little as she waited for her cue. Each year, at this
and she was determined to win this year.
She had watched her sister and cousin walk
not help but wonder if she was just a little bit
entitled to the trophy and the crown.
She had signed up for the class, and her talent
to dance was second to none. She had assumed that when the curtains are drawn and it
was her turn she would be ready to burst onto the stage, do her wild dance to the most
popular reggae-soca tunes and then exit to loud applause. But this rumbling in her belly
felt like the drums were beating in her stomach.
The National Stadium erupted into thunderous applause as the audience became
Wednesday in Trinidad and Tobago.
costumes and exuberant celebrations. There are
fetes” running in the lead up to the street parade on
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