Sinaya Holder, 15, portrays “Goddess of Flight”
Picture by Nelson A. King
After previewing in early April, to vast acclaim, “Chromatic Kingdom” throughout its Spring Tea Social, the Brooklyn-based Mas Productions Limitless says its able to painting its manufacturing this Labor Day.
“It’s a fantasy mas – simply based mostly on the mixing of colours,” Band chief and designer Wesley Millington instructed Caribbean Life in an unique interview on the mas camp at 1504 Remsen Ave. within the Canarsie part of Brooklyn.
“We’re making an attempt to do one thing that’s fascinating to take a look at – totally different from the same old stuff you see now,” added Millington, who began engaged on costumes in his native St. Vincent and the Grenadines since he was 6. “Individuals go within the retailer and purchase costumes, however we do all the pieces from scratch.”
Millington stated “Chromatic Kingdom” contains 4 sections, with 20-25 youngsters masqueraders in every part.
The sections are: Radiance, Guardian, Twilight and Goddess of Flight.
“We do it (play mas) to get this technology concerned,” Millington stated. “It’s a part of the tradition.”
Trinidadian Gail Mathis, who not too long ago grew to become a member of Mas Productions Limitless, stated, through the years, she has been bringing her grandchildren to play mas with the band.
“It’s good to belong to one thing that’s optimistic,” the Bedford-Stuyvesant resident instructed Caribbean Life. “It’s the tradition, too. You attempt to educate them (grandkids), in order that they don’t neglect.”
Two of Ms. Mathis’s grandchildren – Aubrie Pinder-Mathis, 10, and John Mathis-McClarin, 9, will likely be portraying “Radiance” and “Guardian”, respectively, in “Chromatic Kingdom”.
Nicole Holder, one other new member, additionally stated her two youngsters – Sariah Holder, 6, and Sinaya Holder, 15, will play with Mas Productions Limitless. Sariah will painting “Twilight”, and Sinaya will play “Goddess of Flight”.
“I really feel superb as a result of I’ve lovely Black children,” stated Ms. Holder, a Vincentian. “It’s an ideal factor to have the youngsters specific themselves with our tradition.”
Aubrie, who has been taking part in mas with Mas Productions Limitless for 4 years, stated she appears ahead to “having enjoyable and expressing the costume”, whereas John, who has been taking part in for comparable years, stated he’s elated to “have a good time the tradition” in sporting his costume.
Sinaya has been taking part in mas since she was 1-year-old.
“It’s my mom’s tradition,” she stated. “I inherit it from my mom.”
Millington stated Mas Productions Limitless will likely be utilizing glow colours in “Chromatic Kingdom”.
“They blended in such a means that one can see the connection among the many colours, however there’s a distinction among the many mixtures within the costumes,” he stated, including that masqueraders will sway to the candy soca vibes of DJ Dee, a member of the band, through the Junior Carnival.
Mas Productions Limitless was shaped in 1992, with its first manufacturing the next yr.
Final yr, the band offered “Fusion” for Labor Day, “based mostly on the mixing and use of colours to create costumes,” Millington stated.
For extra info, name Millington at (718) 759-7766.
