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Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival Celebrates Caribbean Culture

Steel Orchestras perform at PathMark’s Multicultural Festival

New York - Once again the Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival facilitated the opportunity  for thousands of people to experience a significant part of Caribbean culture.  Patrons at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn, New York, were greeted with the sights and sounds of drums, dance and song from the performing artists this past Sunday.

This year’s performers featured several returning crowd favorites as well as some new artists.  The performing lineup included Women In Steel, Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation, Pantonic Steel Orchestra, Pan Ambassadors, Something Positive Dance group and the Ebonč Roots Dance & Drum Theater.  The five–hour event started at 12:00 pm and continued thorough 5:00 pm.  The large crowds and fascination by onlookers are expected norms whenever the steelbands perform at the Brooklyn mall.

Like the fabled pied piper, the steel orchestras summoned and enticed young and old to the Kings Plaza stage area, and stopped them all in their tracks.  Within moments they became oblivious to their original plans.   The jovial smiles on the faces of patrons, together with swaying hips, nodding heads, snapping fingers, clapping hands and shouts of joy were all very visual indicators, in much abundance, showing once again the steel orchestras had their merry way with the patrons in providing a joyous afternoon.  In fact, every performing steelband brought their unique voice to the table. 

Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation

Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation opened the steelband performances for the event with a series of songs that featured the substantive musical skills of the youth members of their group.  Utopia Pan Soul is known for its unconventional ‘musical colors’ but nonetheless alluring approach to its arrangements and choices of material.  The audience was not disappointed.  Utopia’s performance was both stimulating and memorable.

Pantonic Steel Orchestra followed Utopia Pan Soul and delivered a charged performance that had the patrons singing and clapping.  From standards with a Caribbean flavor like the ‘Long and Winding Road’ to ‘Earth A Run Red,’ the crowd showed an instant connection with Pantonic’s musical versatility and high–energy routine.  The group looked like it was already in high gear as it moves towards making another New York panorama championship run.  Their last title was in 2005.

Something Positive Dance Group put on a great performance that showcased the dance and music of the Caribbean.  This was coalesced with storytelling that explained the musical history of performances.

Pan Ambassadors  – also a regular at the event – were not to be outdone.  It was now late afternoon by the time they took the stage, and the crowd had swollen considerably.  Pan Ambassadors performed a series of popular hits that captured the fancy of all within sight and sound.  For some time, Ambassadors have made it a point to feature a vocalist with the band for part of their repertoire, and of course this appearance presented a similar occasion.

Women In Steel

Women in Steel closed out the show with a silky smooth approach that was reserved and deliberate, but very chic and effective.  The all–female steelpan group sent the audience out on a musical ‘high.’  From Alicia Keys’ No One (for which the group’s accompanying vocalist saw even more people scurrying up toward the stage from all points, anxious to see the face behind the attention–grabbing choral performance) – to well–loved Stevie Wonder material, Women in Steel’s arrangements showcased the evolution of Caribbean culture in America. 


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