CARIBANA PAST WINNERS

1995	The Art of Nature (Kenney Combs)
1994	(Louis Saldenah)
1993	The Golden Antilles (Arnold Hughes)
1992	The Architect (Louise Saldenah)
1991	Outa Dis World - Trinidad and Tobago (Louis Saldenah)
1990	Beyond The Darkness (Louis Saldenah)
1989	Fire On Ice (Louis Saldenah)
1988	Of Men and Gods (Arnold Hughes and Associates)
1987	Nations of the World (Eddie Merchant)
1986	The Treasures of Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tales (Eddie Merchant)
1985	Flight into Fantasy (Selwyn Davis and Whitfield Belasco)
1984	Tribute to Sparrow and Kitchener (Eddie Merchant)
1983	Birds Evolution (Eddie Merchant)
1982	Night Out (Louis Saldenah)
1981	Power of the Sky (Eddie Merchant)
1980	Island in the Sun (Louis Saldenah)
1979	From the Caribbean with Love (Russell Charter)
1978	Birds of a Feather (Raymond Lee)
1977	Shangrila (Louis and Harold Saldenah and Carlos Douglass)
1976	Shaka's Dream Africa (Nip Davis)
1975	A Compendium of Games (Noel Audain)
1974	Festival of Fans (Nip Davis and Earnest Castello) and Noctural Emissions (Kenn Shah)
1973	Modes of the Seasons (Earnest Castello)
1972	Tales of Utopia (Earnest Castello)
1971	(tie) Tout C'est Beau (Earnest Castello) and Wonderful World of Colour (Noel Audain)
1970	Snow Kingdom (Keith Sheppard, Joe Brown, Steve Dyal, Kenn Shah)
1969	Splendor of the Dark Continent (Clive Brand)
1968	The Fantasy of the American Indians (Clive Brand)

*QUEEN OF THE BANDS*
1995	Danielle Lee as "Lady of Life" in Sunrise and Sunset by Nip Davis and Courteney Doldron
1994	Natasha McCollin as "Dance Ka Lay Lay" in Dancing in the Street by Ken de Freitas
1993	Penny Sutherland as "Amazon Queen" in the Golden Antilles by Arnold Hughes
1992	Venetia Saldenah as "Pandora Box" in the band The Architect by Louis Saldenah
1991	Ariene Parris as "Wave of Light and Life" in....by Kenn de Freitas

*KING OF THE BANDS*
1995	(tie) Jason Connell as "A Mystical Bird" in So Nice So Sweet by Ken de Freitas and Courtney Doldron as "Chaos" in Sunrise and Sunset by Nipp Davis and Courtney Doldron
1994	Courtney Doldron as "XXX" in Abracadabra by Nip Davis and Courtney Doldron
1993	Rudy Rampersad as "The Nebula" in Light After Dark by Louis Saldenah
1992	(tie) John Kam as "King Solomon's Dream" in Biblical and Mythical Dreams by Caribbean/ Canadian Cultural Club (The 4 C's) and Rudy Ramparsad as "Visions of the Architect" in The Achitect by Louis Saldenah
1991	John Kam as "Northern Reflections" in the band Realms of Light by Arnold Hughe
1990	John Kam as "High Priest of El Dorado" in poetry in Motion by Arnold Hughes

CARIBANA 30^th ANNIVERSARY STATS

Most Winning Band Leader:
Louis Saldenah, who has won Band of the Year nine times (1977, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996)

Most Winning Queen:
Marcia Davis, who has won six times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984 and 1987)

Most Winning King:
Earnest Castello, who has won at least five times (1970, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1976)

Most Winning Toronto Calypsonian:
Jayson, who has crowned Calypso Monarch in 1984, 1986, 1987 and 1988.

Most Winning Steelband:
AfroPan, which entered the Parade doe the first time in 1973, has won Best Playing Steelband more times than anyone can count.

Band of the Year ties:
These have happened twice in 1971 ("Tout C'est Beau" by Earnest Castello/"Wonderful World of Colour" by Noel Audain) and in 1974 ("Festival of Fans" by Selwyn "Nip" Davis and Earnest Castello/"Nocturnal Emissions" by Kenn Shah)

Caribana "Hat Trick":
John Kam won King of the Bands three times in succession from 1990 to 1992

First Caribana Band of the Year:
"The Fantasy of the American Indians" by Clive Brand (1968)

First Caribana Queen of the Bands:
Yvonne Alexander (1968)

First Caribana King of the Bands:
Francis Dennis (1968)

First Toronto Calypso Monarch:
Lord Smokey (1980)

First Chair of the Caribbean Cultural Committee:
Sam Cole (1967)

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