00:00Registration is now open for the 2026
00:08edition of St. James Children's
00:10Carnival and organizers say while it is
00:12a bit slower than years past the
00:14response is encouraging. We have so far
00:18about 10 bands but my experience from
00:23last year is that things will speed up
00:27a week before the actual date but
00:32because this year it's online I don't
00:35see that to be too much of a problem if
00:37they you know want to hold off until but
00:40it is it is noticeably a little bit
00:43slower. Now in its 36th year the St. James
00:46Children's Carnival has been growing
00:47steadily with 29 bands hitting the
00:50Western Main Road last year. I'm not sure
00:54what will happen this year but between
00:56last year and the year before the
00:58bands most of them kind of doubled in
01:01size because to watch 400 children in a
01:07band is amazing so we have bands that
01:12are as small as 10 to as large as 600 or
01:19more. With the demand present the
01:21committee is left with just one problem
01:24funding. I love the products but I can't
01:27pay the DJs with the hamper. I have to get
01:30tents you know we have to get platforms
01:33for the judges we have basic
01:36infrastructure of to get the railings we
01:39have to pay for transport you know so we
01:42do love the contribution the sponsors gift
01:46us we very much appreciate it but we
01:49would like if we could get some financial
01:50contribution coming forward. In fact the
01:53committee is still owing suppliers from
01:55last year. This event come up to like a
01:58hundred and eighty thousand dollars
02:00roughly a year. NCC give us approximately
02:06like seventy five thousand dollars so we cut
02:09back sometimes try to scale it back to
02:11like hundred and thirty hundred and twenty
02:14five thousand dollars. We fall short in a lot of places. The committee is calling on corporate TNT and businesses in the area to fill the gap. They're also asking the people of St. James to pitch in.
02:28St. James Children's Carnival is carded for
02:46Sunday February 8th and organizers are hopeful the national community
02:51understand the significance of the event. When you watch the adult mass you may
02:57not see all these designs and passion in it going into the designs but when the kids when it comes to the TNT carnival you'll see that passion you'll see the
03:07arms to the pan you'll see the flamingos you'll see
03:09hornbirds you'll see all different traditions will take place to you actually
03:13guarantees of TNT from the TNT carnival you will never yes you get TNT from the adult
03:20carnival but the TNT carnival is what you get that essence. The committee can be
03:25reached at 4617276
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