Veteran designer Roy Pierre working on “The Governor’s Ball,” the theme for his 2011 Jouvert band. Pierre’s presentations verge towards street theater with each character playing a role in an historical event. This year it is the calypso by Mighty Sparrow, the 1967 Governor’s Ball’s story of asylum inmates who climbed the wall to join high society guests and the resulting chaos. William Farrington
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Anthony Lewis from CASYM Steel Orchestra plays his steel drum in their Church Avenue panyard. William Farrington
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Cleo Patton modeling a costume form PAGWAH’s Jouvert presentation “One Blood” at their Nostrand Avenue mas camp in Flatbush. The monochromatic design, founder Richard Pacific says, emphasizes this year’s theme “Peace, Love, and Unity. William Farrington
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Darren Ganory with the Pantonic Steel Orchestra perform during the Pan Sonatas bandlaunch at the Albemarle street panyard in Flatbush William Farrington
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Roy Pierre coaches model Cheryl Odean who is portraying a asylum escapee in “The Governor’s Ball” the theme of his 2011 Jouvert band. Pierre brings a dramatic take on the Mighty Sparrow Calypso where a mad woman leads asylum inmates over the wall to join high society guests and the resulting chaos. William Farrington
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Six years old Reannia Snell try on head pieces at Sherzel Productions where her mom is designer in preparation for the Labor Day Carnival. William Farrington
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Patrice Prince plays a pan with the Harmony Music Makers steelband in their panyard where they the group is preparing for the Labor Day carnival. William Farrington
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Tineal Richards, 22, works on a costume for Sherzel Productions “Dazzle Me, Dazzle You” in preparation for the Labor Day carnival. William Farrington
