SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad – Veteran chutney artiste Omardath Maharaj has captured his first Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) title, tying with three-time winner Ravi B to dethrone defending champion Kris Persad (KI). The 22nd CSM competition was held on Saturday night at Skinner Park with 20 performances by singers in two categories- the Chutney Soca Monarch […]
The Festival Management Committee (FMC) which has been running the Toronto Caribbean carnival for the last ten years, has confirmed that it will be will be putting on the 2017 carnival. Chris Alexander, the FMC’s Chief Operating Officer told the Caribbean Camera that his organization is moving ahead with plans for the carnival next summer. […]
By Oscar Walloo Calypsonian Dick Lochan, popularly known onstage as D’Juiceman, died on Thursday night at the Princess Margaret hospital in Toronto after a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 68. The news of Lochan’s death shocked the local calypso fraternity as most were not aware that he had been seriously ill. Lochan […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Trinidadian soca artiste Patrice Roberts was the headliner of Bacchanal 2017 New Year fete and band launch at at Mas Camp, St Andrew, on Saturday. Her 30-minute performance ran the gamut of new 2017 material, like Big Girl Now, to her more popular hits such asOld & Grey and A Little Wine. Commenting […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Soca enthusiasts will be filing into Mas Camp in St Andrew on Saturday for the start of the 2017 Bacchanal Jamaica season. In addition, revellers will also be introduced to this year’s new and exotic costumes. “Those present will also be introduced to the new partners, new theme, and other new, exciting […]
Time is running out for the staging of the big Caribana bash planned for next Summer. That’s the concern of several members of board of the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) which, after several months, is still locked in negotiations with the Festival Management Committee which has been running the Toronto Caribbean carnival for the last […]
The Festival Management Committee (FMC) which has been running the Toronto Caribbean Carnival for the last ten years, has announced the names of its new nine-member Board of (Directors. But no information about the FMC’s plans for the 2017 carnival was disclosed in a brief media release which was sent to the Caribbean Camera yesterday. […]
The Caribana Arts Group (CAG) which is drafting plans to play the leading role the 50th anniversary of the Toronto Caribbean carnival next summer, is reported to be ” in emergency mode” as it gets ready for a membership meeting on Saturday. Up to press time last night, members of the CAG Board were in […]
Shayla Morgan is thrilled to meet a clown at the Toronto Santa Claus parade. Despite the cold temperatures and flurries, thousands made their way downtown to see Santa on Saturday.
By Gerald V. Paul After a meeting at Metro Hall on Saturday which lasted more than four hours, the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) has not yet reached a decision about what role it will play – if any – in the staging of the 2017 Caribbean carnival next summer. Monica Pollard, chairman of the CAG, […]
