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Carisa Lee

With ap­prox­i­mate­ly one month to go un­til Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day, mas­quer­aders can vis­it at least four bands across the coun­try to pur­chase cos­tumes, with lead­ers re­port­ing that sales are gen­er­al­ly steady, though not ex­plo­sive.

Li­onel Jagges­sar Jr, chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of Jagges­sar Cos­tumes, said this is typ­i­cal for San Fer­nan­do, where mas­quer­aders of­ten reg­is­ter late—some­times just days be­fore Car­ni­val. In­ter­est in his band has been steady since the end of last year.