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[papafrog]

Originally Posted by t.o..fester

Don't know about an African festival. Caribana is happening soon. Is that what you are talking about? I hear they have expanded Caribana to 5 weeks this year.

nope...
heres the info...i psted it in june but i dont think you saw it to.


AFROFEST 2007 - July 5th, 7th & 8th.
QUEENS PARK

Music Africa presents Toronto’s 19th annual Afrofest, a celebration of African music and culture, free on Saturday July 7th and Sunday July 8th. See and hear traditional and contemporary styles of music by dozens of different African performing groups along with top international touring acts. The festival has grown every year, and in 2007 varied presentations will be in 3 different stage areas. Come to Queen's Park and discover Africa in the heart of Toronto!

Music Africa and Harbourfront Centre will present two shows leading up to the big Afrofest week end at Queen's Park. An Afrofest pre-launch on June 29th will feature the new Afrobeat superstar Seun Kuti, playing with his father Fela's famous Egypt 80 Band. Opening is Eritrean krar virtuoso Daniel Nebiat. The Official Launch of Afrofest is the Afrofest Launch Hot Ticket Event on Thursday July 5th with a concert by Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra. Tickets for both shows at Harbourfront Centre call, 416-973-4000.

Afrofest at Queen’s Park is a showcase of the richness and diversity of African culture and features concerts by many of the continent's greatest musical stars and African music groups from across Canada. Afrofest has grown to include presentations on three different stages and also many other activities. Enjoy free music workshops at the Under the Baobab Tree Stage along with an expanded program oriented to youth and also African Theatre presentations. For the younger ones there is a Children's Village area, with activities designed to teach and inform about African culture. The Baba Olatunji Drum Stage features many leading drum and dance ensembles and also a dazzling display of authentic African arts, crafts and delicious foods in the bustling African marketplace. Afrofest is THE African music event of the summer!

FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED!
This year’s Queen's Park main stage concerts include veteran Congolese/Kenyan superstar Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga, Due to the unfortunate cancellation of the Mahotella Queens the line-up for Afrofest 2007 will now also include Lura, the rising star from Cape Verde, and former back up singer and heir apparent to the great "barefoot diva", Cesaria Evora. Her latest release in November 2006, and second for Lusafrica, is M'bem di Fora (I've Come From Far), Nawal "The Voice of the Comoros", from Madagascar HAJAmadagascar & The Groovy People, Nya Soleil from Cameroon, Sudan's Ruth Mathiang, Source with Abdoulaye Diabate from Mali, Guinea's Katenen Dioubaté, Senegalese Zale Seck, DR Congo's Pekocé, Maroc'N Real with Hassan el Hadi from Morocco, Habeeba Hobeika Egyptian Dance Ensemble, and the very popular local Samba Squad. Links to artists’ web sites are below.

A specially-commissioned presentation by the African Dance Ensemble will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Ghana's Independence at the 2007 festival. Modesto Amegago will lead opening and closing ceremonies in the Ghanaian tradition.

Afrofest 2007 will be broadcast live from Queen's Park on CIUT 89.5 FM (Saturday 3pm till midnight, Sunday 1pm till midnight), and CBC Radio One99.1's Big City Small World will broadcast live on 99.1FM Saturday from 5 6 pm from the main stage with host Garvia Bailey. CBC Radio 94.1 will be recording during the festival for Canada Live.


LINKS TO AFROFEST 2007 HEADLINE PERFORMERS:

Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga
Lura
Nawal
Nya Soleil
HAJAmadagascar
Source w/Abdoulaye Diabate
Maroc'N Real with Hassan el Hadi
Ruth Mathiang & Friends
Zale Seck
Samba Squad
Katenen Dioubaté
Isaac Akrong & African Dance Ensemble
Habeeba Hobeika Egyptian Dance
Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra
Seun Kuti - , more here
Daniel Nebiat

[papafrog]

caribana is coming up....are you going to?....i used to play steel drums with a
group from trinidad...
you will have a blast...torontos carnival is big...
and your right its longer than usual...

When is Caribana 2007?, The festival dates for Caribana 2007 are longer than in the past to mark Caribana's 40th Anniversary! The festival will run from July 8th, 2007 to August 12th, 2007. During this time, you can be assured, that you can enjoy great Food, Dance, Music, and the ultimate Caribbean cultural experiences in beautiful Toronto. Toronto Caribana

heres the link for all the info...
http://www.caribanatoronto.com/

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Gladys Knight had her first taste of success in 1952 when she won $2000 on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour, a U.S. television show. She was 8 years old at the time. She would make her first record only 5 years later with the help of an early line-up of The Pips.

Listen to a clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zkr80ZawOw



In 1978, The Rolling Stones started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Some Girls', the group's seventh US No.1 album.



Ella Fitzgeraldpassed away at the age of 78, in 1996.


Linda Rondstadt turns 61 today.

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"Hanky Panky" put Tommy James & The Shondells on everybody's attention this day in 1966.



1981 - This was a sad day for music fans as Harry Chapin died in a car crash. The man who made "Cats In The Cradle" famous was only thirty-eight.



Happy Birthday to Stewart Copeland (Police), age 55.

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On this date in 1966, Cream is formed. In 1976, Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina split up (until the inevitable reunion 29 years later). Michael Jackson performs at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and gets an estimated 15-20 million dollars in 1996. The Supremes guest-host the "Tonight Show" in 1969. The Coasters record "Poison Ivy" in 1959. The Beach Boys record "In My Room" in 1963. Happy Birthday to Denise LaSalle, 68, William Bell, 68, Ruben Blades, 59, Ed Kowalczyk of Live, 36, John Chilton, 75, Polly Hancock of the Popinjays, 43. Also born on this date were Desmond Dekker in 1941, Ralph Escudero in 1898, Rasheed, Abdul-lah in 1932, Sunny Blair in 1931, Teddy Buckner in 1909, Richard "Hacksaw" Harney in 1902, Arthniece "Gas Man" Jones in 1946, James "Middle Water" Jones in 1935, and Sollie McElroy in 1933. Lost to us on this date were John Panozzo of Styx in 1996, Serge Chaloff in 1957, and Jimmy Ryan in 1963.

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"Yellow Submarine", the Beatles cartoon, premiered in London on this day in 1968.





In 1967, at the young age of forty, John Coltrane passes away as a result of liver disease.



Birthdays: Phoebe Snow, 55, and Spencer Davis, 66.

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Also on July 17:

42 years ago: James Brown's "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" enters the pop and R&B charts. It goes to #8 on the pop chart and #1 on the R&B chart.(1965)

42 years ago: The Miracles' "Tracks Of My Tears" enters the charts. (1965)

40 years ago: Jimi Hendrix opens for The Monkees at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NY NY. (1967)

35 years ago: A bomb placed under a ramp at the Montreal Forum blows out the cones of 30 speakers inside one of the Rolling Stones' equipment trucks. Montreal radio stations receive at least 50 phone callls from would-be bombers. It' never determined who planted the dynamite. And the show goes on. (1972)

25 years ago: Frank Zappa and daughter Moon Unit have a novelty hit with "Valley Girl". ok fine 4-sure 4-sure... (1982)

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On this date in 1955, Annette Funicello and the Mouseketeers first appear on TV in 1955. No one is hurt as a bomb explodes under a Rolling Stones concert equipment truck in Montreal in 1972. Petula Clark makes her TV debut at age 13 in 1946. Happy Birthday to Gale Garnett, 65, Little Jimmy Scott, 82, Diahann Carroll, 72, Chet McCracken, 55, Wolfgang Flur of Kraftwerk, 60, Ron Asheton of the Stooges, 59, Susan Ashton, 40, Regina Belle, 43, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, 58, and Brian Glascock of The Motels, 59. Also born on this date were Nicolette Larson in 1952, Vince Guaraldi in 1928, Mary Osborne in 1921, George Barnes in 1921, Nick Brignola in 1936, Ray Copeland in 1926, Eddie Dougherty in 1915, Margie Evans in 1940, Chico Freeman in 1949, Peppermint Harris in 1925, Willie Love in 1925, Wilfred Middlebrooks in 1933, and John Mixon in 1927. Lost to us on this date were Harry Choates in 1951, Billie Holiday in 1959, Don Rich in 1974, Ed Young in 1974, Johnny Letman in 1992, Chas Chandler of the Animals in 1996, and Danny Cedrone in 1954.

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On this date in 1953, Elvis Presley records a song ("My Happiness") supposedly for his mother's birthday (which was in April) at Sun Records in Memphis (hes is noticed by the secretary there and it eventually leads to a contract). Happy Birthday to Dion DiMucci, 68, Martha Reeves, 66, Ricky Skaggs, 53, Nelson Mandela, 89, Lonnie Mack, 66, Terry Chambers of XTC, 52, Nigel Twist of the Alarm, 49, Jack Irons of Pearl Jam, 45, Cesar Zuiderwijk of Golden Earring, 57, Brian Auger, 68, and Richard Branson who turned his back on New Orleans, 57. Also born on this date were Screamin' Jay Hawkins in 1929, Jim Kweskin in 1940, Earl Beal in 1924, Joe Comfort in 1917, David Hines in 1942, and Steve Madaio in 1948. Lost to us on this date were Bobby Fuller in 1966, Will Marion in 1944, Matthew Gee in 1975, Jimmy Liggins in 1983, Ukelele Ike in 1972, James Scott, Jr. in 1983, and Don Wilkerson in 1986.

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Harriet Nelson was born on this day in 1912. Singer in 'Ozzie Nelson's Orchestra' and played the mother on the long running TV show "Ozzie and Harriet". She died in 1994.



In 1983, Simon and Garfunkel began touring on this day after an approximate 15 year layoff from performing together.



In 1988, Nico, singer with Velvet Underground died of a brain haemorrhage having falling off her bicycle while on holiday in Ibiza.