Jamaica News Briefs - Jamaica NY
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JAMS Festival Attracts Tens Of Thousands
August 8, 2010 / Jamaica / Queens Buzz. The JAMS Street Festival covers over 15 blocks and is one of the largest street fairs in Queens. We counted three stages upon which numerous live bands played a wide range of music including the Motown sound, Reggae, Afro-Caribbean, jazz and rock. Meanwhile the crowd consisted of a spicy mix of Caribbean, Afro-American, Indian and Middle Easterners. There were a number of street shoppers / browsers of European descent too. It has been estimated that over 10,000 people visit this street fair.
Reggae & World Music Awards
York College Performing Arts Center Hosts Show
May 2, 2010 / Jamaica / Queens Buzz. The International Reggae & World Music Awards [IRAWMA] were held last night at York College in Jamaica. Many of the world's most renowned reggae musicians attended the event lingering along the red carpet where reporters had the opportunity to mix with them in conversational interviews.
This was my third venture into the reggae world and with each foray I become a little better versed in the music and the movement which aspires to inspire others to strive to reach their full potential. We will post a more complete report at a later date including photos of the event.
Jamaica News Briefs - 2009
Barack Obama Inauguration In Jamaica Queens
This report was filed the day of Barack Obama's Inauguration as the first African American president of the United States of America. I went down to Jamaica, which is an African American and Caribbean American section of Queens, to witness the enthusiasm and joy of having finally achieved an important benchmark of equality in a nation into which most African Americans came not as a free people, but as slaves. It was an achievement that all citizens of the nation could take pride in, having put some of the legacy of the nation's immoral treatment of other human beings, behind us.
Obama Inauguration Day
In Jamaica Queens
Jamaica Queens / January 20, 2009. Today was an historic day with the first African American president being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States Of America. Barack Hussein Obama took the oath in front of a record crowd in attendance, estimated to number between one and two million. Worldwide television and web coverage also translated into hundreds of millions of people from around the planet witnessing this event.
African Americans In Jamaica Queens
I went down to the Jamaica section of Queens to witness the interest, pride and charm of our fellow African Americans in the community. My first stop was the Queens Central Library, which had made a public invitation to all to come watch the inauguration in its screening room in the library basement. The room seats about 300 – 500 and I would guesstimate that it was half to two thirds full. I was not allowed to take photos except from the back of the room, so after taking a couple of photos I soon departed. Click this link for Obama Inauguration In The Jamaica Section Of Queens NY including more photos.
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