Front page news today that the Cuba Carnival is canned for next year, and that the future of the whole event is in doubt: Oh No, Say It Isn’t So! That sucks – it really does.
Cuba Carnivale is upon us once more.
But will the showers hold off for us today, or is it time to think of the perhaps inevitable: do we need a SambaDome ?
Carnival night parade is all about being hot and sweaty and (so it seems, near-naked), along with the inevitable music, rhythm and hypnotic samba music beats. Will the crowd break into spontaneous dance and applause this time, or merely look a
Jacob Waikari-Jones celebrates another try in last week’s 100-minute semi-final between Petone and the Upper Hutt Rams. He scored four of them and 26 points in total. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian & Steven White Jacob Waikari-Jones was the star of the show in Petone’s 100-minute semi-final last week, scoring four tries and 26...
