Articles Tagged “WIADCA”
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2012 WIADCA Labor Day Events with Grand Marshals Harry Belafonte, Machel Montano & Christine Quinn
According to WIADCA’s President Thomas Bailey, this year’s 45th West Indian American Day Carnival Association 2012 Carnival Festival and events will honor and recognize the historic occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. Jamaica’s Reggae superstar, Mr. Vegas, will join Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Maestro, Machel Montano on stage in an [...]
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WIADCA promises bigger and better 2012 Labor Day Parade in New York
According to West Indian American Carnival Association (WIADCA) president Thomas Bailey, this year’s carnival festival (August 30-September 3) will be “bigger, better and bolder.” The event will honor and recognize the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Independence for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica’s Reggae star, Mr Vegas, will join T&T soca maestro Machel [...]
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WIADCA New President, Thomas Bailey, Issues First Statement.
After months of our vocal outraged by lack of transparency, accountability and action by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) committee, we at JayBlessed.com are elated to see that new changes are now in effect in the antiquated governing body of the annual Labor Day celebrations. My letter to WIADCA…. We are pleased [...]
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NY Council Members have not forgotten racist remarks by NYPD against West Indians.
New Yorkers of varying races and religions rallied Saturday to demand more accountability from city police, accusing the nation’s largest force of targeting innocent blacks, Latinos and Muslims while tracking crime. If city officials don’t acknowledge that the police department “has created a system of apartheid in this city of New York, we are going [...]
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BREAKING NEWS! WIADCA’s Yolanda Lezama-Clark calls it quits!!!!!
President of the West Indian American Day Carnival Association, Inc. Of New York, Yolanda Lezama-Clark, has called it quits, New Americas has learnt. Lezama-Clark quit yesterday, Dec. 22nd. She has been heading up North Americas largest carnival in Brooklyn, NY for 10 years. No reason was given for the resignation beyond that she is “tired.” [...]
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My letter to WIADCA….
I woke up this morning heavy in my heart about what was going on with the racist NYPD officers and their remarks towards the West Indian community and our Labor Day parade. I live in Central Brooklyn, which is represented by Congresswoman Yvette Clark (Jamaican descent) and which is also home to the annual West Indian [...]
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WIADCA RELEASES LATE RESPONSE TO NYPD & MAYOR!!!
My podcast last night really rattle the West Indian American Day Carnival Association, listen HERE or watch HERE. So, in their normal tardy fashion, WIADCA finally responds to the recent remarks by some NYPD cops about West Indian people and their parade. Read below: Hearing and reading about these remarks made by NYPD officers, “animals, [...]
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OFFICIAL RESULTS: WIADCA finally releases New York Carnival 2011 Winners
The West Indian Amercian Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has finally posted the results for Carnival 2011. Congratulations to Sesame Flyers for regaining their crown and to all the winners in all mas categories. Here are the Carnival 2011 Mas Results: OLE MAS FEMALE CHARACTER 1st Place: Jean C. Enill Portrayal: “Wings of purity and peace” [...]
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What happens after the Emergency Press Conference by WIADCA?
Today I pushed my way through all odds to attend the Emergency Press Conference by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA). To see the Borough President, Council members, Statesmen, WIADCA members, as well as Carnival committees, press and ordinary West Indian / Caribbean people in attendance was a great feeling. The Emergency Press [...]
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LABOR DAY: West Indian Carnival Parade 2011 marred by shootings!
A cop was wounded in a gun battle Monday night, capping off a terrifying spate of shootings that left three people dead and marred Brooklyn‘s West Indian Day Parade. Monday’s shooting surge wounded eight and put the number of people shot over the weekend around the city to at least 47. It came the same [...]
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VIDEO: AdLib wins 2011 NYC Panorama Finals!!!! Read inside for more….
Last night at the famous Brooklyn Museum, the home of all West Indian Carnival pre-celebrations, the Prospect Heights neighborhood was serenaded to the sweet sounds of steel pans, as local bands came to clash and a new Panorama champion crowned! Congratulations are in order for Andre White and AdLib for winning the 2011 New York [...]
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LABOR DAY WKND: Soca Stars rocked Brooklyn for BRASS FEST! Photos inside…
Last night the Caribbean nationals showed up in the droves for WIADCA’s annual BRASS FEST featuring some of Soca’s best. With headliners Kes the Band fresh from their U.S. television debut on FOX 5 and heavy hitting veteran Machel Montano and the HD family, the event was beyond phenomenal. The long lines were definitely an [...]
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LABOR DAY WKND: Get ready for New York’s Panorama Finals!
With Tropical Storm Irene now but a memory, all systems are a go for this weekend’s West Indian Carnival celebrations in New York. Tomorrow, the grounds of the Brooklyn Museum will throb to the sound of sweet pan when ten steelbands with their arrangers in tow, clash in a royal battle in the Panorama final.The [...]
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CONFIRMATION: Kes the Band to perform on FOX 5 Good Day New York.
Hey you know JAYBLESSED.com always gets the juicy scoop. We just got confirmation that one of this year’s hottest soca artiste is scheduled to perform on New York’s FOX 5 Channel. Unlike the White House / Soca performance that NEVER happened….this one will definitely happen! So this Friday morning around 9:30am, keep it locked to [...]
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Sherzel defends her Kid’s band title with “Dazzle Me, Dazzle You, With Color”
Award-winning Trinidadian-born costume designer Celia Snell better known as Sherzel is back with a bang this year to defend her title in the West Indian Labor Day Children’s carnival with her presentation of “Dazzle Me, Dazzle You, With Color.” Sherzel’s impressive solo debut of her children’s presentation last year gained her first place in the [...]
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INTERVIEW: Brooklyn’s own Desma dishes on Business, Brazilian Orchid, Shhh and Nutbags!
If you frequent the New York Caribbean social scene, especially in Brooklyn, you might be familiar with this very flamboyant woman with the cheeky smile. Desma-Ann Bidjou Adams, who was born in Brooklyn to Trinidadian parents, is a mother, wife, business woman and somewhat of a controversial figure in Brooklyn. What you may not know [...]
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New York’s Political Elite To Serve as Grand Marshals for West Indian American Day Carnival
The 2011 West Indian American Day Carnival scheduled for September 5th, is one of North America’s largest gatherings of Caribbean nationals and enthusiasts! This year’s parade Grand Marshals include New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo; Army National Guard Brigadier Gen. Renwick Payne; Winston Peters (aka Calypsonian Gypsy), Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism for Trinidad and Tobago; [...]
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Check out the WIADCA – Labor Day teaser flyer inside!
North America’s largest gathering of West Indians and Caribbean nationals is The Labor Day Parade or West Indian Carnival. The annual celebration, which is on the first Monday in September in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is the climax of all carnivals. Bringing together people from all the islands, lovers of the Caribbean culture and [...]
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WIADCA Officially Launches Carnival Season 2011 Today!
The West Indian-American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) announced plans today to launch its carnival season 2011 on June 27, with an elegant Reception and Award Ceremony titled “The Best of the Caribbean,” at the Tropical Paradise Grand Ballroom, 1367 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203. The ceremony, which signals the commencement of the festive carnival season [...]
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VIDEOS: NY Carnival Band Launches for Sesame Flyers, Borokeetes & Ramajay Mas
The ending of spring means the beginning of Carnival preparations in New York City. SESAME FLYERS BRAZILIA WIADCA‘s 44th Labor Celebrations will climax on September 5th, 2011. North America’s biggest gathering of Caribbean people with see one of the world’s most anticipated carnivals with revelers in full costumes. Take a look at some of this [...]
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INTERVIEW: RAMAJAY Mas talks sequins, all-inclusive and “A Night of a Thousand Dreams!
Every time I hear the word ramajay I automatically hear Soca music. Whether it’s a Machel Montano or Lyrikal tune or the original G.B., Mr. Gregory Ballantyne singing about pan men ramajay-ing; it is always a good and exciting feeling. I recently attended the VIP/Press launch for the New York-based Ramajay Mas Band preview and [...]
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