Secrets of the Sky (1973) A La Carte (1975) A La Carte (1975) A La Carte (1975) Berkeley (1980s) 2001

WAYNE  KENNETH  BERKELEY DATE OF BIRTH: 1940 PLACE OF BIRTH: Belmont, Trinidad EDUCATION: St. Mary's College CAREER:                                           Berkeley grew up in Belmont, Port-of-Spain, opposite the headquarters of bandleader Harold Saldenah. He rose to fame in 1965 when he designed the costume for Pauline Figueroa who won the Jaycees' Carnival Queen contest. He formed his own Carnival band in 1974 and won nine Band-of-the-Year titles (1973, 1974, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994). The following is a listing of Berkeley's Carnival presentations: 1973 - "Secrets of the Sky," 1st (with Bobby Ammon) 1974 - "Kaleidoscope," 1st 1975 - "A La Carte," 2nd 1976 - "National Heraldry," 2nd 1977 - "Hawaii" 1978 - "All That Jazz," 3rd 1979 - "The Ritual," 3rd 1980 - "Genesis," 1st 1981 - "Masquerade," 3rd 1989 - "Hero Myth," 1st 1990 - "Nineteen-Ninety," 1st 1991 - "Swan Lake," 1st 1992 - "Titanic," 1st 1993 - "Strike Up the Band," 1st 1994 - "Mirage," 1st 1995 - "Origami," 2nd 1996 - "Showboat," 2nd 1997 - "Les Bijoux," 2nd                                      Berkeley also had winning presentations in the other Caribbean islands of St. Maarten and St. Vincent. He retired from presenting bands after Carnival 1997 but continued to design for Earl Patterson whose Masquerade band won the 1998 Band-of-the-Year award with "Amaranth - The Secret Garden." However, his involvement in Carnival was curtailed in February 2000 when he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his right side. He resumed designing in 2002. AWARD: 1974 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold (for Carnival Development) DIED: June 10, 2011, in Belmont, Trinidad, from complications after suffering a third stroke. Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit