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Pickstock Band Steps Out
posted (September 7, 2017)
But there's no peace in Pickstock where that well known junior Carnival Band has abruptly pulled out. At yesterday's press conference the association announced that the Pickstock Carnival band and the leader Garreth Gill would no longer be allowed to take part in the carnival. He was not happy about this and came to our studio to express his frustration with the decision.

Garret Gill, Pickstock Carnival Band Leader
"Our band has gotten disqualified, which I did not get in black and white, so I can't verify it. Miss Sandra is the president for carnival and she and I have our ups and downs. If she and I had an issue the best thing she should have done was to call a meeting to address the issue. We have an issue also with sponsors, because we didn't get back Cuello's, we didn't get back Wave Radio, we didn't get back WASA and we were waiting on these people to give us a feedback and that's what pushed our band back from not being fully prepared for camo night."

"It has anything to do with carnival in the sense that Pickstock Carnival Band was unprepared or we didn't wanted mass camp. We got fed up, we got tired of the back and forth."

Gill says he that he will try to see if he can still march in the carnival even though his band won't be judged.

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