By Lincoln DePradine Victory always leaves a sweet taste, even when you are an ace mas’ band leader like Louis Saldenah, who now has captured 19 “Band of the Year” titles at the Toronto carnival. “It’s always great to win,’’ Trinidad-born Saldenah told the Caribbean Camera. “It’s great for the volunteers, the workers, the section […]
After winning the Ontario Steelpan Association ‘s Pan Alive competition for last six years in a row, Pan Fantasy, led by Wendy Jones, was adjudged winner of the 2018 competition held last Friday at Lamport Stadium in Toronto. Pan Fantasy, playing Hulk, was one of eleven steelbands which took part in the competition which was […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – American singer, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte, whose mother was of Jamaican descent, has been accorded Jamaica’s fourth highest order — the Order of Merit — for outstanding contribution in the field of music. Belafonte, 91, was dubbed the “King of Calypso” for popularizing calypso music with an international audience in […]
Extravagant costumes and talented masqueraders will be in the spotlight at the Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival King and Queen Showcase tomorrow night. The event at Allan Lamport Stadium in Toronto’s Liberty Village will present the creative works of masqueraders, designers and engineers of the authentic costumes that are recognized worldwide, says a news release from […]
By Oscar Wailoo Last Sunday, calypso, the music that is the heartbeat of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, took centre stage for the “Calypsoca Extravaganza 2018: The Evolution.” The annual show is staged by Organization of Calypso Performing Arts (OCPA), the outfit that maintains and nurtures one of the Caribbean’s most loved art forms. This year […]
Helon Francis, the Trinidad 2018 calypso monarch, and Rondell Donawa who placed third in the competition for the coveted crown, will be the headliners at the Calypsoca Extravaganza to be held at the St.Peter and Paul Banquet Hall in Scarborough on Sunday July 29. Among the leading local artistes who will be appearing at the […]
Veteran carnival bandleader Louis Saldenah, popularly known as Sally, has won the “band of the year” award no fewer than 18 times in his illustrious mas’ producing career in Toronto which started in 1977. This year he is presenting Wonders of Spring, a band with 17 sections […]
By Stephen Weir Chances are if you went to school in Trinidad, you would have read Michael Anthony’s Green Days By The River which tells the story of coming of age of a poor young man in the coastal village of Mayaro in 1952. The book, first published in 1967, is considered one of Trinidad […]
By Lincoln DePradine Funding for the 2018 Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival from the three levels of government amounts to less than $1 million, with the City of Toronto as the largest contributor. Toronto Mayor John Tory announced on Tuesday that the city’s allocation to the event, organized by the Festival Management Committee (FMC), was […]
By Stephen Weir After a week of non-stop plays, the annual Toronto Fringe Festival now has a stand-up comedy special with a Caribbean- Canadian connection. It ‘s called Coconuts, Cedar Trees and Maple Leaves. The comics are two immigrants -Trinidad- born Jean Paul and Habib Siam who hails from Lebanon. The show has been […]
