IT WAS THE FAREWELL MAS for one of their own and Crop Over band leaders and designers turned out in splendor at Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens yesterday for the funeral service of Renee Ratcliffe.
The popular Grand Kadooment band designer who died on Grand Kadooment Day, August 1, doing what she loved best, was heralded for her contribution to the art form in a tribute presented by bandleader Mackie Holder on behalf of the Barbados Association of Masqueraders. (TTY)
Here, masquerade design veterans Gwyneth Squires (left) and Betty West (right) reach out to touch the urn bearing the ashes of their departed colleague and friend for the final time. (Picture by Nigel Browne.)
