By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE (Friday 8th January 2021) — Carnival Chairperson Shannon Hawley is rating the concluded virtual Sugar Mas 49 festivity a sweet success. “Our culture is alive, our people are talented and the world has recognised what we knew all along — St. Kitts-Nevis Carnival even though redefined for 49, is the sweetest small island carnival in the world,” she said. In the National Steelband Competition on 22nd December 2020, EBJ Harmonics won with 443 points performing ‘Sand to the Beach’; first runner-up was Pantastic Steel Orchestra; second runner-up Nevis Pan Ensemble. The virtual events collectively drew hundreds of thousands of online viewers worldwide.