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Earl “Ole George” Daniel holds audience in stitches. Photo by Nelson A. King
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By Nelson A. King
Two top Vincentian comedians held
an appreciative audience in stitches
Friday evening as the Brooklynbased
Marriaqua Secondary School/
St. Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua (MSS/
SJCM) Alumni Association of North
America held the first ever Vincentian
produced comedy show in New
York.
Montreal-based Earl “Ole George”
Daniel and Kingstown, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines-based Maurice
Horne exceeded high expectations
with their historic performances at
the Friends of Crown Heights Educational
Center, a popular venue for
most Vincentian social activities in
Brooklyn.
It was the first time that both
comedians performed before a very
critical Vincentian audience in the
Big Apple.
Patrons laughed “til dey belly buss,”
as Daniel and Horne, the featured
artistes, unloaded selections from
their wide repertoire in the group’s
maiden “Night of Comedy and Laughter.”
“The two main featured comedians
did not disappoint the crowd with
their high standard of comedy that
had the crowd rolling with laughter,”
Kenroy “Kenny” Browne, president
of MSS/SJCM Alumni Association of
North America, told Caribbean Life
afterwards.
“The feedback of the show has
been positive, with a few rooms for
improvements here and there,” he
added. “What I liked also about the
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Nancy Mé ndez-Booth.
By Nelson A. King
The Queens-based Conch Shell Productions,
in collaboration with Milton G.
Bassin Performing Arts Center at York
college, will present the second annual
“Hear Her Call Caribbean-American
Women’s Theater Festival 2020” from
March 5-7.
According to Magaly Colimon-Christopher,
the Haitian-American founder,
producer and artistic director of Conch
Shell Productions, the festival takes place
at the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts
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By Nelson A. King
Marcia Weekes, the Barbadian director,
producer and co-writer of the Pan-
African film, “Joseph,” has said that the
film espouses the ideals of the late Pan-
Africanist and Black Liberator, Marcus
Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first national
hero.
“The message of the film runs concurrent
with that of Marcus Garvey, who
organized the first important American
Black Nationalist Movement, based in
Harlem, New York,” said Weekes, who
was recently in New York to promote
the “riveting, inspirational drama,” in a
Caribbean Life interview.
“So, New York is a key location to
promote this message of reconnection
of the African Diaspora and Africa,”
she added, stating that New York is also
“key, as ‘Joseph’ underscores the philosophy
of Marcus Garvey, which pro-
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