Caribbean Fest Stirring Up Brooklyn

Got Caribbean on your mind? Brooklyn’s only multi-ethnic Caribbean performing arts festival is coming around again, Saturday, Sptember 12, 2009. What’s new? Well, the event moves to a new location @ Prospect Heights Educational Campus, 883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, New York from 3 to 9 PM. We be jamming as Brooklyn Caribbean Youth Fest turns five years old.

Hamptonians New York’s (HNY) team do not want you bogged-down or tripped by the word ‘youth’. Its an affair with something for everyone. Talents from across NYC Caribbean neighborhoods come to strut their stuff and stir up Brooklyn. On this stage performers entertain with passion, color and ENERGY. The intermix of culture is both nostalgic and discovering. Things old, some new and things in between. A great attraction where you will not dig deep into your pocket/purse(s).

Every September, HNY breakouts this outrageously energetic family affair Brooklyn Youth Caribbean Fest that celebrates the diversity of the Caribbean World. It is the kinda dessert one loves to have after an entree that needs a sinfully delicious ending. As such we have created this explosion of Caribbean culture which is ginormously exhilarating and will make you applaud with delight.

The whole idea is to bring together families and performers and let them loose to enjoy each other’s company. Brooklyn Youth Caribbean Fest is telling our stories well in songs, dances, poetry and more. The showcase is going to blaze a fire of marvelous synergies into the joy regions of the right brain then deposit a high degree of pleasure on the frontal hemisphere of the left. Music, poetry and movement blending into a grand symphony ... a fusion that have the ability to move one laterally. Attendees will not know what hit them ‘til its over and believe me every year things get sweeter.

Batingua Arts is raising the bar, planning an even more electrifying performance than ever. The only nail-biting moment will be anticipation of what’s coming on next on the program. This ingenious and versatile affair is guaranteed to take you to a tropical high. We are asking people to come and secure a seat from early. While the event is FREE tickets will be given out.

*Due to overwhelming requests every year to add performers to the program impromptu, HNY is inviting artist/performers to an Open Mic situation. There is going to be four(4) 10 minutes spots available for anyone to come on stage to show what you got.

Keep posted for more information. You may call Maxine (718) 927-6187. Email maxineee@aol.com/skype:maxinii/follow us on twitter caribyouthfest. Save the date, Saturday, September 12, 2009, Prospect Heights Educational Campus 3-9pm, You will be glad you did.####

Who is Caribbean? Is this important?

Today's update comes about due to a brief conversation that took place between a young lady who is consulting on a project being put together by producer, Michael Pack, and I. Pack is interested in finding a calypso expert and singer rolled into one.
The richness of Caribbean culture is rooted in our multi-ethnic inheritance; our art forms echoing a larger telling story that identifies us as a group. Out of curiosity more than smarts, I decided to ask about the relevance of calypso to the production. Would a professor of Caribbean Studies or a Caribbean historian be a better match. I did not understand how a documentary on Alexander-Hamilton rippled towards calypso and needed clarity.

These sort of things trickle my brain. The standard reality is, few people knows us. A more stark truth is, fewer us, know about us. In many ways to the world, the Caribbean is a destination,. The people are underscored ecept where our genteel charm and warm smiles become vital to a service industry.

To coax myself into the radiance of Caribbean culture, I've been earnestly seeking out people who hold, in abundance, the splendor of Caribbean heritage. Knowledge on food and music, migration and such likes. I see Caribbean as a collage, making the word/phrase 'Pan-Caribbean' less awkward and more sustaining.

Its a snowball effect that I'm expecting. So far I feel like I've plunged into a nourishing spring of cool, refreshing currents. Rather than just pondering the meaning of what is Caribbean, I am exploring my thoughts and is getting kissed with information as well as great experiences.

This link to Michael Pack through Jessie is extraordinary.. While I cerebrate, I am also seeking ways to help fulfill the sense, palpable energies and definitions of Caribbean.

Since last week NYC have been feeling like the tropics ..feh real. I getting a vibe to peel off mi clothes and take a nice shower outside. Construct a portable shower inna mi backyard ....a few pieces of 2x4 planks, staple 5 yards of tie dye to it and hookup a shower head the hose. Not sure it legal but it sound dam good! Picture it nuff..larks the more I imagine, the more I can taste the way it feel.

Soccer players seek shade from the sun. The past 2 days been hot... really touch days with high humidity. Dogs days of summer in full swing. Yesterday, I experienced the heat lying under a tree in Roy Wilkins Park, Queens, NY . While it was a sweltering day, cricket was going on strong ..there was Soccer too.. I had a hard time wrapping that the idea around my head, none the less we are talking about Caribbean folks.. die hard players and lovers of both sports. Trees for shade, music and plenty of water helped.

Cricketers

Pop culture is imprinted in our consciousness.. ... its a part of our everyday life, sensationalizing and magnifying down to the last detail to ensure iconographic value. Caribbean-American culture is a kind of new dynamic and melding is not a simple task.

Across decades and created miles stones the microsym of Caribbean culture is slowly developing into a narrative that New Yorkers explore. As it ripples out it is playful in tandem commanding an intensely personal relationship. Its a contagious energy which ignites interest and exhilarates people with vibrant colors, sounds and electrifying movements.

The rational is to connect as many people as possible from a large variety of communities. Cultures are actively similar in so many ways...