Up – Ben Beer – “Gizmo”
2nd Runner Up – Roger Francis – “Sex Appeal”
Race 9 – Unlimited
Winner – Ben Beer – “Gizmo”
1st Runner Up – Alton Phillip – “Smoken Joe”
Cultural Fair – Theresa’s Sweet Shop – Honoring Theresa Arnold Davis
Arts and Crafts
Winner – Sally George
Special Food
Winner – Audrey Henry
Produce
Winner – Gerald Hodge, Jr.
Cakes and Pastries
Winner – Shaniqua Thomas
Plants
Gladys Abraham Elementary School Garden Club
Best Culturally Dressed
Winner – Ester Frett
