She says CACAB is creating confusion by listing some of the boycotting bands in its Carnival promotion. Johnson says neither Tempo nor Sauce will be on the road, and that other beloved groups like LaBoue aka Mudd Band will also be missing. Carnival hasn’t evolved in the last 20 years,” says Johnson, who grew up with Carnival when her uncles were part of the Tempo International Rhythm Section and helps lead the Sauce J'ouvert band. “There have been debates and conflicts for such a long time. Hot Sauce'' Johnson, the morning show host and owner of digital radio station SparkFM, put up an online petition calling for new Carnival leadership that has garnered over 700 signatures, and says many bands are boycotting the 2022 parades. Dianne Wilkerson, who is seeking to regain the seat she lost after a 2010 bribery conviction.ĭanielle "Ms. The CACAB’s advisory committee includes Rep. Supporters say the politically-connected Shillingford, a one-time aide to former Boston Mayor Kevin White and the manager of a Boston Public Health Commission food pantry in Mattapan, has the fundraising and permitting know-how required for such a large undertaking. Shillingford, who has been at the helm of CACAB almost continuously since 1990, has weathered her share of controversies, fending off everything from lawsuits by disgruntled board members seeking financial records to complaints that she and her daughter were pictured on billboards advertising Boston Carnival.ĭetractors bemoan her management and communication style and say under her watch Carnival has failed to be transparent or live up to its potential as a major tourist draw. The conflict comes down to the leadership of CACAB’s president, Shirley Shillingford. At the heart of many of the absences is the long-running strife between bandleaders and the Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston (CACAB), which presents Boston Carnival, billed as the largest BIPOC celebration in Massachusetts.
27.īut Soca & Associates is seemingly no more, Misfit has pulled out, and Branches is missing its first ever Carnival since the event started 49 years ago. Smith/)īoston’s Caribbean Carnival parades are just around the corner, and one would expect that the bandleaders of such beautifully costumed mas - or masquerade - bands Soca & Associates and Misfit, or the symphonic steel sound of Branches Steel Orchestra, would be at their mas camps busily making final preparations for both the afternoon Carnival and early morning J'ouvert parades down Blue Hill Avenue on Aug.
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