Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Monday, May 9, 2011
Carnival Nationz Wows The Crowd with Mythical Creatures
| Last Saturday inside the Phoenix Concert Theatre Carnvival Nationz Launched their Mythical Creatures presentation for 2011. With lots of ooos and aaaahs many are saying this is the best year Carnival Nationz thus far. | |||
| Be ready cause the talk on the street is that CARNIVAL NATIONZ WILL SELL OUT EARLY!!! | |||
| Registration Begins Tuesday for Loyalty Members ONLY | |||
| Tuesday & Wednesday - 6-9pm | |||
| Thurs onwards open to everyone | |||
| Thursday & Friday - 6-9pm; Saturday and Sunday - 2-6pm | |||
| Backline Costumes are all $185. Frontline costumes TBA | |||
| This is what you missed last Saturday. Check out the FULL GALLERY atDBandit.com/gallery | |||
| PHOENIX | BANCHEE | UNICORN | MERMAID |
| SPHINX | ANGELS | CENTAUR | QUETZAL |
| PIXIE | SEA NYMPH | PEGASUS | DRAGON |
| OYA | |||
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Carnival Nationz Registration Continues
SPARROW D’Legend...
...Registration continues
Ok... it’s been just over a week that CNz 2010 presentation “SPARROW D’Legend” has been available for purchase by our loyalty peeps and subsequently the general public... to-date, we have sold 1,200 costumes in 1 week and sections are selling out fast!!!!!
SOLD OUT:
D’Birdie Drunk & Disorderly Jean & Dinah Sa Sa Yeah
On the verge of Selling Out:
BIG Bamboo The Lizard CongoMan JANE
Moving steadily:
Saltfish Royal Jail (SEXY) Marajhin MELDA (Obeah Wedding)
CNz Registration Info/Notes:
The mas camp is open daily from 6pm-9pm (529 McNicoll Ave., just west of Victoria Park). To avoid disappointment and ensure that you are part of North America’s number 1 mas band, please come in and check us out. We also have online registration which has been moving along quite impressively since its launch. So feel free to check:www.carnivalnationz.com “Purchase” section to buy costumes online.
Also please note:
- BELT OPTION FOR ROYAL JAIL section – there is now a belt option for the Royal Jail section, so please feel free to call Bandit @ 416.930.9650 for more details...
- CNz Express Costume Home Delivery – information on CNz’s new innovative option of express home delivery for costumes purchased in the GTA will be posted soon to www.carnivalnationz.com
- CNzMiami 2010... coming soon!!
- Lil’Nationz band launch – June – our kiddies band will be launching in June, stay tuned for more details
- CNz Annual Boat Cruise – Sunday July 18th – tickets go on sale soon...
If you need any information please check www.carnivalnationz.com or contact:
CNz Band Leaders:
Marcus @ 416.565.4079 ~ Marcus@carnivalnationz.com
Dwayne @ 416.930.9650 ~ Dwayne@carnivalnationz.com
Bryce @ 416.985.8488 ~ bryce@carnivalnationz.com
www.carnivalnationz.com ~ www.dbandit.com~ www.islandboyz.com ~ www.toronto-lime.com
Monday, May 3, 2010
Carnival Nationz Registration

You’ve seen the costumes… Now is time to pick your section
So Saturday we launched our tribute to the legend... The Mighty Sparrow... now it’s time for you to decide how best you want to pay homage to the man... which song is your favourite and which costume you going to wear.
CNz 2010 registration begins this week and from the sounds of things it goh be a rush, so doh back back on your choices because you might just miss out on your first, second and third options.
Remember LOYAL CNz members (people who played mas with us for the past 2 years) have first dibs on costumes this coming Wednesday & Thursday, and then Saturday it is open to the public.
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
MAS CAMP (same compound but different unit) 529 McNicol Ave (west of Victoria Park).
LOYALTY Registration: (played mas with CNz in 2008 & 2009): Wednesday 5th – Thursday 6thMay from 6pm-9pm
GENERAL Registration: Saturday 8th May and everyday onwards – 12pm – 6pm
On-line Registration: Registration will be available on-line for the first time atwww.carnivalnationz.com please check it out and stay tuned for more info.
DEPOSITS:
· Floor Member costumes - $175
· Frontline – ask section leader
· Floor member Deposit - $100 (mandatory)
· Frontline Deposit – ask section leader
EXPRESS HOME DELIVERY:
Carnival Nationz will be offering a brand new and original service to all its masqueraders in 2010... Express Costume Home Delivery. There will a nominal fee to pay for this service but you can have your costume delivered to you at home (within the GTA area) instead of going through the pick-up process at the mas camp.
Please feel free to enquire about this with CNz reps and it is there for your convenience and to facilitate any issues around work, family events etc...
CNz aims to always be one step ahead of the field.
Information:
Marcus @ 416.565.4079 (BIG Bamboo ~ D’Lizard ~ Drunk & Disorderly)
Dwayne and Shanah @ 416.930.9650 (Royal Jail ~ Saltfish ~ Obeah Wedding)
Bryce @ 416.985.8488 (Jean & Dinah ~ JANE ~ CongoMan)
Hayden @ 416.220.4972 (Sa Sa Yeah)
Ross @ 416.301.7761 (Sexy Marajhin)
Al or Brant @ 647.727.4445 or 416.456.6984 (D’Birdie)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
All Spice Registration Info

▪ REGISTRATIONS START TOMORROW - THURSDAY MAY 28th @ 6PM – (first come first serve basis)
▪ Deposit $50. Cash Only
▪ Come early to avoid disappointment. All sections are guaranteed to sell out.
▪ Mas Camp located @ 538 GORDON BAKER RD. NORTH YORK (Victoria Park & Steeles)
For Info Contact: Curtis Eustace 416.728.6504 or Andre De Freitas 416.660.9154
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COSTUME PRICES:
▪ Back Line sections - $135
▪ Front Line sections between - $165 – $185
COSTUME SECTIONS:
▪ Kalahari Sands - (Orange & Brown)
▪ Tacazze Sunbird - (Gold & Purple)
▪ Serengeti - (Black & White)
▪ Zambezi Treasures - (Blue & Brown)
▪ Lush - (Green)
▪ Safari Sunset - (Orange)
▪ Our six stunning sections were designed by Carnival veterans Daryl Cox and Folette Eustace.
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If you have any questions or require further information please contact:
BAND LEADERS
▪ Curtis Eustace – 416.728.6504
▪ Andre De Freitas – 416.660.9154
SECTION LEADERS:
▪ Godfrey- 647.308.0981
▪ Attasha -
Friday, May 15, 2009
Carnival Nationz Registration Update etc.......
THE CARNIVAL NATIONZ SITE WILL BE ONLINE TOMOROW!
REGISTRATION CONTINUES MON-FRI6-9PM AND SAT SUN 2-6PM
Well Ladies and gents we are half way there. Even though we have increased our numbers this year by approximately 10% we are 65% sold out in 7days. People if you're still deciding right now what section to play in cause they all nice, I think you should make yuh descions fast cause who knows in another week you may not even have a section to choose.
Don't worry for all you out of town masqueraders the full site will be up and running this weekend (most likely Saturday May 16th). So look out for that and you can get to inspect the costumes fully before you make your online registration. With the out of town masqueraders we are asking for payment in full (unless you have a friend come into the camp and sign up for you). However...there is very good news...this year you don't have to run down to the wire transfer place on the corner...you could make a credit card/pay pal payment right from your computer.
Just contact us via email dwayne@carnivalnationz.com or bryce@carnivalnationz.com Put "Carnival Nationz Online Registration" in the subject. Send us your sizes and info as follows: Section Choice, First & Last name, address, email, phone number, waistband size (hips measurement), bra size, bottom type (panty or boyshorts). Or you can click here.
After we recieve that we will send you an invoice, you click on the link and just pay with a valid credit card...trust me simple t'ings!
Anyways please hurry cause people are coming into the camp everyday to sign up. Check out the current situation below:
SECTION & REGISTRATION STATUS
The Secret Garden (white & pink), Bougainvillea (green and pink)
COMPLETELY SOLD OUT
Aruja (turquoise), Wild Roses (all red or peach and brown), Morning Glory (baby blue & green), Dragon Fruit (pink), Water Lilly (green & lavender)
85% SOLD OUT
Lychee (light pink), Summer's Majesty (yellow), Scabiosa (multi colour &brown)
75% SOLD OUT
Poinson Ivy (white and green), Aphrodisiacs (orange)
MOVING VERY FAST
To the masquerader who did not play with CNz last year and would like to play with us this year we have increased our numbers for 2009 this means there should space in the remaining 10 sections. Please register now to avoid disappointment. And to our remaining CNz masqueraders please try to make it down today and take advantage of being a CNz loyal masquerader with our easy registration process (it takes 5mins).
On another note for all those who are currently register we would like to thank you for register early and getting the jump on everything. PLEASE NOTE Tuesday May 19th is the final day for changes to sizes or sections. It is very important to make the changes now if you have any WE DO NOT MAKE ALTERATIONS.
Other than that...you are on your way to what we are expecting to be the best Caribana yet! To get you in the party mood, check out some fetes coming up below:
COSTUME REGISTRATION CONTINUES EVERYDAY @ 533 MC NICOLL AVE:
Monday to Friday 6-9pm (except on holidays)
Saturday and Sundays 2-6pm
Full cost of backline/regular costumes is $160CDN
$80CDN deposit required (mandatory)
Frontline cost TBA by section leader at registration
Measurements required:
Female
Bra Cup size
Hip size
Bikini bottom size
Meal Type
Contact info: address, phone & email
Male
Waist size
Pants size
Meal Type
Contact info: address, phone & email
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Carnival Nationz Registration for Loyalty Members....UPDATE
REGISTRATION INFO:
Costume prices:
Regular or Floor-members - $160
Frontline - more (see section designers/leaders for pricing)
DEPOSIT - $80 (for regular costumes)
CASH ONLY
ALL registration will be held at CNz mas camp located at:
533 McNicoll Ave. (just west of Victoria Park on the south side of McNicoll), North York
Registration dates:
1. LOYALTY Registration (i.e. for people who played mas with CNz in 2008 ONLY - they get first dibs at the costumes). Please walk with valid ID.
Loyalty Registration Dates:
Wednesday 6th May - 6pm to 9pm
Thursday 7th May - 6pm to 9pm
2. General Registration (i.e. open to the public)
Date: Saturday 9th May from 2pm onwards...
Any questions please feel free to contact the band and/or section leaders. Please note that is our intention to make this registration process as "painless" for all as possible.
INFO:
CNz Band Leaders
Marcus @ 416.565.4079
Dwayne @ 416.930.9650
Bryce @ 416.985.8488
Section Leaders:
Hayden “Pumpkin” @ 416.220.497
Ross @ 416.301.7761
Denise @ 416.820.3304
Al/Brant @ 416.684.5062 & 416.456.6984
www.carnivalnationz.com ~ www.islandboyz.com ~ www.dbandit.com
Monday, May 4, 2009
Carnival Nationz Registration for Loyalty Members

We at Carnival Nationz would like to thank everyone who made our launch as successful as it was this year. Your response thus far has been that "the launch was once again beyond compare." We appreciate all your comments and critique and look forward to making 2009 your best Caribana with Carnival Nationz yet! We will be taking some major steps to improve our registration process, security on the road and our complete Caribana experience.
THE CARNIVAL NATIONZ IS IN FULL BLOOM
Yep we don't waste...it's time to figure out yuh section. The pics are up on both our site carnivalnationz.com and our web sponsor toronto-lime.com. Pass by the websites and pick your favourite costume...there isn't much time to choose so gather up de crew and figure out what's yuh preference NOW.Registration will be at 533 McNicoll Ave (the Carnival Nationz Mas Camp) for all loyalty members. Loyalty members are masqueraders who played with Carnival Nationz for either 2007 or 2008. Please walk with ID to verify your name at point of entry. Early registration times are tentatively as follows: Wed 6-9pm, Thurs 6-9pm, Sat 2-6pm and Sun 2-6pm. Once early registration is complete we will announce our daily registration hours. Please have all relevant size information available for quick processing.
For all our out of town loyalty members please email dwayne@carnivalnationz.com or info@dbandit.com with Carnival Nationz Registration in the subject line as well a scanned copy of your ID with address (driver's license preferred) attached. We will try to accomadate you with your costume preference. Thanks for you corporration in advance.
Aiiiiiiight, Lata D' Bandit
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