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STEEL BANDS AND DANCERS BRING THE ISLANDS TO KINGS PLAZA IN JUNE 10 PATHMARK MULTICULTURAL ARTS FESTIVAL
Free Program Celebrates Caribbean Heritage Month and Brooklyn Talent June, which is traditionally Black Music Month, has earned an important new national title: Caribbean Heritage Month, a celebration that truly comes to life when Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn hosts the Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival’s West Indian Day on Sunday, June 10 from Noon to 5:00 PM. The Multicultural Festival is a big, free, annual three-state traveling party for all the generations, and many cultures. The West Indian Day program fills Kings Plaza with the exhilarating rhythms and joyous sounds of steel drums. Musicians, dancers and drummers fill the stage on the lower level at Kings Plaza with nonstop entertainment. For added spice, audiences can enjoy free foods, samples and prizes. Women in Steel, an innovative all-female steel band, is always a showstopper in the West Indian program. The band was founded and is directed by Claudette Baptiste, with drummers from Barbados, Granada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Tours frequently take Women in Steel back to the islands as well as across America. When not on tour, the group maintains a strong big-sister program to tutor and mentor young girls. At 100 strong, Pantonic Steel Orchestra is the largest steel band in Brooklyn, and one of the very best, known for its dynamic drive and musical excellence from Caribbean to Rap and R & B. Many student members, fondly called “Young Panatics,” are children and grandchildren of legendary pan artists. The band travels widely to perform and has cut several popular CDs. Founded in 1999 under the direction of Magnus Scanterbury, Pan Ambassadors has reached the highest standards of Caribbean performance, drawing young people to the magic of steel band and supporting them with intensive training. Something Positive is dedicated to the art and culture of traditional Africa and its important influence across other lands, especially the West Indies. For over two decades, the ensemble has been bringing national and international audiences exciting multimedia performances that blend poetry, storytelling, theater, music and dance. In its dual purpose of teaching and entertaining, the company works in collaboration with major arts organizations and has performed from Lincoln Center and BAM to churches, schools and carnivals. Ebonè Roots Dance & Drum Theater also celebrates the performance arts of the Caribbean Islands, Africa, Brazil and Central America. Before bringing the African diaspora and all its color to audiences across the Metro area, children and young adults chosen for the group are immersed in training, with studies in dance, music, creative writing and drama. The shopping center is at 5100 Kings Plaza, at Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue. For more about West Indian Day or any of the other Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival programs at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, Kips Bay in the Bronx, Philadelphia and New Jersey’s Elizabeth, Wayne and Woodbridge, call toll-free 866-894-1812 or visit www.Pathmark.com . |
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