Junior Carnival Parade Has Its Own Coconut-based Energy Drink!

RECIPE TIME: Gracefully Making An Energy Juice At The Junior Carnival Launch

There was a Grace Kennedy Juice Making Expert at our recently held Junior Carnival Launch using Caribbean juices to create an Energy Drink for junior revelers (pictured).

Taking part in junior carnival parade is always fun event. But, the dancing, the heat and length of the parade route can be a drain on a young Mas Player. Parents can give their junior revelers an all-natural Caribbean energy drink made of Sorrel and Coconut.

Sorrel is a leafy flowering herb that is found throughout the Caribbean. The Sorrel oblong leaf is added to salads. Its red berries (which bloom over the Christmas holidays) are used in sorrel jams and juices. It is an excellent source of Vitamin C, A and B9.

The Coconut is also found in the Caribbean. The water inside a coconut is harvested after a coconut has been removed from the tree. The water is a natural energy drink due to its high potassium and mineral content.

Was able to get a receipe from him for Junior Carnival Coco-Sorrel Energy Drink Recipe. Here it is!

1 coconut ***
1 cup of sorrel juice ***
Crushed ice

Drill two holes in the top of the coconut and drain the water inside
Strain the water into a pitcher
Add 1 cup of sorrel juice
Add 1 cup of crushed ice
Stir and refrigerate
Serve when Coco-Sorrel Energy Drink is near frozen

*** No coconut to get coconut water? Grace Coco water can be substituted
*** Tropical Rhythms Bottled Sorrel Juice available in Canada.

FREE FOOD - NOW THAT'S WHAT AM TALKING ABOUT (BUT ONLY ON JULY 13th)

Expect The Danforth to go Mad for The Mad Italian

Saturday, July 13

Will that be a free Hot Pizza Cone or a free Gelato? The Danforth's Mad Italian Gelato Bar + Café Italiano serves up FREE FOOD at its grand opening

For immediate release. TORONTO: July 3, 2013 . . . True to its name, The Mad Italian Gelato Bar and Café Italiano located at 565 Danforth Avenue is expecting a little madness on Saturday, July 13th, as the eatery prepares for a deluge of customers at its grand opening event.  From 11 am to 11 pm that day, the restaurant hosts "The Danforth's Gone Mad", offering a choice of a Zazzu hot cone (pizza cone) or one of their famous gelatos for FREE.  The recently opened restaurant is introducing local foodies and neighbourhood families to the restaurant's specialities, without obligation to buy.

Zazzu Hot Cone

Along with a free hot cone or gelato, The Mad Italian is enhancing its family friendly experience with the introduction of Aldo, the company's new mascot. Customers can record the fun at the photo booth wearing Aldo's outrageous moustache.  There will be live music from accordionist Sebastion Carubia (Stereo Love) and a DJ, plus magic tricks, face painting, balloons and in-store prizes.  Bring an appetite and arrive early, the free food is limited to the first 2,000 customers.

With three locations in Toronto, The Mad Italian Gelato Bar + Cafe Italiano is a new franchise recognized for its gourmet fresh foods - served fast; superior cleanliness and service.  The restaurant's extensive menu is topped by their signature Zazzu hot cones - the only place to get a tasty and easy to eat pizza in a cone in Toronto. The Mad Italian offers 42 exciting flavours of gelato, as well as store made Panini, salads, authentic Italian style desserts, espresso and original gelato based cocktails.  For more information visit: www.maditalian.ca;  Facebook.com/MadItalianTO; @MadItalianTO

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Issued by/Media contact:                                                    

                                

Linda Crane     416-727-0112 cranepr@rogers.com              

Stephen Weir  416-801-3101  stephen@stephenweir.com 
Eli Turkienicz, PresidentThe Mad Italian Gelato Bar + Café Italiano

                                            

*Photos available upon request

**Media and their families are welcome to cover and skip the line-up, but please RSVP to Linda Crane or Stephen Weir to get on the list. 

Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto: MEDIA ALERT

Kids from Carnival Nationz helped out at the Children's Parade media preview

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CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL MEDIA PREVIEW - 150 KIDS IN COSTUMES, CALYPSO, PAN TOO.

DOWNSVIEW TUESDAY, JULY 2nd

MEDIA ALERT

SCOTIABANK CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL

JULY 1, 2013  (Toronto) On the morning of July 2^nd the media is invited to join Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto’s CEO Denise Herrera Jackson, local MPPs, city of Toronto councillors, and members of the Caribbean Canadian community for the releasing of important information about this year’s Junior Carnival/Family Day which will be held July 20^th at Downsview Park.   The festival will be releasing key information about major changes to the children’s parade route and the introduction of  a Junior Soca and Caylpso Showcase into the day-long event. For the first time also, there will be a Junior Steelband Showcase, sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Steelpan.

This outdoor media preview will be both colourful and visually exciting. Approximately 100 children in costumes (with signed model releases) from a dozen mas camps will be showing their new costumes for the first time!  There will also be Junior Calypso singers, a dance group and steelband performances.

The media preview will be held at Downsview Park near where the actual parade will take place.  The parade moved last year from Jane/Finch to Downsview because of traffic safety concerns and because of space limitations. This year over 2,000 children in mas costumes are expected to take part in the parade, making it the largest children’s carnival parade in North America. The Family Day Event follows the Parade until 8pm.

Who: Representative from two corporate supporters – Chevrolet and Scotiabank. Spokespeople from the Parade, MPPS, and councillors will speak at the press launch. Children in costumes will play mas for the cameras. Steel pan orchestra will perform. Calypso singers will sing!

When: 11.30 a.m to 12.30pm TUESDAY, July 2, 2013

Where:   35 Carl Hall Road, east of the John Drury Drive (within Downsview Park - enter on John Drury Drive - off Sheppard Ave W)

Stephen Weir
Stephen Weir & Associates | stephen@stephenweir.com
or sweir5492@rogers.com
2482 Yonge Street, Unit 45032, Toronto, ONT.
CANADA. M4P 3E3
Tel: 416-489-5868 | Cell: 416-801-3101
www.stephenweir.com

LAST YEAR - YOU TUBE VIGNETTE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKFG-2IMaA&list=UUDzisKyJmzPIAV_bqLGZI8g&index=22

Stephen Weir

Dameian Muirhead - Media Alert - Hearing on Wednesday

MEDIA ALERT

 The disturbing Police Services case of Dameian Muirhead continues Wednesday in Aurora as community supporters prepare to attend a public York Regional Police Services Board  Meeting.  They will attempt to question the police chief about the treatment of Officer Muirhead.
Dameian Muirhead is a Jamaican Canadian police officer with ten years sterling service with the York Region Force. He is currently involved in a lengthy police displenary hearing for his conduct at an event in York Region. He is, in part, accused of misconduct over an investigation where racial slurs were yelled at him at a drunken farm party where a woman had been run over by a vehicle. As the Toronto Star reported "oddly, Muirhead, in part, is accused of not properly investigating the racial taunts made against him." He is also charged for not picking up a leather coat owned by a party goer at the racous party incident. The coat fell off a motorcycle when Officer Muirhead was checking its plate.

Supporters of Officer Muirhead plan to attend and asked questions the next public York Regional Police Services Board meeting which will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Supporters unable to attend will be sending questions and comments to the Board meeting via email.  Chief Eric Jolliffe and his senior staff will be attendance.

The public meeting will be held at:
York Region Administrative Building
... Committee Room A
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario
L3Y 4W5

Issued by:

Stephen Weir
Stephen Weir & Associates | stephen@stephenweir.com
2482 Yonge Street, Unit 45032, Toronto, ONT.
CANADA. M4P 3E3
Tel: 416-489-5868 | cell: 416-801-3101
www.stephenweir.com twitter: sweirweir

MEDIA ALERT: PARADE OF STUDENTS JUNE 14, TORONTO

PEACH, The York Centre For Education and Community and three high schools will be on the road this Friday taking a Walk of Excellence to York University

Students graduating from C. W. Jeffreys, Westview Centennial and Downsview Secondary Schools will be taking a “Walk of Excellence” to York University. Sponsored by Toronto's PEACH (Promoting Education and Community Help), The York Centre For Education and Community, York University and the Toronto District School Board, this first annual parade will celebrate the passage of age from high school to post secondary education for local youth. A group of Caribbean Carnival Parade Marshals will be volunteering their help and guiding over 300 students along their way.

Friday, June 14^th 11.00 am – 2.00 pm

June 13, 2013  (Toronto) – The media is invited to witness the first annual Walk of Excellence Parade. The parade brings together students, families, the school community and the wider community to walk, gather and witness a rite of passage as students take a symbolic walk to York University and begin the post-secondary phase of their lives.  The students will walk from the C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate Institute at 340 Sentinel Road (near Keele & Finch) to the Telus Centre, York University.

What:         15 Caribbean Carnival volunteers will join with other organizations and act as parade marshals during the Friday parade from C.W Jeffreys High School to the Telus Centre, York University.

Why:          Organizers expect over 300 students will be taking part in the assembly, parade and awards reception.

Who:        Students. Parents. Teachers. Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke. Media Supporters. Volunteers from the annual Caribbean Carnival Parade.
 

Best Photo Op:    Rain or Shine. The parade will travel north along Sentinel Road from the high school to the university. It is expected to take 40-minutes. Best visuals at Sentinel and Finch Avenue West. Students have been issued photo waivers.

When:        10 a.m.  Assembly at C.W Jeffreys School  11 a.m.  Expected start of parade along Sentinel Rd to York University   Noon – 12.30 p.m.  Presentation in Telus Centre.  Reception follows

Parade Contact:   Community Organizer Itah Sadu 647 - 521 7874

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For more information: Stephen Weir  Festival Publicist. Phone 416-489-5868 Cell: 416-801-3101
Email: Stephen@stephenweir.com                          

McMichael Gallery has a very successful fundraiser

SATURDAY NIGHT IN KLEINBURG - WHERE YOU CAN STILL SEE THE STARS SHINE

Holly Cole performs at the McMichael - Tom Sandler

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection held a very successful fundraiser Saturday night in Kleinburg, Ontario. Okay so there wasn't a full moon on June 8th, but the stars came out to the Moonlight Gala to help support the only public gallery that has 100% Canadian content.

This unforgettable evening featured internationally acclaimed East Coast jazz chanteuse Holly Cole performed outdoors in front of the log cabin gallery.  Host of the evening was CTV's Marci Ien (Canada AM).  Guests were treated to culinary delights especially designed for the evening by Chef Jamie Kennedy. There was also -- cough, cough, a cigar bar,  and thanks to Via Allegro Ristorantea scotch bar and a martini bar!

Proceeds of this event support educational programming and exhibitions at the McMichael, creating a lasting impact on Canadian art and culture now and in the future. The gallery is located in the village of Kleinburg, Ontario, just a few kilometers north of Toronto.

Marci Ien and Gala chair Tina Tehranchian. Tom Sandler

Pictured are two photographs by well know celeb picture taker Tom Sandler. Holly Cole performs (top) and above Canada AM's Marci Ien and Gala chair Tina Tehranchian at the Moonlight Gala.

MEDIA ALERT FOR THE MCMICHAEL'S MOONLIGHT GALA IN KLEINBURG

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The McMichael Canadian Art Collection to host its 2nd annual premier fundraising event, Moonlight Gala 2013! 

Jazz singer Holly Cole to perform at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection's Moonlight Gala

WHAT: Moonlight Gala 2013 

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection will host the second annual Moonlight Gala, a memorable evening of gourmet cuisine, curated libations, and dancing under the stars on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Entertainment will be headlined by internationally acclaimed jazz chanteuse Holly Cole, singing fan favourites and some new songs from her latest album, NIGHT, on an open air stage. Visit the gala website for more information:
www.mcmichael.com/moonlightgala

Single tickets, $350
Group Packages (10 tickets), $3,000

Tickets may be purchased at mcmichaelmoonlightgala2013.eventbrite.ca
or by calling 905.893.1121 ext. 2207 or toll free 1.888.213.1121
 
WHEN: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 7:00PM - midnight

WHERE: McMichael Canadian Art Collection located at 10365 Islington Avenue, north of Major Mackenzie Drive in Vaughan.

WHO: This unforgettable evening features internationally acclaimed jazz chanteuse Holly Cole, dancing under the stars and an irresistible silent auction. Guests will be treated to culinary delights especially designed for the evening by Chef Jamie Kennedy. There will also be wine tasting, a scotch bar and a martini bar curated by Via Allegro Ristorante.  

WHY: Proceeds of this event support excellence in interactive and accessible educational programming and inspirational exhibitions at the McMichael, creating a lasting impact on Canadian art and culture now and in the future. The McMichael is the only major gallery devoted exclusively to collecting Canadian art.

About the McMichael Canadian Art Collection

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an agency of the Government of Ontario and acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. It is the foremost venue in the country showcasing the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. In addition to touring exhibitions, its permanent collection consists of almost 6,000 artworks by Canadian artists, including paintings by the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, as well as First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists. The gallery is located at 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, north of Major Mackenzie Drive in the City of Vaughan. For more information: www.mcmichael.com.
 

MEDIA INTERESTED IN COVERING CONTACT:

Stephen Weir
publicist
stephen@stephenweir.com
416-489-5868
or
Wendy Campbell
Manager, Media Relations and Online Presence
905.893.1121 ext. 2201
wcampbell@mcmichael.com