'Move Rise & Shine tramps from parade days'- Radio show guest
One of the main reasons blamed for this is the continued late start to the parades.
The Festival parade in Road Town on August 3, 2015 didn’t get started until 3pm, some three hours after the scheduled start.
The parade in East End on August 5, 2015 didn’t get moving until after 6pm, some four hours after the scheduled start time of 2pm.
Speaking on the Speak Out BVI Show on ZBVI 780 AM on August 11, 2015 while a guest of host Douglas Wheatley, Clarence ‘Boogie’ Freeman sought to do a post mortem of the parade and the poor support.
According to him the late start to the parades discourages persons from coming out and having to wait long hours. More so, he said the late starts continue to discourage persons from St Thomas and St John, USVI to participate as well as view the parade since there is not a ferry service in place to take persons back after certain hours.
“Long ago when we set parade to start 10 o clock it was 10 o clock and there were persons who came from St John’s and St Thomas to see the parades in those days and now sometimes when the parade is now coming up the ferry is already getting ready to leave the dock so they see nothing and it isn’t worth the while coming.”
He further said children especially suffered as there were some who were out to view the parade since in the morning hours.
Move Rise & Shine Tramp
Boogie also suggested that the Rise and Shine tramps not be held on the same day of the parades as that is one of the main reasons why the parades fail to start on time.
“The Rise and Shine in the mornings take a lot out of the people taking part in the parade. So what I would suggest to them is to have the Rise and Shine a day before the parade so when you say the parade starting 10 o clock everybody should be there for 10.
“I think we have to be a little more prompt with time. If we don’t get things started on time we are always going to be behind the clock.”
Asked to comment on the participation by host Douglas Wheatley, Boogie only said the parades were “not like in the past, there were lots of changes. The troupes and floupes were not what they used to be.
“In the town area there were too many gaps between troupes. We have to try and make our festivities a little better than how it is.”
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19 Responses to “'Move Rise & Shine tramps from parade days'- Radio show guest”
So Boogie your suggestion is to move Jouvert to Sunday? oh ok :/
I used to go village when it was free. Never went to a pay village yet and never will.
As someone said mare walker and gawkers than revelers and trampers in the parade.
I came up for the parade and was a little disappointed with the late start. I came back up on Tuesday for the Horse Race and that was also disapointing. With the money that is generated from this celebration there are are a few issues that need to addressed. And that departure tax can take care of some of your fincial woes.