The Greatest Festival Season:Crucian Christmas Festival 2019/2020
St. Croix U.S.V.I festival season for 2019-2020 was epic, it was memorable, it was definitely eventful and drama free. This year's festival was one of the longest, yet quickest one we've ever seen. The season began with Carnival Meets the Runway which is a yearly display of all of the festival troupe costumes that will be displayed during the Adult's Parade. The different troupes slowly began having their reveal parties to display just what they had in store for us to admire and choose from. Events were lined up either everyday or every other day to keep residents, returning guests and welcome new guests to our beautiful island entertained. We didn't attend every event lined up, but for the ones we did have the honor of attending. We have to say it was completely worth it. Some of the events are as followed: VI Celebrity Auction hosted by us alongside A-team Promotions, Prince & Princess festival Pageant, Miss St. Croix 2019-2020, Tia's Black Cocoon Ep release, Sunny Side Up, Small Island Fete, Not one but 4 or 5 jouverts, who's counting at this point, Fetelogy, Sweet Bread & Jam, different nights at the festival village, Silent Party, numerous events hosted by Majestic Ent and many more including jouvert and both the Children's and Adult's Parade let's not forget the Xtashun Reunion which was the most anticipated event of the season. USVI Division of Festivasl first year of overlooking the festival season was a complete success to say the least. The face of the committee Shamari Haynes has been pushing this festival season and he can rest easy until St. Thomas Carnival comes around, and the reason being he did the damn thing. The entire festival season rained, however that never stopped the fun, we partied underneath the rain and worried about the consequences later. The festival village had many big names both locally and internationally. We had performances from Big Band, Fusion Band, Adam O, Bugz Bugs, Mic Love, Pumpa, Tia, Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Nights in which the village was dedicated too this year, Nikki Brooks, Rudy Live, Ras Batch, Kruziano, Shaw Hp, Spectrum Band, Monea, Nadia Batson, Gramps Morgan, R.City, Krosfyah, Teddyson John, Cruz Rock, Destra, Tito Rojas, Mikey Mercer, Pressure Busspipe, Bunji Garlin, Showtime Band, Lyrikal, OMG Band and R.City. The festival village was the best yet, no negative vibes, good food, esp Booth 26 (Gas Lamp) and Booth 23 which were our favorite with good food all festival long. The performers didn't disappoint, they hit the stage and gave it their all, the crowd appreciated every bit of it. Soca Monarch had so many incredible artist performances, but when the results came in there could only be 1 winner for each category, Bugz Bugs and Blackest (Blackest and the Fusion Band) Captured the titles of the Monarch. Bugz also won People's Choice for his festival hit "Wuk Together" and Blackest came out victorious with "Carnival Zombie," with Kevin Williams Jr a young artist capturing 1st place. Jouvert and Adult's Parade were two of our favorite events, and the reason is simple, it was not only the flow of alcohol, but the unity, drama free and culture which came out of it. The Children's parade displayed what our beautiful and talented youth, work yearly for, the culture and diversity that is The Virgin Islands. Overall for the festival season is 1000/1000, we experienced so many amazing events this season and that's what its all about. The returning guests and visitors were always entertained and we hope to see what else USVI Festivals has in store for us.
Written By: Minoca Alexander
Pc: St. Croix Entertainment Today
Happy New Year from our team to all of you!!
