Complexion Magazine http://complexionmagazine.com What's Your Complexion? Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Miami Carnival 2011 http://complexionmagazine.com/miami-carnival-2011/ http://complexionmagazine.com/miami-carnival-2011/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:22:07 +0000 admin http://complexionmagazine.com/?p=429 Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee Unveils the 2011 Programming for Miami Carnival in the Gardens Festival Season

The Most Exciting Caribbean Carnival Experience Set to Take South Florida By Storm

(For Immediate Release-Miami, FL)-20, September, 2011-Sharing a united passion for the 2011 Miami Carnival in the Gardens, set to take place on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 12 noon, the Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee is positioned to produce one of the biggest and most vibrant cultural presentations that the South Florida area has ever witnessed. With over 20 masquerade bands and 6 steel bands parading and competing for “Band of the Year” bragging rights, the streets of Miami Gardens will be adorned with beautiful, colorful and intricate costumes along with the infectious musical sounds of soca. With a significant impact on tourism, Miami Carnival in the Gardens has become a staple event within the fabric of South Florida.

This year’s sponsors include Carib Beer, Caribbean Airlines, Western Union, McDonalds, Vox3 Communication, NBC, New Times(Broward and Miami), Lauderhill Regional Chamber of Commerce- Expo 2011, Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, Hot 105 and “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council,the Miami -Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.”

The Carnival connoisseur has a myriad of signature events to choose from. The season kicks off with a host of celebratory activities that commence with the Miss Miami Broward Carnival Pageant on Saturday, September 24 at the Lou Rawls Center (Florida Memorial University). The pageant in its 6th year, has afforded an opportunity for young women of Caribbean descent to become an ambassador of their rich and multi-cultural Caribbean heritage.

Continuing the legacy of supporting young people, the Jr. Carnival will be held on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Central Broward Regional Park (3700 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill, FL 33311) from noon to 7pm. This is a free event that will include a parade of bands and masqueraders, bounce house, face painting and other fun activities for the kids.

Saturday, October 8th at Sun Life Stadium, the non stop soca party known as SocaFest (Formerly held at the Coconut Grove Convention Center) will take place from 11pm-4am with an all-star lineup of heavyweights in the Soca music industry including Roy Cape featuring Blaxx, Dil E Nadan, Spectrum Band (USVI), Destra, Edwin Yearwood, Mr. Vegas, Tizzy, and much more

The climax of the week is the 2011 Miami Carnival in the Gardens parade of bands on the streets of Miami Gardens and a live concert in Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, October 9th (Noon -11pm)with a line up of soca’s leading performers that includes Alison Hinds, Ongu & Red Hot Flames (Antigua’s # 1 Band), International Soca Artist, Talpree (Spice Island, Grenada) sought out soca/ragga soca artist Benjai, (Trinidad and Tobago) energetic soca artist Skinny Fabulous (St. Vincent and The Grenadines) and the Master, Iwer George (Big Man In Business).

]]> http://complexionmagazine.com/miami-carnival-2011/feed/ 0 West Indian Day Parade 2011 Brooklyn http://complexionmagazine.com/west-indian-day-parade-2011-brooklyn/ http://complexionmagazine.com/west-indian-day-parade-2011-brooklyn/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:11:33 +0000 admin http://complexionmagazine.com/?p=427 West Indian Day Parade on Monday night left a police officer wounded and a person dead.
The officer was hit in one of his arms and was hospitalized. He was expected to survive.
At least three other people also were shot. The fire department said a civilian died at the scene.
The gunshots rang out in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after the parade,
Police say four people were shot earlier and wounded along the parade route and a 15-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet nearby.
Also a City Council member was detained at the parade after getting into a confrontation with police.
Councilman Jumaane Williams, of Brooklyn, said he was put in handcuffs and was detained by officers after marching on the parkway. He called his detention “an easily avoidable incident involving a select number of police officers.”
A spokesman for Williams said the councilman was taken into custody as he walked along a blocked-off sidewalk around 1:30 p.m. Monday. Spokesman Stefan Ringel said Williams had been given permission to walk along the street by a police official but was then stopped by other officers.
Williams was held for about 30 minutes before being released, Ringel said. No charges were filed, he said.
Bloodshed over the weekend included a Sunday shooting in the Bronx in which eight people, including children, were wounded. Four other people were shot, one fatally, in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn early Monday.
Kelly said some of the shootings were associated with the West Indian Day festivities.
“Frankly,” he said, “this is something that does happen at this parade.”
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the problem is “too many guns on the streets of this city.”
He said New York has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, “but because it’s so easy to buy guns in other states and just drive them in and sell them in the back of your car … we’ve got to do something about it. This just can’t go on.”
Before the violence Monday, the parade thundered down a Brooklyn thoroughfare with its usual colorful, musical energy.
The annual Labor Day parade celebrates the culture of the Caribbean islands and is one of the city’s largest outdoors events. Modeled on traditional Carnival festivities, it features dancers wearing enormous feathered costumes, music and plenty of food.

]]> http://complexionmagazine.com/west-indian-day-parade-2011-brooklyn/feed/ 0 Grammy-winning reggae star Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in prison http://complexionmagazine.com/grammy-winning-reggae-star-buju-banton-has-been-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison/ http://complexionmagazine.com/grammy-winning-reggae-star-buju-banton-has-been-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:06:50 +0000 admin http://complexionmagazine.com/?p=403 Grammy-winning reggae star Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 5 years of probation, for his role in a cocaine deal.
The 37-year-old Jamaican recording artist was sentenced in Tampa federal court Thursday morning. A jury convicted him in February of conspiring to set up a cocaine deal in 2009.
His attorney, David Markus, had asked U.S. District Judge James S. Moody for leniency. He contended that Banton’s limited participation in the drug buy, his charitable work in Jamaica and otherwise clean record were worth a reduced sentence.
Just before his conviction, Banton — whose legal name is Mark Myrie — won a Grammy for best reggae album for his work entitled “Before the Dawn.”
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Strikes a Humanitarian Accord among Reggae Artists Benefit Concert Happens on Sunday, June 5 at York College in Queens, New York
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