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Trinidadian soca artiste Farmer Nappy performing at the South Jersey Caribbean Festival on Saturday, July
17, 2021. South Jersey Caribbean Festival
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By Nelson A. King
The Gods shone mightily on the
South Jersey Caribbean Festival
(SJCF) on Saturday, as the threatening
inclement weather held up until
the conclusion of Farmer Napper’s
one-hour performance at Wiggins
Park on the Camden Waterfront in
New Jersey.
But, even with the heavy clouds
over the festival — which returned
after last year’s hiatus, amid the
COVID-19 pandemic — patrons were
offered “an infusion of Caribbean
culture genres,” including a Haitian
Flag Dance by the Afro Caribbean
Dance Center in Willingboro, NJ,
according to festival coordinator
Kylla Herbert, president of the organizing
group, South Jersey Caribbean
Cultural and Development Organization
(SJCCDO).
She told Caribbean Life on
Wednesday that, besides the 2021
International Soca Monarch Trinidadian
Farmer Nappy’s sizzling performance,
several Caribbean musical
acts were on hand for the 21st annual
festival, the premiere cultural event
that brings Caribbean culture, dance,
food and a live concert to the South
Jersey and Philadelphia region.
Performers included Latin Band
Orchestra LA 95, which performed
salsa, merengue and Cha-Cha-Cha,
representing Puerto Rico; Abena
Amory and Mzs Quanny, representing
St. Kitts and Nevis; artistes from
the Ghetto Pot Movie soundtrack,
representing Jamaica; and the Philadelphia
Pan Stars, representing Trini-
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Winston Soso (left) with Adrian Bailey.
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By Nelson A. King
Leading Vincentian artistes and community
figures have been paying glowing
tribute to Vincentian Cultural Ambassador
Winston Soso, otherwise known as
“The Rolls Royce of Calypso,” who died on
Sunday morning, July 18.
Evan Lockhart, Soso’s son confirmed
to Caribbean Life on Monday that his
dad died at State University of New York
(SUNY) Downstate Medical Center and
University Hospital of Brooklyn.
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By Tangerine Clarke
Cheryl DB Murphy, founder & president
of the Jersey City West Indian/Caribbean
Carnival Association, Inc. Committee,
told Caribbean Life, that the stage is
set to celebrate the festivities in a smaller
scale, with in-person and virtual events,
under the theme: 26 – Building Community
Together.
Murphy, who is at the forefront of promoting
all things culture in Jersey City,
New Jersey, noted that the committee
wanted to keep the tradition alive as best
they could during to pandemic so as not
to loose the carnival’s energy, spirit, and
tradition of the revelry.
As such, the 2021 carnival season
kicked off its festivities in March, and
hosted monthly events to highlight its
principal events of arts, culture, health,
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