Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Visit Toronto for Caribana 2011

As the largest city in Canada, Toronto attracts millions of visitors each year and is renowned for playing host to the travellers of the world. Whether you are looking for excellent shopping, fine dining, checking out events or just seeing the sights, Toronto is sure to impress.

Why not visit Toronto in 2011? Participate in a masquerade band and experience the culture of the Caribbean with the Toronto Revellers at the Scotiabank Caribana Festival. You KNOW you want to...

Scotiabank Caribana Scotiabank Caribana Festival is an exciting three-week cultural explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts. In its 44th year it has become a major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. As Carnival is an international cultural phenomenon, the great metropolis of Toronto and its environs will come alive as the city explodes with the pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Hip Hop, Chutney, Steel Pan and Brass Bands. This colourful exhibition and display of genius is truly a musical panorama that is certain to bring a pleasing smile to the ancestral titans of Pan and Calypso music. - From the Official Scotiabank Caribana website

Toronto Revellers on the RoadToronto Revellers is a cultural non-profit organization that aims to contribute to the multicultural landscape of Canada by promoting, celebrating and exploring the rich cultural diversities and traditions of the Caribbean. Since entering the Caribana competition in 2005, the TORONTO REVELLERS have become the premier masquerade (mas) band in the Scotiabank Caribana Festival (Toronto, Canada). In 2007 and 2008, they captured back-to-back “Band of the Year” titles, where band involvement has grown leaps and bounds at almost 2,000 community participants not including extended supporters by year 2010!

Choose Toronto for your 2011 vacation and "play mas" with the Toronto Revellers, It's all About the Experience, as we present... Welcome to OZ. It will be our most spectacular showcase yet! Join our mailing list, we will keep you "In the Know" of all things Caribana and Toronto Revellers!!!

Caribana takes place July 16th - August 2, 2011, with the 44th Annual Caribana Parade on Saturday July 30, 2011.

Revellers... ARE. YOU. READY!?!?!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Our Future, Our Youth Essay Writing Competition – WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO A CARIBBEAN DESTINATION!!!

The Toro Action Programme and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will be hosting a free Caribbean Youth Event entitled “Our Youth, Our Future: The Caribbean Diaspora”, at the Metro Central  YMCA on 20 Grosvenor Street (downtown Toronto on NW corner of Yonge and Grosvenor) from 5 to 8pm on October 23rd. The event is part of the annual Caribbean Week in Toronto and aims at engaging and inspiring youth about Caribbean culture and tourism.

In an effort to promote youth literacy, CTO has also launched an essay contest as part of this event. Essays will be judged in two categories: Junior (grades 7-9) and Senior (grades 10-12. There are two age groups within the competition Grades 7-9 and 10-12. Each age group will have the chance to win a trip for two to the Caribbean. The competition is open to ALL students regardless of their background.

The open-for submission date is Wednesday 22 September, 2010 and the closing-for-submission date is Wednesday October 13, 2010. There is a website for students to go and download the entry form and full essay writing competition details, www.toroactionprograms.org.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Visions of Science hosting a FREE 10 week Forensic Science program for youth from Grade 4 to 8

Hey Toronto Revellers!

This sounds like a GREAT EDUCATIONAL opportunity for the kids, just got it by email and was compelled to share ;)

Visions of Science Network for Learning is launching a FREE 10 week Forensic Science program for youth from Grade 4 to 8 at 8 locations within the GTA.

For more info, e-mail info@vosnl.org or call leave a message at 416 266 6464 or visit their website at www.vosnl.org.

Visions of Science Network for Learning Inc (VoSNL) is a not-for-profit organization that advances the educational achievements and career aspirations of African Canadian and other under-represented youth in the fields of science, mathematics and technology.

Visions of Science exists to stimulate change within the community so that Black, African Canadian and Caribbean students and adults are ready to face some of the challenges of the century.