Unlike some other places here umbrellas are for peace A group of fun-seeking revelers follow their leader Dancing all the way down to the Gate of Notting Hill Following racial murders and subsequent riots The Carnival was created to put an end to violence Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
We remember Chubby Checker and his overnight twist sensation But if twist has been long forgotten but the hips are still here shaking So long live to twerk and the colliding celestial bodies Let’s cry at the top of our lungs, be my Andromeda! Now you can look it up on your Weak-a-pedia… Photo Hugh […]
We dance to the music and drink from the bottle And the dancers follow in tune they never skip the beat Only broken hearts do that before they roll into the gutter They lie pell-mell with discarded beer cans and broken glass Making friends… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Galleries
In the twilight zone between all the shades of shadow The black odalisque dances, oblivious of the outside world Surrounded by yellow feathered showgirls Dancing dandelions, dancing with the lions Photo Hugh Ardoin Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
The delight of boudoir look in full daylight Pink satin frou-frou and lace masks Seduction at work on the sidelines Ready to perform in the minutes to come The dance group takes a pause and strikes the pose Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
Sometimes silence is more powerful than words The delight of the eyes is the soft music of a heartbeat Somewhere deep in the African jungle the drums are calling They call for the rituals and the dance around the bonfire The pombe goes to the head and the rum takes you away Memory is a […]