Pan Pun De Sand

Another Crop-over event, featuring Steelbands playing on their own and also backing some of the season's top performers and hits. This is the Mighty Grynner, 63 years old and still sounding strong. It all happened at Brighton beach. Thousands, yes, thousands converged on the beach for the event, yet it was all so orderly in the way it could only be in Barbados. This picture is what it is because it was taken from a distance of about 150 feet...

Lili waits for her order of fishcakes, smothered by smoke from the grill and wondering why she was chosen for this special task :-)

AS the day ends, the hawkers move out of their booths to flog the last trinkets before all the kids are carted home to bed. The pictures are dark because they're all shot in natural light (no flash).

All good things come to an end and we make our way along the highway back to the car. For some odd reason, Lili can't stop smiling.."I can't stop smiling..." she says, as I try for a serious shot under the street lamp. For once, Varia isn't.