Carnival Is…Mas…Movement…and Music!  Culminates in Carnival Exhibition on October 28!
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Carnival Is…Mas…Movement…and Music! Culminates in Carnival Exhibition on October 28!

The West Can’s Caribbean Carnival Exhibition on October 28 at the Harold Greenspon Auditorium in Cote St Luc, Montreal, promises to be a monumental showcase of Caribbean Carnival arts,...

Trinidadian calypso queen  Denyse Plummer passes
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Trinidadian calypso queen Denyse Plummer passes

Grateful that the Montreal Community Contact Newspapers is finally back in circulation, let me reintroduce my issue, Island Scoop, where the readers are informed about local or international Caribbean...

Mother’s Day As A Celebration Of Peace
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Mother’s Day As A Celebration Of Peace

Dr. Alwin Spence I woke up this morning singing Lord Kitchener’s calypso ‘Wife and Mother’. Some of us from the islands, though not as old as I am, must...

Harry Belafonte: A Giant of A Man
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Harry Belafonte: A Giant of A Man

If there’s a way to describe Harry Belafonte and his impact on the world as an entertainer and a civil rights activist, it might be: “he was for real.”...

West Can says: “Carnival Is… Mas, Movement & Music”
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West Can says: “Carnival Is… Mas, Movement & Music”

If it’s true that song and dance add color to every people, the music, movement and creativity that have been part of the annual Black and Caribbean street parade...

And Then There Was Ska…
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And Then There Was Ska…

In the last issue of The Montreal Community Contact, I examined the origins of Jamaica’s first popular music, Mento… The Calypso Of Yard, so to speak. It gives us...

Much Respect to The Black Man… The Black Stalin
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Much Respect to The Black Man… The Black Stalin

Let me first and foremost wish all the Community Contact readers and Soca and Reggae lovers a Happy, Prosperous and Healthy New year. As most of us are fortunate...

Before dancehall, reggae, rock steady and ska, there was mento…
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Before dancehall, reggae, rock steady and ska, there was mento…

When legendary crooner Harry Belafonte went into the studio to record his landmark multi-platinum selling RCA album “Calypso” in 1956, his goal was to introduce North-American audiences to Jamaican...

Summer in the City 2022
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Summer in the City 2022

Faybee’s at McKenzie Park on June 24 The Saint Jean Baptiste (Quebec’s national day) celebration is a day for many in our community to get outdoors and enjoy some...

I have to go to Vincy Mas
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I have to go to Vincy Mas

From May 14, wearing a mask in several enclosed or partially enclosed public places is no longer mandatory. On public transit and at healthcare facilities, the obligation is maintained....