For the sec­ond year in a row, Oa­sis Car­ni­val is prepar­ing to present to its pa­trons an en­er­getic, ex­plo­sive night they will nev­er for­get. This evening at The An­chor­age Beach Club in Ch­aguara­mas, Oa­sis Car­ni­val will launch its 2012 se­lec­tion-NIP­PON-which trans­lates in­to "Land of the Ris­ing Sun."In­spired by Japan­ese de­signs, cul­ture and clean lines, this se­lec­tion promis­es to sur­pass what has been done in the past. The of­fi­cial un­veil­ing will start at 11 pm and sev­en sec­tions will grace the stage at An­chor­age.Some of the de­sign­ers for 2012 in­clude renowned fash­ion de­sign­er Eclif Elie who is ex­cit­ed­ly await­ing the re­lease of his first ever Car­ni­val col­lec­tion-Koi-which is a ho­mo­phone for an­oth­er word that means "af­fec­tion" or "love." Koi are there­fore sym­bols of love and friend­ship in Japan.

De­sign­ers in­clud­ing Leslie Fitz­patrick, Kim Lee In­niss, Mariel­la Navar­ro, Crys­tal Hep­burn and Sta­cy Des Vi­gnes who have been in­volved in Car­ni­val for more than 25 years, have come to­geth­er to present the most in­ti­mate band launch to hit Trinidad and To­ba­go. On en­try at the venue tonight, pa­trons will be greet­ed with tra­di­tion­al Japan­ese d&ea­cute;cor and treat­ed from be­gin­ning to end to an ul­tra ex­clu­sive ex­pe­ri­ence.Pa­trons will be en­ter­tained by DJs High Fi­deli­ty less than ze­ro, Pri­vate Ryan and De­von and Shot Mas­ter J and a live per­for­mance by Swap­pi. Oa­sis mod­els grace the stage at 11 pm sharp and the view­ing will be streamed live on three sites-Red 96.7, Triniscene.com and Oa­sis­car­ni­val.com.• For tick­et in­for­ma­tion or more in­for­ma­tion on Oa­sis Car­ni­val call 486-2747, or vis­it the Oa­sis Mas Camp at 32 Ros­ali­no Street, Wood­brook.