Spirit Mas continues to pioneer innovative methods and approaches to ensure its masqueraders revel in uninhibited joy, convenience and make unforgettable memories.
Spirit Mas has partnered with the Carnival Entrepreneurs Association to provide its masqueraders with exclusive access to nine vendors’ booths around the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, to ensure masqueraders stay refreshed and hydrated before crossing the Savannah stage on Carnival Tuesday.
Identifiable by their Spirit and Scotiabank branding, these vendor booths will provide masqueraders with free drinks and refreshments during their wait to cross the stage.
At that point of the route, drinks trucks are not allowed to enter the Savannah, so the partnership benefits both the vendors and Spirit masqueraders.
Additionally, Spirit Mas has automised three of its carts by adding a tractor to each for ease of transport. These specially-designed carts “are going to innovate Carnival in a different way,” said Spirit CEO Adrian Scoon.
Spirit Mas, will portray Spirit Island on the road. Scoon anticipates 2025 Carnival to be “the greatest of all time.”
Spirit Mas stormed on to the stage in 2024, for the first time, and almost immediately became one of the most sought-after bands to revel in on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
Sold out in its debut year, and also in 2025, Spirit Mas received rave reviews from its local and foreign masqueraders after its first showing and is promising to deliver another unmatched experience once again.
Spirit Mas will present nine sections reflecting Trinidad and Tobago’s historic allure and attractions under the theme, Spirit Island. The line of costumes is heavily made up of the combined efforts of local creatives, who mesh art into designing the pieces.
The sections are titled Botanica designed by Sandra Hordatt, Argyle by Rhion Romany, Treya by Hordatt and Nakita Hyatali, Bréa by Hyatali, Fortress by Romany, Gasparee by Kriston Milano, Ibis by Trishelle Leacock, Dimanche by Douglas John and Battalion by Levi Marcus.
The sections highlight the Botanical Gardens (Botanica), Argyle waterfall (Argyle), La Brea Pitch Lake (Bréa), Fort George (Fortress and Battalion), Gasparee Caves (Gasparee), the Caroni Swamp (Ibis), the Queen’s Park Savannah (Dimanche) and a tribute to the culture and colours of our forefathers (Treya).
When asked what inspired Scoon and a host of other creatives to launch a mas band in such a competitive and ever-evolving industry, he said there was no better time.
“We’re doing this because, at that point in time, we felt a lot of the other islands and countries were becoming a little more competitive, especially with things like the hotel inventory they had, the proximity to beaches and these types of things, so we felt that was our purpose.
“We kind of put our own spin on the product. We did not want to offer something that was previously done and the masqueraders really came out and appreciated that. We wanted to overcompensate on value, and those are the areas they embraced as wel
