08/26/2021
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
CLACC-C YOUTH PAN FEST
Annual Children’s festival highlights
NYC’s young steel band performers
Brooklyn, NY – (Saturday, August 28, 2021) – The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its annual Children’s Festival & Youth Pan Fest, showcasing NYC’s junior steel pan talent. The festival, sponsored by Target, DYCD, CypressHills Cemetery and EmblemHealth, will include games, entertainment, food, and giveaways. It will be held at the CLACC-C museum grounds at St. John’s Place between Kingston & Brooklyn avenue. All CDC protocols will be in place to ensure a safe experience.
The junior steel pan competition includes some of NYC’s youngest steel band members and attracts pan aficionados across the 5 boroughs. Steel band performances will include, Tonic X, Harmony, Pantonics, ‘Radoes, Crossfire Youth, Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra (PESO), and Metro Steel who will defend their winning title this year. Wayne Bernard of Pan Evolution, whose band motto is “Together as One,” says he “loves competing alongside the steelpan community” and is “looking forward to celebrating (his) culture.”
“We’re back outside and it’s exciting!” Lezama-Clark, president of CLACC-C, states, “It is exciting to celebrate the children’s commitment to playing and practicing steel pan this year. And also to be outside as intended. Pan is meant to be experienced in person.” In addition to being a live event, the performances will also stream live on all platforms and at www.claccc.org from 1 pm - 8 pm.
ABOUT CLACC-C
The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) is a non-profit institution devoted to the development, promotion and preservation of Caribbean culture and history through the collection of archives and art memorabilia. Established in 2005, the CLACC-C mission is to educate communities regarding Caribbean heritage. It promotes and preserves West Indian Culture and history through the growth of an archive center dedicated to the legacy of Carlos Lezama, the “godfather” of Brooklyn’s annual Caribbean Carnival on Labor Day. www.claccc.org.
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FACT SHEET
What: CLACC-C Youth Pan Fest
Media contact:
Shavonn Doughlin
917-280-4850
Yolanda Lezama
[email protected]
Our mission is to educate communities regarding Caribbean heritage via the establishment of an institution devoted to research and development.