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Politicians at the beginning of WIADCA March. Photo by Nelson A.King
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By Nelson A. King
Caribbean carnival lovers and
masqueraders, who were anticipating
the usual, massive Caribbean carnival
parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern
Parkway on Labor Day Monday, had
to settle for a relatively short walk,
as organizers of the annual spectacle
cancelled the gigantic event for the
second successive year because of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, politicians, a handful of
service and community organizations,
masqueraders and the press
were among just over 200 who were
allowed by the Brooklyn-based West
Indian American Day Carnival Association
(WIADCA), organizers of the
annual extravaganza, to march Monday
morning, for just over an hour,
along Eastern Parkway.
They began marching at Nostrand
Avenue and Eastern Parkway, heading
south to the Brooklyn Museum,
near Grand Army Plaza, culminating
with a press conference.
Among march participants were
virtually Who’s Who in New York politics,
including Mayor Bill DeBlasio;
New York Mayoral Democratic nominee
Eric Adams; Sen. Chuck Schumer;
Reps. Yvette Clarke and Hakeem
Jeffries; Rep. Tom Suozzi of Long
Island; Public Advocate Jumaane
Williams; Councilman and Brooklyn
borough president contender
Antonio Reynoso; Council Members
Dr. Mathieu Eugene, Farah N. Louis
and Vanessa Gibson; Democratic
Party nominee for the 40th Council
District in Brooklyn Rita Joseph;
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Randy Madray. Photo by Tangerine
Clarke
By Tangerine Clarke
Guyana Fashion Showcase set the
tone for New York Fashion Week 2021
in-person runway displays, putting on its
own spectacular parade of sophisticated,
and whimsical, collections by emerging,
and versed couturiers.
The live catwalk show, star-studded
front rows and after party, where face
mask was offered as an accessory due to
the Delta variant, certainly lived up to
the hype, CEO Philbert Giddings always
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By Tangerine Clarke
Proof of negative rapid COVID-19 test
and or proof of full vaccination, and
masks requirement for all patrons were
the prerequisites to enter the Brooklyn
Museum tarmac, on Saturday, Sept. 4,
to celebrate Steelpan Jamboree, presented
by the Caribbean American Carnival
Day Association, (WIADCA), New
York Carnival 2021.
Revelers had a frolicking good time
reveling to the high-spirited sounds of
live performances by D’Radoes Steel
Orchestra, Meyer Levin Youth Steel
Orchestra, Heats of Steel Orchestra,
Pan Evolution Steel orchestra, Metro
Steel Orchestra, and Harmony Music
Makers Steel Orchestra, under the carnival
theme Rebirth.
This is the second year, the hugely
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Steelpan
Jamboree
MARCH ON
WIADCA parade turns into a walk
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