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Jayda Coffee of Pantonics entertaing the audience at the Youth Pan Festival. Andre Cadagon Andre Cadagon
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By Nelson A. King
The Brooklyn-based Carlos Lezama
Archives and Caribbean Cultural
Center (CLACC-C) on Saturday hosted
its 8th annual Children’s Festival
& Youth Pan Fest, showcasing New
York City’s junior steel pan talent.
Target, DYCD, CypressHills Cemetery
and EmblemHealth sponsored
the festival which was held on the
entire block on St. John’s Place,
between Kingston and Brooklyn avenues.
It also included games, entertainment,
food and giveaways.
CLACC- C said the junior steel pan
competition comprised some of the
city’s youngest steel band members
and attracted pan aficionados across
the five boroughs.
Steel band performances included
Tonic X, Harmony, Pantonics,
‘Radoes, Crossfire Youth, Pan Evolution
Steel Orchestra (PESO) and
defending champs Metro Steel.
Wayne Bernard of Pan Evolution
— which won the competition
— whose band motto is “Together
as One,” said he loved competing
“alongside the steelpan community
and looked forward to celebrating his
culture.”
“We’re back outside, and it’s exciting!”
said Yolanda Lezama-Clark,
president of CLACC-C and daughter
of the late Carlos Lezama, the
founder and former president of the
Brooklyn-based West Indian American
Day Carnival Association (WIADCA),
organizer of the annual massive
carnival parade on Brooklyn’s East-
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Members of Kes the Band. Marlon
James
By Nelson A. King
Trinidad & Tobago soca stars Kes The
Band will hit the road in the US this fall
for their first tour dates in two years.
On Labor Day Monday, Sept. 6, the
band will bring its “IzWe” concert series
— a curated celebration of soca music
and Caribbean Carnival culture — to
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By Tangerine Clarke
The Marine Park Golf course at 2880
Flatbush Avenue, in Brooklyn, awaits
the glitz and glamour of Guyana Fashion
Showcase, NY (CFS), set for the
runway on Sept. 5.
CEO, Philbert Giddings said the show
will go on as planned, and will adhere to
COVID-19 safety measures that are in
compliance with state and county, that
requires wearing a face mask.
The three-hour runway show featuring
collections by designers from
Guyana, the Caribbean and the US, is
an event worth experiencing, said Giddings,
who has planned an after party,
that will end what is expected to be an
evening of elegance.
Guyana Fashion Showcase, which
made its debut in Georgetown two
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Youth pannists featured at CLACC-C Pan Fest
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