29727: Wilcken (announce): HAITIAN BAND LAUNCHES CARNIVAL ON JANUARY 6 IN BROOKLYN (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From:  Lois Wilcken <makandal@verizon.net>


HAITIAN BAND LAUNCHES CARNIVAL ON JANUARY 6 IN BROOKLYN

La Troupe Makandal, New Yorkıs Center for Afro-Haitian Traditional Arts,
presents ³Carnival Dawn,² its closing performance of Rising Sun: a Vodou
Drama of Death and Rebirth.  Carnival Dawn marks the transition from winter
ceremonials to pre-vernal rites, and it salutes Haitiıs Independence Day,
January 1, a day that also signaled the demise of slavery throughout the
region.  Experience a Caribbean-style Twelfth Night as we cut the cake for
the Three Kings.  Cap the festivities by dancing to beat of the seasonıs
first Carnival band.

Drumming and song arrangements by NEA Heritage Fellow Master Drummer Frisner
Augustin.  Light refreshments for sale. Admission:  $15 general, $10
students/seniors, $5 age 12 and under. Reservations recommended:
718-953-6638; makandal@verizon.net

Date and place:
Saturday, 6 January, 8 pm
South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street between Atlantic Avenue and
Hanson Place

Transportation:
Take the Brooklyn-bound local C to Lafayette Avenue.  Exit at the South
Oxford Street/Hanson Place stair.  Walk about 7 doors up from Hanson Place
to 138 South Oxford Street
or
Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, M, N, Q, R, to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street; or
the LIRR to Flatbush Avenue.  Exit at Hanson Place.  Walk along Hanson Place
toward the shopping mall 5 blocks to the traffic light, turn right onto
South Oxford Street.  South Oxford Space is on your right.
or
Take the G train to Fulton Street.  Walk 2 blocks up Fulton Street to South
Oxford Street, then make a right onto South Oxford. Cross Hanson Place.
South Oxford Space is on the right about 7 doors up from Hanson Place.

Take the B25, B26, B38, B44, or B52 buses.  Call 718-330-1234 for further
information about bus routes, or download a bus map at
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/busbkln.pdf.

Call 718-953-6638 or email makandal@verizon.net for information about road
travel, or go to http://www.mapquest.com.

This performance is made possible in part with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, and with funds from the
American Music Center Live Music for Dance Program.