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SUMMARY:Sunshine's NHC 2020 Statement
DESCRIPTION:Sunshine’s NHC 2020 Statement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the news that Notting Hill Carnival 2020 has been officially cancelled\, we wanted to take the opportunity to get in touch and tell you about our plans.\nFirst\, a word from S.i.A’s Director\, Ray Mahabir: \n“Notting Hill Carnival is a time to rejoice and celebrate. After 23 years of involvement as a family-oriented Mas Band leader\, I am saddened that my members are unable to experience this annual festivity. More than this\, for most of my members this is the one time of the year that they can come together to celebrate the cultural roots of their forefathers\, and the heritage that they belong to. \n  \nI feel for my members\, as the carnival we create is down to each person’s love and passion for the artform. But we can all agree that lives come first. S.i.A must take into consideration the well-being of our members and their loved ones. \n  \nWith this I know that the true meaning of community and carnival culture will live on and will ALWAYS be there! \nSee you all on the road in 2021 \n…aH sea of …HopE… LOVE…LIFE…de silver lining…” \n  \nRay Mahabir – Sunshine International Arts
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/sunshines-nhc-2020-statement-2020-08-17/2020-08-17/
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SUMMARY:Beeraahaar Sweet Combination #NHCpioneer #siasummer20nhc
DESCRIPTION:  \nDavid and Christina is always fun to be involved with we have work alone side them for many years and lots of projects. \n#siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystory \nHackney carnival pioneers David Grant and Christina Oree\, 83 and 79\, are still going strong.”The idea was to develop a spirit of unity between all different ages\, cultures and backgrounds\, and the youngsters chose the name “sweet combination” to signify the different nationalities in their band.” \nAnother good read -Band Leader – Christina Oree & David Grant
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/beeraahaar-sweet-combination-nhcpioneer-siasummer20nhc/
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SUMMARY:Freedom – Family – Fun! What does Carnival mean to you?#siasummer20nhc #siafamilymystory
DESCRIPTION:Carnival is an explosive array of  colour. Ornate\, extravagant\, ‘Mas’ (costumes) stimulate the visual senses and community comes together as one. Cutting through the loud Soca soundsystems is the individual’s voice of what Carnival means to them. We asked some of our participants what they love about carnival:Carnival \n 
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/freedom-family-fun-what-does-carnival-mean-to-yousiasummer20nhc-siafamilymystory/
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SUMMARY:Dr. Claire Holder - Future of the Notting Hill Carnival
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Claire Holder was the longest serving Director of the Notting Hill Carnival. She is now reentering the Carnival arena to present and pursue a strategic vision for the rejuvenation of the event. Here she explains her early involvement with the Carnival\, why it is so important to the African and Caribbean community of Britain and her proposal to construct a ‘Council of Elders’ to advice and support the management of the event. \nDr. Claire Holder – Future of the Notting Hill Carnival \n 
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/dr-claire-holder-future-of-the-notting-hill-carnival/
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SUMMARY:What a normal summer looks like for S.i.A #siafamilymystory
DESCRIPTION:What a normal summer looks like for S.i.A  \nWhat S.i.A has been up to over the last 6 months… Click here
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/day-1-the-stories-the-people-look-our-for-s-i-a-tell-their-stories-siafamilymystory/
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SUMMARY:Master of the mas...Jonathan Ali
DESCRIPTION:Master of the mas \nWill Peter Minshall produce another Carnival band? Since his last outing some four years ago\, Trinidad and Tobago’s leading living masman has shown no signs of rejoining the decreasingly creative fray. As he nears his seventieth birthday\, the speculation that we may have seen the last of Minshall increases\, though many no doubt still hold out hope that he will return\, if only for a las’ lap.
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/master-of-the-mas-jonathan-ali/
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SUMMARY:The history of paradise: on Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost
DESCRIPTION:The history of paradise: on Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost \nIt’s the stuff of Carnival legend: the eruption of masman Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost on the streets of Port of Spain\, forty years ago. Now a new documentary\, using long-forgotten archival footage\, brings the band back to life. Ray Funk tells the story \n© MEP Publishers | The history of paradise: on Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost | Caribbean Beat Magazine https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-137/peter-minshall-paradise-lost#ixzz6TIQQD1TX 
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/the-history-of-paradise-on-peter-minshalls-paradise-lost/
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SUMMARY:How did I become a carnivalist? - Celia Burgess Macey
DESCRIPTION:How did I become a carnivalist? – Celia Burgess Macey \nThis is quite a long story . My first exposure to the culture of carnival and of Trinidad in particular was in 1964 \n#siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystory Click Here  \nFrom the band -Dance of Jouvert… de People\, of this Earth – S.i.A 2018 Photo by Donna Travis
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/how-did-i-become-a-carnivalist-de-midnight-robber-celia-burgess-macey/2020-08-21/
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SUMMARY:1983. Meeting the Midnight Robber  Celia Burgess Macey
DESCRIPTION:#siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystor \n1983. Meeting the Midnight Robber Celia Burgess Macey  \nIt was carnival time. Whilst I was walking up Frederick Street I was accosted by an old man and two children all dressed in Robber costumes. He looked me straight in the eyes\, displaying a knowing twinkle\, and held me at gunpoint while he recited a long dramatic speech. I was quite astonished and Neil who was laughing told me I must pay him a \ndollar otherwise he would continue.  \nSo I did this and then turned to the children and asked them if they were going to challenge me too. To my delight they immediately performed their speeches and also got a dollar. And that was my first meeting with a Midnight Robber.(3 in fact)  \nOf course we went to see the street parade on Carnival Tuesday. Peter Minshall’s band were particularly impressive\, there was a costume shaped like an atomic bomb and lots of very dramatic and scary costumes. The most dramatic of all were the Moko Jumbies\, who were all dressed in black with long flowing sleeves. As a large group of them advanced down the road and across the Savannah towards the carnival stage\, the hairs  \nliterally stood up on the back of my neck. I was hooked. This was more than fun. This was passion and spirit. This was life and death. \nThe Midnight Robber \nThe Midnight Robber is a complex character whom I have encountered in a variety of settings. I have also read about the character in the National library in Trinidad and in a variety of scholarly articles. I have seen the large Robber like hats in the African section at the British Museum. I have seen the Robber costume in the Horniman Museum. I have seen similar characters in the carnival in Cuba\, but always slightly different. \n I have described my first meeting in the streets of Port-of-Spain and have since listened to many Robber speeches delivered in the competition which is held each year in Port of Spain. Brian Honore always particularly impressed me and I noticed that he included political aspects in his speech. I also noticed that very few women played this character\, but they did exist. When I was working in St Ursula’s girls primary school during one of my educational exchange projects\, the girls played this character enthusiastically along with other traditional characters like Damme Lorraine and Devil. So what is it in this character that particularly attracts me personally? \nFirstly I respect the complexity of the character. The Robber is complex-a syncretic mix of cultural forms. Part African masquerade\, part European Catholic Lenten carnival’s Grim Reaper and ubiquitous deathsheads\, part Mexican day of the dead and part cowboy hero. Is he hero or anti hero. I am never quite sure.  \nSecondly I see the Robber as deeply connected to the oral tradition\, which contains many layers of meaning but is undervalued in mainstream culture. His speeches surely resonate with the poetry of the African griots\, with the boastful and declamatory speech of superheroes\, giants and monstrous spirits. He sounds like Amos Tutuolas ghosts. He sounds like Beowulf. He sounds like a character from Shakespeare. My mother who had been Shakespearean actress used to recite Shakespeare to me from a very young age. The Midnight Robber is larger than life. He is scary like the monsters  we were scared of in the stories and folk traditions we imbibed as children.   \nThirdly he is impressive. He makes his physical presence felt in his swagger. He commands attention with his whistle. His long and wide cloak take up space and clear the way. His large hat takes up space and makes a statement. His costume has the deaths heads and skeletons of the mediaeval imagination\, he reminds us of the inevitability of death. He threatens us with his gun as well as with his speech. He challenges us to pay attention. I can relate to that Challenge. I am not afraid to take up space. \n My father worked in a felt Hat factory. His job was to test the hats for weatherproofing and the stability of the dyes. He used to bring all kinds of hats home and many of them ended up in our dressing up box. A large black Mexican cowboy hat was the particular favourite of mine. When I was a young and flamboyant student in the 1960s I used to wear this hat accompanied by tightfitting black velvet trousers from Carnaby street and leather boots. I also had a cape. I was anticipating the Midnight Robber. \nLastly I love the speeches. The poetry of the English language-the language of the Bible\, of Chaucer\, of Milton and of Shakespeare. I studied that language in my English degree. The playing with impressive vocabularly and the creating of atmosphere-conjuring fear and awe from words. Creating an argument. We have sadly lost the art of declamatory and oratorical speeches. The oratory I grew up with in church and in politics. So I try in my speeches to capture something of the power of words. I try to use those words to describe cataclysmic events\, the beginning and end of worlds. I try to use the speech to accuse people in power and to speak truth clothed in metaphor. It is not hard to learn the speech by heart\, but it is hard to recall it under the pressure of performance in front of the carnival judges!. \nIn Yaa I also played Pierrot Grenade on two occasions. This is another character who plays with language and adopts a scholarly posture and attitude which suited my teacher identity. However I had no opportunity to perform any Pierrot speech. \n Neil joined this band and in 2002 he and I played a Fancy Sailor for the theme Tru de Eye and in 2003 he played Sailor while I played a Midnight Robber. Whilst I love playing mas in the band with Neil chippin down the road together\, it was more difficult to stay in character when his presence constantly reminded me of my real life self!   \nMy membership of Yaa Asantewaa Carnival band came to an end when they decided that they would only bring out a youth section band not an adult band. Since I was not a youth that excluded me. I retain great affection for that band but I needed somewhere to play mas.  \nSunshine International Arts  \nThe band’s artistic practice is grounded in the traditions of Caribbean Carnival\, including the traditional characters that I so love. I was delighted when Ray suggested that I could play Midnight Robber. I was even more delighted when he agreed that I could write my own speech. It is in this band that I have been able to grow into my character\, whether Pierrot Grenade or Midnight Robber\, because Ray has given me the artistic freedom to do so. I enjoy my day on the road and the reaction of the crowds and the scared faces of children shrinking behind their adults. \nWritten by Celia Burgess Macey 26th of May 2020 Click Here  \n 
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/1983-meeting-the-midnight-robber-celia-burgess-macey/2020-08-21/
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SUMMARY:The stories: The people: look our for S.i.A Family telling their stories #siafamilymystory
DESCRIPTION:#comingsoon #siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystory
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SUMMARY:The birth of a Mas Band -Sunshine International Arts (S.i.A) 2008-2020 NHC
DESCRIPTION:1998- “Well\, A ‘Mas Man’\, That was my new dream and to tell you the truth\, I never thought that it was going to happen. It was not easy to obtain\, but Britain and the diverse cultures of the communities of this place inspired me to work towards that dream\, and I have achieved it.  So do dreams really come true? \n2001- On my return to the UK I developed Sunshine International Arts (S.i.A)\, a UK based arts charity. India gave me the idea for the company and charity motto – “The Art of The People”. After coming to the UK to live I found what I call my “new village” – Loughborough Junction\, Brixton\, London – the home of Sunshine International Arts. \nS.i.A’s vision is to create work that is the haute couture of carnival arts\, which is challenging in its vision and content.  \n#siasummer20nhc #siafamilymystory Click Here  \n 
URL:https://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/event/the-birth-of-a-mas-band-sunshine-international-arts-s-i-a-2008-2020-nhc/
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