As the carnival spirit heightens in Brooklyn this weekend, culminating with the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway on Labor Day Monday, Trinidadian carnival mas producer Pat Nurse is urging carnival lovers and the public in general to visit her presentation “Mas! Pan! Calypso!” at Five Myles Gallery in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
“My presentation of ‘Mas! Pan! Calypso!’ tells the viewers a short story of the history of mas (short for masquerade); pan – the history of the steel orchestra, from its inception in stages to what it is today; calypso – photos of many of the calypsonians who supplied some of the music played on the steel pans and in the streets for masqueraders to parade to,” Nurse, the founder/director of the children’s mas band, Carican Costumes, told Caribbean Life over the weekend. Read More
King, N. A. (2024, August 28). Carnival mas producer Pat Nurse presents “Mas! Pan! Calypso!” at Five Myles Gallery. Caribbean Life; Caribbean Life. https://www.caribbeanlife.com/carnival-mas-producer-pat-nurse-presents-mas-pan-calypso-at-five-myles-gallery/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=caribbeanlife-pm&utm_term=Caribbean%20Life%20Daily%20Newsletter
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