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Published:Sunday | April 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM
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Danielle Ho Lung sure makes a beautiful reveller in this very fetching costume during Sunday's road march.-Photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Though not in costume, the road march could not miss Kim Mair (left) and Janette Stewart.
Naomi Garrick turned up covered in plastic and ready for whatever was thrown her way at Pandemonium.-Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
From left: Chris Zacca, Angie Ammar and Gassan Azan could not escape a lttle paint at Bacchanal J'Ouvert at the new Mas Camp on Friday. - Anthony Mnott/Freelance Photographer
Jackie Stewart-Lecher has revellers seeing red during the road march.
Tina Matalon has the full attention of Mark Myers (left) and William Mahfood at Pandemonium at The Golf Academy on Friday night.
Kandi King, cute as pie as Sunrise
Lee (right) and Arthur Phillpotts turned up squaky clean fo rthe Sunrise Breakfast party at the Constant Spring Golf Club on Saturday morning. - colin Hamilton/Photogapher
Danielle Crosskill and Adrien Lemaire started the day on the right time - Sunrise - Colin Hamilton/Photographer
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Garfene Grandison, Assistant Lifestyle Coordinator

The Long-anticipated weekend for revellers has come and gone, and oh what a weekend it was.

Beach J'Ouvert

'Twas the season of Bacchanal and socaphiles were rampant on the streets of Kingston from Friday night. Bacchanal J'Ouvert had patrons pumped and energised as many flocked to the new Mas Camp in anticipation of enjoying a great performance from soca queen Destra Garcia. Equipped with her usual high-energy routine, she had patrons "wukking it up" into the wee hours of the morning, welcoming well-anticipated paint, before they took to the streets of Kingston for a road march.

Not far across town, Grammy superstar and Jamaican heart-throb Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell tag-teamed with soca king Machel Montano for an event like no other. Titled 'Pandemonium', the event had an amazing energy as socaphiles were also treated to a concert featuring Montano, Shaggy accompanied by Super Blue, and Patrice Roberts, among others. Apart from the great line-up that was promised, patrons were all pumped and excited about the coloured powder - a welcome change from the usual paint that is synonymous with any J'Ouvert event. Like bacchanalians, patrons at Pandemonium painted the New Kingston Golf Academy with a wide array of bright colours before taking the fête to the streets of Kingston for the road march.

Sunrise Breakfast Party

Call it Friday night or Saturday morning - a number of patrons flocked to the Constant Spring Golf Academy for Sun nation's 'Sunrise Breakfast Party.' While a mix of revellers from both Bacchanal J'Ouvert and Pandemonium turned up drenched in paint and powder, there were others who were dressed to impress for the all-inclusive breakfast soirée. It was a great start/end to the perfect day.

Carnival Road March

Sunday marked the day when revellers took to the road in vibrantly coloured costumes for the bacchanal road march through the streets of Kingston. Celebrating 25 years, the bacchanal family pulled out all the stops ensuring that patrons were treated to a stellar showing on the road. Twenty-five trucks took to the streets to commemorate the 25th anniversary. Patrons fêted all day, ending the journey at the Mas Camp Village for the last hurrah of the season.