Dragon Fantasy Wins at Night of Mas & Revelry

Take Flight designed and worn by Shaquille Sam.
Take Flight designed and worn by Shaquille Sam.
Sky Meets the Earth designed and worn by Elizabeth Piper-Wade copped second place.
Sky Meets the Earth designed and worn by Elizabeth Piper-Wade copped second place.

The music was energetic and the crowd was engaged at the 2nd Annual Tropical Productions Night of Mas & Revelry on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.

The evening was hosted by Basil Chambers, Iris Lake and Lorraine Lewis.

Seven costumes were entered in the competition to win $4500 in cash prizes.

Veteran mas maker Jewelline Roberts-Riley won the top prize with Dragon Fantasy.

Taking the second place position was Elizabeth Piper-Wade who debuted in the competition with her piece When the Sky Meets Earth. Third place was won by Makeda Madden for JamYouLou. Madden who is only 14-years-old had entered two pieces in the show designed to encourage the creation of big mas costumes.

The costumes in order of appearance were: 1. Kirk Brade – Splash 2. Makeda Madden – JamYouLou 3. Kirk Brade – Eternal Dragon 4. Makeda Madden – Festive Fury 5. Elizabeth Piper-Wade – When the Sky meets Earth 6. Jewelline Roberts – Dragon Fantasy 7. Shaquille Sam – In Flight

Following the costume segment, the crowd which grew significantly from the small opening enjoyed three hours of music from ICultural, Nyne and Kulcha Don with Madzart, Jadine the Soca Diva, Edwin Yearwood and Ricardo Drue. Also making an appearance were the Matrix Dancers. TJ the DJ from Antigua provided stellar musical sounds all night.

See more photos and videos from the night on our Facebook Page at Discover Montserrat .

Jam You Lou designed by Makeda Madden and worn by Stephen Elwin was third place.
Jam You Lou designed by Makeda Madden and worn by Stephen Elwin was third place.
Eternal Dragon design and worn by Kirk Brade.
Eternal Dragon designed and worn by Kirk Brade.
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Festive Fury by Makeda Madden
Dragon Fantasy designed by Jewelline Roberts-Riley was the winner.
Dragon Fantasy designed by Jewelline Roberts-Riley was the winner.
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Edwin Yearwood sang soca tracks made popular during his time with Krosfyah and also as a solo artist
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Jadine the Soca Diva and Nyne
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Splash by Kirk Brade.
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The Hooligan himself, Antiguan soca artists Ricardo Drue.
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The Matrix Dancers