Penny stars on Wall Street Journal

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival has a spot in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal. The American international daily newspaper featured photographs taken by Reuter’s News Agency during Parade of the Bands on Carnival Tuesday. The photographs were part of an album which focussed specifically on the affairs of this country.

Two of the country’s most well known faces made the cut: Miss Universe 1977 Janelle Penny Commissiong who paraded with K2K Alliance and Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam in her Harts Carnival costume. Also featured was American actress Tatyana Ali who was in Trinidad for this year’s Carnival celebration.

Several bands were featured including D Word and Associates as well as Band of the Year winner for the seventh year in a row, Brian Mac Farlane. One half of the sisterly duo behind K2K Alliance, Karen Norman, said the band was very humbled and felt honoured first of all to work with the former Miss Universe. “It is a great acheivement for us to have Janelle wear our costume. She is a beautiful woman to work with,” she said during a telephone interview. She and her sister, Kathy, also felt honoured to be featured in the Wall Street Journal selection of photographs for Trinidad Carnival 2013. “Any international exposure, not only for the band, but for Trinidad and Tobago is a great reward. We could not ask for anything greater,” she said. This is the band’s second year on the road for Carnival and Norman advised persons to expect the unexpected from the band for Carnivals to come.