Special thanks to this year ’s
event sponsors and supporters
Rennie Lowes, Sales
The Toy Shop of Peterborough
Special thanks to:
In Honour of the Games, come out and try some
unique sports from 4:30pm to 5:30pm today!
Sitting Volleyball & Bocci Game at Confederation
Park OR Goal Ball & Floor Curling at PCVS Small
Gym
events@jshcanada.org
@caribbeanstfest
Hunter St Caribbean Festival
Rain Location: Market Hall Performance Centre, 140 Charlotte St., Peterborough
WELCOME to the
The 6th annual Caribbean Street
Festival started when Johanna
Sinclair from Dreams of Beans
Roasting House talked to a few
friends and neighbours on Hunter
Street about having a “street party” like she remembered from
growing up in Bermuda. With a small group of organizers, the
festival was born.
Ever since, the festival has grown steadily, involving more local
restaurants, businesses, non-profits and more sponsors who see
this event as a value to our community. People have had so much
fun coming out and enjoying Caribbean culture and we hope this
will continue to grow.
None of this would have been possible without the generous
support of our local sponsors, vendors, restaurants and volunteers.
Thank you!
We hope you enjoy today’s fun and exciting
sights and sounds of the Caribbean with us!
The 2015 Festival Committee: Kerri, Johanna, Rob, Marisa, Heather, Candicia,
Simone, Peter, and Rebecca.
DONATIONS
JAMAICAN
SELF-HELP
Jamaican Self-Help is a Peterboroughbased international development agency
that was founded in 1980. JSH supports
projects in marginalized inner city communities in Kingston, Jamaica including
literacy for children and youth, vocational
and life skills training, sports & cultural
activities, and community development.
For children growing up in poor neighbourhoods marked by gang violence,
music, dance, and spoken word offer a
chance to build self-esteem, cope with
trauma and just allow kids to be kids.
JSH is collecting funds at the Festival for
Campaign Performing Arts, so please
give as generously as you can!
For details, visit our booth at the Festival
or www.jshcanada.org
Charitable registration #89733 7150 RR0001.
ENTERTAINMENT
VENDORS
Black Honey
www.blackhoneydesserts.com
217 Hunter St. W.
705-750-0024
Jamaican Self-Help
www.jshcanada.org
129 ½ Hunter St. W. Unit 9
705-743-1671
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
www.carlsonwagonlit.net
232 Brock St.
(705)743-8683
La Hacienda
www.lahaciendamexico.com
190 Hunter St. W.
705-742-1559
Community & Race Relations
Committee of Peterborough
www.racerelationspeterborough.org
751 George St. N (Sadleir House)
705-304-4318
Natasha’s Hemp Creations
kaneda_kagero@hotmail.com
705-775-1382
Dreams of Beans
www.dreamsofbeans.org
138 Hunter St. W.
705-742-2406
EC Catering
213 Hunter St.W.
705-768-2474
Electric City Gardens
Facebook: Electric City Gardens
373 Queen St.
705-749-1909
Hobart’s Steakhouse
www.hobarts.ca
139 Hunter St. W.
705-775-4000
Island Cream Caribbean Cuisine
277 Hunter St. W.
705-743-8398
New Canadians’ Centre
www.nccpeterborough.ca
205 Sherbrooke St.
705-743-0882
Razberry the Clown
www.razberrysballoons.com
705-559-0942
with MCs Charmaine Magumbe & Wes Ryan
(times and activities subject to change)
4:00pm
Sound stylings with DJ Matt
5:30pm
Percussion session with Greg Roy
6:15pm
Atelier Ludmila and the Dancing Dragon
7:00pm
Dub Trinity
7:45pm
Zumba Dance with Amarilis & Mayelin
8:00pm
Lachy and the Cuban Beat (with Mayelin & Amarilis)
9:00pm
The Human Rights
9:45pm
Pyroflys
Children’s Play area hosted by The Toy Shop of Peterborough
Carnival Models from STRUTT-Central
The Toy Shop of Peterborough
www.toyshopofpeterborough.com
176 Hunter St. W.
705-742-6294
Under One Sun
www.underonesun.ca
236 Cowling Heights
705-868-2339
With special thanks to our MCs Charmaine and Wes, Rob at Big Sky Design for this
year’s poster, Terry and Joel at Peterborough DBIA, Jean at the Toy Shop, Dave on
sound, and Patricia at Market Hall.
PERFORMERS
ATELIER LUDMILA & THE DANCING DRAGON
Atelier Ludmila is a performance based production house and research lab invested in making art big with the public. Atelier Ludmila may be a familiar name
for many Peterborough residents from past projects like The AlleyWaltz – a series
of performances situated in parks, sidewalks, alleys, wastelands, empty buildings,
and other unsuspecting places, The Dream Machine – an ongoing initiative to
gather peoples sleeping dreams through performative solicitation towards creating an oral, written and visual global dream archive, and Puppets on Parade –
large scale puppet creation for public processions. We are excited to welcome
Atelier Ludmila to engage audience members of all ages!
DUB TRINITY
Dub Trinity is a high-spirited reggae-dub-ska-funky world beat band that brings
social consciousness to the dance floor. In 2011 they released Alexandria (and
other cautionary tales), a seven song EP which included a ‘pre-mix’ of the title
track by Juno award-winning Canadian reggae producer Jesse “Dubmatix” King.
The album was featured regularly on CBC Radio One and reached the top ten on
Canadian college radio charts across the country. They are about to release The
People Have The Power, their first full album. For the last three years they worked
on it with Peterborough music masters James McKenty and Aaron Cavan and
again enlisted Dubmatix, this time to master the rootsy, soulful vibe of the recording. Watch their Facebook page or website, dubtrinity.com, for the CD release date.
GREG ROY
The drummer for Dub Trinity, Greg loves to get people involved in music and
especially percussion. He leads drumming groups and teaches percussion and
he is instrumental in organizing the Harmony Festival and outdoor picnic at
Nichols Oval in East City every summer.
LACHY & THE CUBAN BEAT
Eliezer Lachy Najarro Baro began his musical journey in Cuba at the age of 9,
when a music teacher came to his school looking to recruit students. This was the
first time he had ever seen a saxophone, and it was love at first sight. Lachy was
one of only 8 students to gain a spot at the music school, where he studied Saxophone. He continued with music at university, in Santa Clara, Cuba, and then
pursued a career taking him round Cuba, Canada and France. He arrived in Canada to join his wife and son 2 1/2 years ago. His Canadian life began on PEI where
is musical career continued to flourish. Lachy and his family moved to Peterborough last summer. Lachy is joined tonight by: Chelsea Bennett (vocals), John
Lang (keys), Richard Simpkins (Bass) and Marcus Browne (Percussion).
MAYELIN LOVET & AMARILIS RIVERO GARCIA
Mayelin is originally from Cuba and now calls Peterborough her home. She
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Dance & Folklore. Locally she teaches
Ballroom, Latin and Afro-Cuban dance for singles, couples and groups. Amarilis was also born in Cuba. She is a professional dancer and Zumba fitness instructor and currently lives in Lindsay. Both dancers are keen to have audience participation, so don’t be shy, take a chance to learn the steps and get up
and dance!
PYROFLYS
The PyroFlys are a fire performing circus troupe based in Peterborough, featuring fire eating, poi fleshing, fire hoops and much more. Putting on exciting
shows both locally and internationally, this group knows how to bring the
heat! We’re delighted to have The PyroFlys with us again this year; it’s a magical experience you won’t forget! www.pyroflys.com
THE HUMAN RIGHTS
Officially formed in Toronto in 2008, The Human Rights have earned a reputation for being one of Canada’s best Reggae bands, with “tight” being the word
used to describe their sound and performances. Specializing in original, high
energy, modern roots Reggae, the band features Friendlyness (Culture Shock,
Big Sugar) and Tréson on lead vocals, a blazing 3 piece horn section, 2 stellar
guitar players, a solid drum and bass duo and legendary Reggae keyboardist
Bernie Pitters (Toots and the Maytals, Hit Squad, Leroy Brown, Sly & Robbie).
Since the release of their debut CD ‘One Thing’ in 2010, The Human Rights
have been busy touring, performing and releasing the singles and videos
‘Right Now’, ‘Take A Stance’, ‘The Trailer Park Boys Theme Song’ (which is featured in the movie ‘TPB3 Don’t Legalize It’), and ‘Old School Track’ which spent
a record number of 44 weeks on the listener-voted Rebel Vibez Radio Program’s Top Ten Chart! Now in 2015, they have started to release new songs
from their upcoming full length
album which was recorded at
Phase One studio in Toronto and
produced by Gordie Johnson of
Big Sugar. Look out for the singles
and videos ‘Lionheart’. ‘Moments’
and ‘Natty Rebel’.