Machel Montano Celebrates Canada Day with the Toronto Revellers

The Toronto Revellers definitely deliver! After much hype and anticipation, it was wonderful to see Machel Montano hit the stage at our Canada Day blocko "Fete'ish" on Friday, July 1, 2011.

Our mas camp has been an all-purpose event and entertainment venue. This is where we had our band launch back in April, our Junior Carnival launch in May, and along with being the place where we continuously work on our costumes, it's a location that is already embedded with great memories.

Since the launches we've had a few informal BBQs, and just yesterday, an appreciation event for the hard working and loyal volunteers of the band.

To see Machel celebrate Canada Day with us was a joy. To the backdrop of fireworks, he engaged the crowd of Revellers and gave us a sweet reminder that the entire day on the road Caribana day (yes, I still can't help but call it Caribana!) he would be there right with us.

Along with the presence of Machel, we had the opportunity to see all of our costumes on stage simultaneously again. Not since the band launch have we had the opportunity to view the "Welcome to Oz" collection together like that. And what a sight it was!

Between Machel, the costumes, the beautiful weather, honouring our country, and just being with other Revellers and section leaders made it a fabulous day.

And so the countown begins. There are four weeks left. Four weeks of Socacize-ing, beading, glueing, fete-ing, and anticipating the day of the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival.

Revellers....yuh ready?