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Carnival is an outlet for creative juices, manifesting themselves in the form of vivid colour and detailed, paper mache ideas. The Malta Independent on Sunday spoke to Jeremy Mercieca, coordinator of the DreamTeam Company and teacher by profession; who, when not in the classroom, spends his time coordinating floats and performances for one of the most popular Maltese weekends of the year.

For the last few days prior to carnival celebrations, the floats were moved to the Addolorata Cemetery car park, which is where I met up with Jeremy, as he finalised last minute details on his float; the idea of which was born almost a year ago. The temporary location for the floats served as an ironic environment for such a lively celebration. The floats were parked under huge tents, which, despite the size, did not manage to hide Carnival’s bright colours.

Although Carnival only comes around for a few days every year; for float makers, Carnival is alive the whole year round, save a few weeks. “We started to think about the design in March and then in August the real work began,” Jeremy explained, meaning that it is only a matter of weeks till the potential design for 2019 will be brainstormed.

During the design stage, different ideas are put forward, and for this year’s float, the DreamTeam company settled on the idea of creating a float celebrating musical legends. The final design for