“We need to take Carnival to the next level. We need to prove that Trinidad and Tobago has the greatest show on Earth.”

So said newly-appointed National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Peter Kanhai after he received his instrument of appointment from Culture Minister Michelle Benjamin yesterday.

He will be joined by NCC deputy chairman Kevan Gibbs, soca star Iwer “Water Lord” George as well as Imran Beharry, Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore, Mark Ayen, TUCO’s Ainsley King, John Michael Alibocus and Robert Abdool-Mitchell.