The authentic Caribbean is made up of all
of the world's peoples - African, Asian, European, Mid Eastern and the
native Amerindian. They form an ethnic montage that has composed a
distinctive cultural personality. Their rhythms are unique as seen in their
performing arts - music and dance; they stimulate your sensibilities with
the writings of their writers and the paintings of their painters; and they
nourish you with their cosmopolitan food. These characteristics, and an
early socialization in multicultural, multiracial countries have allowed
West Indian immigrants, for example, to assimilate seamlessly into Boston.
They have an almost instinctual knowledge of how to live in a city such as
contemporary Boston.
[Ron/eCaroh 2003]
Boston Carnival
2010
CARIBBEAN AMERICAN
CARNIVAL EVENTS
Contact:
PRO – Ms. Carol Leggett – 857.869.8773
Vice President: Carl Smith – 617.834.9614
President: Shirley Shillingford - 617.442.7083 / 617.642.5185
CACAB Office: 317 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury, MA 02121
www.BostonCarnival.com
July, 2010 – Boston, MA – The first event for the 2010 Caribbean
American Carnival season is the Steelband Jamboree at White Stadium on
Sunday, July 11.
Recent steelband appearances:
Branches Pangroove |
Crystal Panjammers |
Pan United |
Pan Xpressions |
St Cyprians Infernos |
Boston Metro |
Boston Harmonites |
2010 Steelband Concert
Music
Director, Justin Petty |
The other Boston Carnival events in 2010 are:
Ecumenical Service: A memorial
salute to Boston Carnival stalwarts
• Sunday, August 15th, 2010 at 4:00pm
Charles St. AME Church, Roxbury, MA
Kiddies Carnival :
• Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 12:00pm
White Stadium, Dorchester, MA
King & Queen Show :
• Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 7:00pm
Reggie Lewis Center, Roxbury, MA
J'Ouvert and Costume Street Parade:
Saturday, August 28, 2010
• Jouvert - 5:00AM
Blue Hill Ave and Morton Street, Mattapan, MA
• Costume Parade - 12:00PM
MLK Boulevard, Roxbury, MA
Posted by ron@sweetsoca.com
About Boston Carnival
2009 King of Carnival Contestant
King of Carnival &
Queen of Carnival contest is a major component of Carnival. The
costumes, costly and intricate in design, are judged not only on their
visual presentation but also on the on-stage performance exhibited by
the masqueraders. |
2009 Queen of Carnival Contestant |
Kiddies' Carnival highlights our young children in colorful
costumes of various themes. This is a competitive event in which winners
are chosen and recognized each year.
Steelband Panorama is the competition of steel pan musicians
playing popular calypsos. In recent years, there has been no panorama in
Boston.
Listen to the last Panorama Champions: Branches Pan Groove Steel
Orchestra of Boston.
J'Ouvert begins Carnival day with the
daybreak celebration - "Breaking of the Day" during which participants
don home-made costumes and act out various portrayals.
The Carnival Parade begins on Martin Luther King Blvd. in
Roxbury, where bands and their masqueraders come to the streets with
spectacular colors and sounds that signal the arrival of CARNIVAL. The
parade proceeds along Warren Street, through Grove Hall and on to
Dorchester's Franklin Park.
Carnival Costume Parade
For information about Cambridge Carnival,
click here
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