DC
Caribbean Carnival, Inc.
602 Rittenhouse Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
THE D.C. CARIBBEAN
CARNIVAL, INC., a non-profit 501 (C (3) Organization, incorporated
and based in the District of Columbia, is looking forward to the 7th Annual
Caribbean Carnival Extravaganza which will wind down Georgia Avenue in the
summer of 1999.
The 1999 carnival festivities will begin
with a parade on Saturday, June 26, 1999. It will proceed along a three-mile
stretch of Georgia Avenue, which is a highly and heavily trafficked Caribbean
business corridor. The Carnival Parade will begin at 12:00 Noon. The parade will
start from Missouri Avenue, NW and end at Banneker Recreation Center at Barry
Place (across from the Howard University campus). On Sunday June 27, 1999, there
will be a free outdoor concert, which will start at 2:00 p.m. and will feature
local and international artists, steel bands, and calypso.
Carnival is. about themes, creations, colors, costumes, music and fine food from
across the Caribbean. In 1998, the D.C. Carnival Parade featured 25 masquerade
groups with about 3,000 masqueraders. Children and adults of all ages wore
colorful costumes and represented in riotous colors, varied themes. Steel bands,
live calypso/soca music, DJs, Haitian music, and African drummers provided the
musical accompaniment.
More than 300,000 spectators lined the
route for the parade, which lasted 6 hours. The D.C Caribbean Carnival is a
colorful, educational and cultural event; it represents most of the English,
Spanish, and French Caribbean and Brazilian cultures in the Metropolitan area.
The event also attracts people of all ages and Africans from the Diaspora in the
United States and around the world, as well as revelers and spectators from
other European and ethnic groups. The event received wide media coverage from
various national and local media organizations.
In addition to politicians and diplomats,
the masqueraders came from Toronto, Jamaica, the U.S. and British Virgin
Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Atlanta, Miami,
and from other parts of the United States and the world
Vendors will provide a wide sampling of
Caribbean cuisine and beverages for participants to choose from in the park.
There will also be arts and crafts vendors providing a wide array of items at
reasonable prices.
Over the years we have received limited
sponsorships from corporations and donations from individuals. The D.C.
Caribbean Carnival relies on sponsors for donations to help defray the cost of
this extravaganza. All donations are tax deductible.
Phone: (202)
726-2204 FAX: (202) 723-2242
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING LOTS OF SMILING FACES, DANCING FEET AND BRIGHT AND COLORFUL COSTUMES
November 30, 1998
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