Kali­fa Clyne

Vet­er­an mas de­sign­er Ros­alind Gabriel says she is hap­py with her band plac­ing first in the Ju­nior Bands cat­e­go­ry (Large) of the NCC Band of the Year com­pe­ti­tion.She said so yes­ter­day short­ly af­ter the re­sults were an­nounced at a me­dia brief­ing at NCC's of­fices, St Clair.

Gabriel, who was cel­e­brat­ing her 18th win in the cat­e­go­ry, said she was ex­treme­ly hap­py.

"I nev­er take win­ning for grant­ed. I do my best and I hope for the best. I would love to con­grat­u­late every­one who placed in ju­nior and se­nior cat­e­gories.

"This is my 18th ti­tle in the NCC band of the year and each time it seems like my first time," Gabriel said.

She said her pre­sen­ta­tion, ti­tled An­oth­er Day in Par­adise, was part of her fo­cus on the beau­ty of the coun­try.

"Every year I try to fo­cus on a dif­fer­ent part of life in T&T and I choose dif­fer­ent places which are like na­tion­al trea­sures. They are ex­quis­ite places to vis­it and I try to show­case that," she added.

NCC re­sults:

Se­nior Band of the Year – Large:

1. Ron­nie and Caro: Tears of...

2. The Lost Tribe– Mag­i­cal Ex­pe­ri­ence Ltd: The Lost Tribe,

3. Tri­ni Rev­ellers: A Touch of Wood­brook, Now and Then.

4. Trinidad All Stars Steel Or­ches­tra: Sailors Ashore at Elmi­na.

5. Lega­cy: Life.

Se­nior Band of The Year – Medi­um:

1. K2K Al­liance and Part­ners: Search­ing for Shangri La Your Gar­den of Eden.

2. Just Wee and Friends: Cel­e­brat­ing We Own.

3. Flirt: Clas­sic of So­ca.

4. Mas Pas­sion: Ju­bi­la­tion, The Cel­e­bra­tion of Life.

5. D KREWE: Flash­back.

Se­nior Band of the Year – Small:

1. Trib­al Con­nec­tion Cul­tur­al Pro­mo­tion: Through In­di­an Eyes.

2. Cat in Bag Pro­duc­tions: Dog Show.

3. Splash-D-Mas Band: An En­chant­ed Jour­ney.

Se­nior Band of the Year – Mi­ni:

1. The Orig­i­nal Jab Ja: Tra­di­tion­al War­riors.

2. Cheyenne Peo­ple Na­tive of the Plains: Cheyenne Peo­ple Na­tive of the Plains.

3. Rhap­sody in Blue: Doc­tor Dev­ils.

4. 2001 Jab Mo­lassie: It In We Blood

Ju­nior Bands Com­pe­ti­tion:

Large

1. Ros­alind Gabriel Car­ni­val Pro­duc­tions Ltd: An­oth­er Day in Par­adise.

2. Car­ni­val Ba­bies TT: From One Is­land To An­oth­er.

3. Zabapique Pro­duc­tion: Let's Cel­e­brate.

Medi­um

1. Clas­six Pro­duc­tion: Out of Africa.

2. Baps Mas Com­mit­tee: Blueti­ful­ly Blessed.

3. Mt Lam­bert RC School: Play Nah! We Doh Want To For­get.

Small

1. Bits and Bites Pro­duc­tions: Imag­i­nar­i­um.

2. Spoilt Rot­ten Kids: The Big Easy, New Or­leans.

Mi­ni

1. A Touch of In­dia.

2. La Ta Caille Kidz: Moth­er Na­ture And Her Won­ders.

3. The Reser­va­tion: Totems.