All Hail King Evan and Queen Caneish



By Stephen Weir
Photographs by Don Moreland (Carnival North)
Meet the junior sized King and Queen of this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival.  Lift up a glass of soda and salute Caneisha Edwards and Evan Murphy - For the next three weeks they are the toast of the town!

The second annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s Junior King and Queen Showcase was held outdoors on Sunday afternoon at the Woodbine Mall. Under a cloudless skies and blazing hot temperatures, children in elaborate mas costumes competed for the titles of Junior King and Queen.
The Mall, located at Rexdale Blvd and Highway 27, erected a large stage and bleachers in its parking lot.
The afternoon competition for the young revelers, mirrors the annual adult King and Queen Showcase held outdoors at Lamport Stadium during the final week of carnival. “The Kings, the Queens, and individuals of the Carnival bands unveil their elaborately themed costumes highlighting the creative minds and imagination of the designers,” is how the organizers describe both events. 
And while the adult Showcase is always sold-out, the free Junior King and Queen event played out to a loudly supportive audience of about 400 people. One parent in the stands posted on social media his support for the Showcase, “If we are to measure what to expect for the 2018 Toronto Caribbean Carnival by what we say this weekend at the Junior Carnival King and Queen Showcase then we're in for a treat.”
There were six levels of competition – male and female individuals under 10, male and female individuals under 12, and junior queen and junior king. Most of the mas camps who will be taking park in the coming August 2nd King and Queen Showcase had children taking part in Sunday’s fete.
The winning Junior Queen, Caneisha Edwards, wore an Alice in Wonderland Queen Costume for Tribal Carnival.  This is the second year that Edwards has won the crown. The King, Evan Murphy is also a repeat winner for Venom Carnival.
As of yesterday afternoon – the Caribbean Camera deadline – the Festival Management Committee had not issued the names and bands of the win, place and shows of the Sunday’s competition.  The paper will use social media to post the names and camps when the official list is issued
Missed the Woodbine Mall presentation?  All the competitors will be in costume and on the road in Malvern this Saturday for the Junior
Queen Caneisha
Carnival Parade and Family Fair. Over 2,000 youngsters are expected to be in the 11 am parade Malvern and Neilson Parks, Scarborough.  The parade starts at 11am and the family fair ends at 8pm.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

America Wild. The name of a movie, a metaphor for the star!

Image
. Recent Huffington Post Film Story by Stephen Weir   http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/../../stephen-weir/america-wild-interview_b_11397002.html Rachel Pohl - photo by George Socka “ I don’t work out.   I don’t diet.   I don’t prepare before climbing,” confessed 23-year old mountain climber Rachel Pohl.   “ Why can I (climb up a near vertical rock face) do it?   Thank my mother and father for their DNA!” The modest adventurer is starring in   "America Wild: National Parks Adventure".   She doesn’t simply climb mountains, she preternatural ly finds pinkie sized breaks in sheer rock faces. One foot on one side of a stone crevice, the other on a different rock face altogether. And between her legs? The great abyss.   publicity still - Devil's Tower America Wild, a new Imax movie narrated by Robert Redford, recently had its Canadian premiere in Toronto.   It has begun showing at museums, galleries and Science Centres all across North America. The 50-minut
Read more

Sublimnos - Muse for James Cameron

Image
. . Sublimnos No Longer Out Of Sight … And Definitely Not Out of Mind By Stephen Weir It will take a long long time for a piece of Canadian dive history to rust into dust. Given the hard feelings surrounding the historic Sublimnos Project, the deteriorating, remains of that underwater habitat could well be an above-water Lake Ontario eyesore for years until rust indeed becomes dust. Back in the summer of 1969 Sublimnos was set down in the waters of Georgian Bay near Tobermory, Ontario the self-described "fresh water scuba diving capital of the world" .It was a bargain basement underwater research station. Constructed from a railroad tanker for just $10,000.00, Sublimnos became Canada’s first subsurface research laboratory. From 1969 to 1971 the Sublimnos project, funded and spearhead by physician, author, explorer and frequent Diver Magazine contributor Dr. Joe McInnis, was headline news around the world. Built to accommodate up to four divers at a time, in its first two-ye
Read more

SCUBA DIVING INSPIRES UNDERWATER TATTOOS (AND TOE NAIL POLISH)

Image
 . Chasing Ink With Camera! One Day On A Little Cayman Dive Boat The compass has a dive flag. Celtic ink with 3 waves for the dive world Stripping down in Little Cayman's only food store Little Cayman Island, population 200, attracts only two types of visitors.  Ornithologists. Experienced Scuba Divers. Ornithologists because of the birds. The largest colony of Red Footed Boobies in the Caribbean is found on Little Cayman's Booby Pond. Scuba Divers go there because of the sheer wall of coral found in the island's underwater preserve, just north of the island. My wife and I returned from Little Cayman Island on Sunday.  We weren't there for the birds. Flamingo is the logo for dive haven Bonaire. We spent most of our week on a couple of dive boats. One large scuba boat was operated by Reef Divers out of the Little Cayman Resort.  The other, a small Boston Whaler operated by three divers, was out on the reef hunting the invasive lionfish.
Read more