Several persons will vying for leadership positions in the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) when the organization holds its annual general meeting on Saturday, starting at noon. But the meeting to be held in the basement of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel on College Street in Toronto, is not expected to attract large numbers of […]
The Caribana Arts Group (CAG) is planning to kick start the 2019 Carnival season in Toronto with Caribana On Ice, a free outdoor show designed to compliment Black History Month celebrations. Caribana On Ice will be held at Mel Lastman Square (5100 Yonge Street) on March 2 , starting at 1 p.m. Organizers say the show will […]
By Lincoln DePradine The new head of the Ontario Steelpan Association (OSA), Terrence Wilson, says he has “some definite ideas” for developing the music artform, including the convening of a forum on pan. “My first order of business is to organize a pan forum for members of the association, for players, for everybody, where they […]
By Stephen Weir Photographer Don Moreland whose outstanding images of the Toronto carnival scene have earned him the plaudits of mas’ aficionados in Canada, has died. Moreland passed away in Toronto last Friday. He was 55. For over a decade Don “Donnie” Moreland has been photographing the men, women and children who play mas’ at […]
Editorial Resetting the vision In an interview on Sunday, Joe Halstead, chairman of the Festival Management Committee (FMC), organizers of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, told this newspaper of the problems plaguing his organization, including its financial woes. These, of course, are not new problems . But according to Halstead, one of FMC’s successes was that […]
By Stephen Weir While Torontonians have already put away their carnival costumes for another year, in Niagara Falls the Caribana “schooling” is just about to begin. Tomorrow morning the musical group, Kobo Town, a fleet of food trucks and a busload of mas’ veterans will be heading down the QEW to a famous Niagara Falls […]
By Stephen Weir For the past two-weeks, photographer Don Moreland has been pouring over the thousands of photographs that he and his team took at this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade, the Junior Carnival Parade and the King and Queen Competition. By weekend, the first copies of his three coffee table books with pictures […]
Two children are among at least 10 people injured in a shooting at a carnival street party in Manchester in northern England before dawn on Sunday. The incident occurred after the end of the first day of the two-day annual Caribbean Carnival which had started with a parade involving local schools and community groups. Celebrations were set […]
Less than two hours before a soca concert in Vaughan was due to start on Saturday night, the show was cancelled, leaving thousands of ticket holders angry and disappointed. Carnival Kingdom, hosted by Summer of Sound (SOS) Fest Inc, was to be held at the Improve Canada outdoor entertainment complex, starting at 9 p.m. But […]
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 […]
