9076: Montreal's Haitians to Celebrate International Creole Day (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: MariLinc@aol.com

Corbetters,

This is to alert you to the fact that KIPKAA (Komite Inisyativ pou Kore 
Alfabetizasyon ann Ayiti / Committee to Support Literacy Initiatives in 
Haiti) will hold its fourth International Creole Day celebration in Montreal 
on Saturday, October 27, 2001.

Trilingual Official Web Site Gateway: 
http://hometown.aol.com/mit2haiti/KIPKAA01-eng.htm

Details below.

Marilyn

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MONTREAL ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CREOLE DAY CELEBRATION
FOURTH EDITION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2001
(12 NOON UNTIL 10 PM)


To be held at:
 
Centre St. Pierre
Salle Visitation
1212, rue Panet
(Intersection of René Levesque-E, across from Radio Canada, Métro Beaudry)
Montréal, Quebec, CANADA
 

Invitation:

THE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT LITERACY INITIATIVES IN HAITI invites the general 
public to its fourth celebration of International Creole Day.

Program: Conferences, popular songs, theater, a workshop on reading and 
writing Haitian Creole, expositions of Creole books and Haitian art, cultural 
activities, Creole food, etc.
 
 
PROGRAM

HOST: Professor Pierre Saint-Sauveur

12 noon Welcome and Viewing of Exhibits (paintings and Creole books)

1:00 PM Word of Welcome
Mr Pierre-Roland Bain, Coordinator of KIPKAA / CIPSAH

1:15 PM Creole Internet Sites: A Critical Look
Professor Joseph Prophète, of www.konbitayisyen.com

2:00 PM The comedy of DUO T.A.K
Jean-Robert Bellarmin (comedian) and Claudette Ciriaque (comedienne)

2:30 PM Dinner Break. Service provided by the restaurant "Le Tropico" 
(minimal cost)

3:30 PM Applying Technology to Haitian Creole: a Progress Report
Marilyn Mason, President of Mason Integrated Technologies Ltd (MIT2), 
Massachusetts, USA

4:30 PM Essential Conditions for Improving Linguistics in Haiti
Dr Claude Pierre, Professor at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, State 
University of Haiti; former Director of the Official Languages Department

5:30 PM Popular Songs
Mr Gérald Williams, Singer and Journalist

6:00 PM Creole Reading and Writing Workshop
Professor Gérard Montès, Caribbean Historical and Cultural Research Society

7:00 PM Poetry Recital: Hommage to the artist/painter Emmanuel Pierre-Charles

7:30 PM The Extraordinary Trip to Haiti of a Boston Educator
(Seminar for the retraining of 1800 teachers: a collaboration between SDKA 
and the teachers)
Professor Yvon Lamour, Société de développement du créole haïtien (SDKA), 
Massachusetts, USA

8:30 PM Shalom Theater Troupe
With Gladys Démosthène, actress and host

9:30 PM Thanks - Let's get together again October 2002 !

 
Contribution

Adult: $10 (parking included)
Child: free


Suggested Lodging

1) Hôtel Gouverneur de la Place Dupuis, 1415, rue St-Hubert, Montréal, Québec

Toll free: 1 888 910 1111 or Tel: 1 514 482 4881
URL: http://www.Gouverneur.com
 
 
KIPKAA Contact Information

Tel: 1 450 651-0157
E-mail: kipkaa@attcanada.net

 
Note:

Some small changes may be made to the program schedule.


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Marilyn Mason, President & COO
Mason Integrated Technologies Ltd (MIT2)
P.O. Box 181015
Boston, Massachusetts 02118 USA
Tel: (+1) 617-247-8885
Fax: (+1) 617-262-8923
Email: MariLinc@aol.com
Web: www.mit2usa.com

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