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Crop-Over review  II 2009-12-22 12:25:03 | Source LAST WEEK, People & Things commenced a review of the recently concluded Crop-Over Festival and today this article will conclude with a perspective on the issue of cost and Kadooment. In the days after Kadooment, there was a concession that the alternative route experiment is now subject to review, and I would want to argue that this experiment has been a dismal failure. Certainly there is nothing wrong with experimenting in life. However, it is equally important that we appreciate when our experiments fail. The Kadooment route possesses several problems, such as the fact that it has outgrown its termination point, which is the Spring Garden Highway, and now the apparent desire to relocate the start point to Kensington Oval (which is unfortunately at the end and not the beginning). Perhaps the Government needs to reflect long and hard on this issue and in so doing think outside of the proverbial box. This thinking should lead planners in the direction of a single route that could start at Kensington and perhaps terminate on one or several sections of the ABC highway. Regarding Kadooment, bandleaders have complained about reduced participation and one wonders why the reasons for this fall-off aren't more obvious to those concerned. Quite frankly, participation in Kadooment is simply too expensive since the average costume costs around $400 and in an environment where several people do not earn $400 in a week, it is entirely understandable that many will prefer to watch from the sidelines. It is important to understand that to say that Kadooment is too expensive is not to say that it is not good value for money, which is a distinction I have frequently made to friends of mine in the dental fraternity. I would be the first to argue that Kadooment is excellent value for money, especially for those among us with a proclivity to drink heavily, since it is one instance where you can redeem a major part of your investment at the bar. But, Kadooment will always be a luxury that has to take second place to groceries, utilities and shelter, and therefore needs to remain affordable. The cost of "jumping" has grown exponentially since the grand old days when persons like myself paid $50 to join the Spice And Company T-Shirt Band. Since that time, the National Cultural Foundation has encouraged costumes and limited T-shirts thereby imposing a significantly higher manufacturing cost. The bandleaders have responded by sourcing their materials from places like Trinidad, but this has also been controversial. Most recently, the Government has mandated that costumed bands pay VAT and this represents yet another increase to the purchaser. The problem we now face is that our expectations have been raised to the point where we want our celebration to be big and beautiful, we expect free food and drinks, but we also expect that this will all be provided at minimal cost to the purchaser. As a society we need to be mature enough to understand that we can't have all of these things, but the Government needs to guide the discussion in a direction of identifying partial solutions to this dilemma, or participation in our festival will continue to decline. Related to the cost of participation in Kadooment is the cost of participating in all events this year. Again, the product is worthy, but still too expensive. Ticket prices this year were the highest, and several people complained about their ability to attend a few tents, fêtes and also the main shows. Government should not sustain major losses on these events, nor can it control the prices charged by some party organisers. However, it has to be careful that Crop-Over is not priced out of the range of the average participant. Finally, few people would have noticed another significant change this year, which was a marked reduction in the number of people coming to Barbados from other Caribbean counties. In past years, I have personally facilitated between six and ten friends from around the region who made this event a mandatory part of their annual cycle. However, on this occasion none of the regulars attended. This pattern was repeated in several social circles which emerged from regional institutions like the University of the West Indies and now face increased fares for regional travel. In many instances, it is almost as expensive to travel to Barbados as it is to travel from Trinidad or Antigua to Miami and, faced with the choice, this is what many young professionals with disposable income are doing. 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