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| For
information on The North Coast Carnival see below |
| North
Coast Carnival 2008 Pictures |
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Village of Alexandria Bay is pleased to announce its first ever
"North Coast Carnival", a North Country celebration of Caribbean,
Latin
and related music. The music of steel bands - with special guest
Hawaiian Grammy award winner Tracy
Thornton - will be ringing through Scenic View Park on Saturday
afternoon. Reggae music will rock the downtown area in the
evening and we'll wind up with latin Rock from Grupo pagan.
Check out our children's steel drum program, groove to a live
broadcast of "The Beat Authority" with David Sommerstein, amd learn
some new moves with Latin dance lessons from Piquant! and North Country
Public Radio personality Todd Moe. Kick off your
shoes and join us under the palm trees!
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| NEW EVENTS ADDED! Paddle for Betterment, Scenic View Park, Saturday, 9:00 Do what you love! Hang out on the water with us, and help to improve our community. Dance Contest and Talent Show, Friday Afternoon, James St. Stage and Skiff's Students from Thousand Islands and Syracuse area dance studios strut their stuff at the James St. Stage at the afternoon talent show (exact time TBA), and adult dancers strut their stuff at Skiff's to the music of "The Beat Authority" with David Sommerstein, broadcasting live 3:00-4:45. Village Wide Treasure Hunt, All Day Saturday Learn about the Caribbean as you navigate the treacherous James Street Sea. Win prizes and be entered in a drawing for a steel drum, a print from local island artist Mary Compeau, and a Kayak from Thousand Islands Adventures! Children's Pan Program, Scenic View Park Pavillion, Saturday. 9:30 Kids 6-12 learn to play the magical steel drum! Sponsored by Panyard, Inc. |
Schedule
of Events
Updated June 8, 2008 |
Friday: 1:00-3:30 Caribbean Day at Minna Anthony Common Nature Center Featuring members of the River Rat Rhythm Project Steel Drum Band 3:00-5:00 The Beat Authority with David Sommerstein broadcasts live across Northern New York, Eastern Vermont and Southern Ontario. (North Country Public Radio) Skiff’s Friday night Steel Pan Jam Session featuring several festival artists Upstairs at Skiff’s ALL DAY: Village-wide treasure hunt 9:00 Paddle for Betterment, Scenic View Park 9:30 Mass Steel Band Rehearsal, Pavilion 11:00 Children’s Steel Drum Program, sponsored by Panyard, Inc., Pavilion 12:00 Steel Band Festival, Pavilion The River Rat Rhythm Project Steel Drum Band (Watertown) Binghamton HS Steel Band Steel Alchemy Steel Band (Geneseo) 4:00 Children's Performance, Mass Steel Band Performance, Tracy Thornton Performance 6:00 George Wesley, James St. Stage 7:00 Latin Dance Lessons with Piquant! and Todd Moe, location TBA 7:30 Slow Natives, James St. Stage 9:00 Grupo Pagan, James St. Stage 10:00 George Wesley, Skiffs Grupo Pagan, Dancing Dog Slow Natives, Riverboat Sunday: TBA George Wesley, Top of the Bay |
| Artist Bios News Article 6/23/08 - Steel Band Festival |
| Alexandria Bay
Chamber of Commerce |
| River Rat Rhythm Project |