Blue Jays Carnival game scheduled for Saturday

Blue Jays Carnival game scheduled for Saturday

By Stephen Weir The Blue Jays are about to get a big helping of Carnival Spice this Friday night and with any luck it will give the baseball team the jolt they need to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. On July 28th the Toronto team will be celebrating the Blue Jays Caribbean Carnival! With performances […]

Carnival Nationz Mas camp was a hub of happy activity

Carnival Nationz Mas camp was a hub of happy activity

  By Stephen Weir Last weekend, I took my to explore the vibrant preparations for this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival at the Mas camps. Among the camps I visited, Carnival Nationz Mas camp at the Tam Heather Curling and Tennis Club in Scarborough stood out as a hub of activity. Led by the dynamic team […]

‘Kaiso 365 Calypso Monarch’ competition set for Sunday

‘Kaiso 365 Calypso Monarch’ competition set for Sunday

The much-anticipated annual Calypso Showdown staged by the Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes (OCPA) is set to take place this Sunday at the Latvian Cultural Centre in North York. After a seven-year hiatus, the Toronto calypsonians are gearing up for an intense battle, and the stage is set for a captivating evening of rhythm, talent, […]

UN declares August 11 World Steelpan Day

UN declares August 11 World Steelpan Day

August 11 has been officially designated World Steelpan Day. The United Nations made the declaration on Monday at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Introducing the resolution for the declaration of World Steelpan Day before the General Assembly, Randall Mitchell, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and the […]

Last lap ‘Pan in D’ Park’ event Carnival Sunday

Last lap ‘Pan in D’ Park’ event Carnival Sunday

By Lincoln DePradine Music lovers – particularly, fans of steelpan – will have an additional opportunity to enjoy steel orchestra performances from some of the top bands at this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival. A 2023 innovation by the Ontario Steelpan Association (OSA) is the introduction of “Pan in D’ Park’’. “It’s free and we’re planning […]

Toronto Revellers and Tribal win Big at Junior King and Queen

Toronto Revellers and Tribal win Big at Junior King and Queen

It was a dazzling and fiercely competitive parade featuring 41 stunning costumes that ignited the enthusiasm of the packed stands at Scarborough Town Centre on a Sunday afternoon, extending into the early evening. Taking the coveted title of Junior Queen was Toronto Reveller’s Myauna King-Thomas, captivating the crowd in her enchanting ‘Belle of the Ball’ […]

Junior Kings and Queens judged for science

Junior Kings and Queens judged for science

By Stephen Weir There is a science to building large showcase King and Queen costumes, and no one knows that better than the Ontario Science Centre. For over ten years, the Ontario Science Centre has awarded the Innovation in Mas’ Award to the designers of the King and Queen Category adult costumes in the Toronto […]

Keeping Calypso Alive in Canada

Keeping Calypso Alive in Canada

Keeping Calypso Alive in Canada By Henry “King Cosmos” Gomez For many years, Trinidad, now Trinidad and Tobago, has been know as the land of steelpan and calypso. Justifiably so, since this is where the steelpan, the only new acoustical musical instrument of the 20th century, was invented in the 1940s. Calypso, or Kaiso, has […]

Fusion of Taste returns to Toronto’s west end

Fusion of Taste returns to Toronto’s west end

The annual Albion-Islington Fusion of Taste will be back in Toronto’s west end on Saturday. And Ronnie Ramsawack, chairman of the district’s Business Improvement Association, has announced that Roti Roti, his popular eating establishment, will once again sponsor “ the world’s largest roti competition” as well as well as the usual “doubles eating competition” at […]

Revellers’ R-rated section will be turning heads in the parade

Revellers’ R-rated section will be turning heads in the parade

By Stephen Weir The biggest question of the spring wasn’t about the revealing costumes that the Rated R section will be wearing on the road at this August’s Grand Parade. It was whether anyone would be brave to actually sign-up and join in. Imagine revelers confidently dancing down the Lakeshore, cracking whips. They will be […]

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