St Vincent Cocoa Company injects cash into Tribes Mas Band

The St Vincent Cocoa Company has made a conscious decision to invest in the cultural development of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

One of the carnival bands in this country, the Tribes Mas Band, was the recent recipient of an injection of cash by the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cocoa Company.{{more}}

According to Tribes bandleader Fernando Serieux, “the donation by the St Vincent Cocoa Company is very timely in helping us get much-needed material in building costumes for our members.”

Serieux further pointed out that material is very expensive, and every year, the cost increases.

“When companies like St Vincent Cocoa Company can make a donation, the amount and gesture is important.

“It is the confidence in our product; it is the foresight of the company’s management in their involvement in this country’s cultural showpiece is one way of telling other private sector concerns to invest, to help the smaller bands towards improving the overall carnival product.”

Andrew Hadley, managing director for the St Vincent Cocoa Company, said his company “realized that [they] need to give that vote of confidence, [they] need to help move the Vincy Mas product along the road where it showcases what is Vincentian, what is Caribbean through the creative processes of our people.”

The Tribes Mas Band presentation for Vincy Mas 2016 will be: “Drinks at a cocktail party”.