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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 4 MARCH, 2018
CAMPUS MATTERS
It was the first rendition
of the Old Yard at its
new location at the Department for Creative and
Festival Arts grounds at Cheesman Avenue in
St. Augustine. And the grounds took on quite a
transformation. Students pitched in to paint the
facades of the buildings to look like the upper-
storied verandahs of the past, with lattice-work
and billowing drapes in the afternoon heat.
Patrons were pleased with the move away
from the Agostini Street venue that had been
home to the production since the UWI took
it over nine years ago. Although the previous
venue had been a cozy enough home for the
countless traditional Carnival characters that
roved its premises delighting and scaring patrons
throughout its history, the new space is simply
more accommodating.
And so, the show went on with the usual
array of pierrot grenades, dames lorraines, jab
molassies, minstrels, baby-dolls, gorillas (using
laptops) and of course, devils – some spewing
fire, some with pitchforks and bloody drool – all
equally menacing, especially to the youngsters
who were enthralled by the presence of the
mythical creatures.
The Old Yard traditions of calypso, tamboo
bamboo, brass and stick-fighting were there, as
well as the mini arts and crafts market and food.
Photographer Robert Taylor was there to
capture some of the moments.
NEWHOME FOR
