Toronto Mas Band Association have chosen the order of the bandsds for the Big P

THE BANDS HAVE THEIR PLACE IN 2013 PARADE HISTORY!

The Position of the Bands competiting in this year's Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Parade.  Saturday August 3rd. Lakeshore Blvd. Toronto. 9 a.m - 6 p.m.

1. Connections
Theme: RHYTHM OF LIFE

2. Blues Carnival Fusion
Theme: LOST CIVILIZATIONS

3. Fantazia International
Theme: ANCIENT LEGENDS

4. Louis Saldenah Mas-K Club
Theme: HEAVEN AND EARTH

5. Carnival Nationz
Theme: THE REEF

6. Toronto Revellers
Theme: 007, MAS NEVER DIES

7. Tribal Carnival
Theme: THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

8. Concept Costume Creators
Theme: CARIBBEAN HERITAGE

9. Black Sage Carnival
Theme: SPICE OF LIFE

10. Mas Toronto
Theme: TIMELINE

11. Carnival Revolution
Theme: HOME FOR CARNIVAL

12. D'Regulars Arts and Cultural Club
Theme: MAMA THIS IS MAS

Carnival in Toronto starts Tuesday - watch the live stream

NO RAIN OUT. LAUNCH IS A GO. TODAY. 11.30. NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE. SCOTIABANK CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL LAUNCH. 46th YEAR

 KICK-OFF TUESDAY AT CITY HALL

SCOTIABANK CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL

SPEECHES, MAS PLAYERS AND RAVI B

Be sure to log on to the Live stream of Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival Launch starting at approximately 11:30am on Tuesday July,9/13.

Simply log on to www.caribbeanconnectionstv.com and click on the 

Red Live Webcast button.

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