ENTERTAINMENT
‘WINTER
WONDERLAND’
Grenadian Jadawna DuFont, 21, of the Dance Theater of Harlem, dances to The Piana Guy’s ‘How Great
Thou Art.’ Photo by Nelson A. King
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By Nelson A. King
Dionne Crichton-Bailey, president
of the Brooklyn-based St. Vincent
and the Grenadines Nurses Association
of New York, Inc. (SVGNANY),
has described as very successful her
group’s hosting Sunday of the third
Winter Wonderland Entertainment
Evening at the Golden Hall of St.
Gabriel’s Episcopal (Anglican) Church
on Hawthorne Street in Brooklyn.
“The event was well attended and
supported, and many expressed, ‘I
had a very wonderful and enjoyable
evening,’” Crichton-Bailey told Caribbean
Life in an exclusive post-show
interview.
“I don’t know about anybody else,
but I had a good time,” added Crichton,
quoting patrons as saying. “’It
was really lovely,’ and the list goes
on.”
Representatives from several New
York-based Caribbean nursing organizations,
as well as Vincentian groups
in New York,” attended the event.
Caribbean nursing groups included
Haiti; Barbados; Trinidad and
Tobago; and Bronx, Westchester and
Manhattan Chapter of the Caribbean
American Nursing Association.
Vincentian groups comprised the
Brooklyn-based umbrella group,
Council of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Organizations, U.S.A., Inc.
(COSAGO); Girls High School Alumnae,
Inc.; South Rivers Progressive
Organization; and the St. Vincent
and the Grenadines Ex-Teachers
Association of New York, Inc.
“Today, it’s your third event, and
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The Tropicalfete Steel Pan Ensemble
performs at the event. Tropicalfete
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn’s cultural group, Tropicalfete,
recently blew the audience away
with its final production for 2018 that
featured the organization’s various
groups.
According to Alton Aimable, the St.
Lucian-born president and founder of
the Caribbean group, Brooklyn Music
School Playhouse Theater “came alive,”
with the final cultural production for
the year, dubbed “the Finale.”
“The audience was treated to steel
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By Nelson A. King
While the twin-island republic of
Trinidad and Tobago is renowned for
calypso and soca, infectious music that
takes center stage during the country’s
annual carnival, another type of
music dominates during the Christmas
season, according to National Public
Radio’s (NPR) “Morning Edition.”
“At a sound check for a band that plays
old-time instruments, musicians play
cuatro, a small, four-stringed acoustic
guitar,” said NPR in a Christmas Eve
broadcast. “There are also mandolins,
maracas and a box bass, Trinidad’s version
of the washtub bass.
“These are some of the instruments
that are used to make the religious folk
music called parang,” it added.
During the months leading up to
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Tropicalfete’s
grand ‘Finale’
It’s parang
at Christmas
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