7th Annual Hartford, CT Saturday, frontAugust 4 th cover2012, 1:00pm-11:00pm SUPPORTS TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN AND JERK FESTIVAL School & Community-Based Programs • Summer and After School Programs • Workforce Development • Faith and Civic Partnerships • Organized Sports • Higher Education Partnerships: Capital Community College, UCONN School of Social Work, and Springfield College LEGEND SPRINTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS JAMAICA’S PAST OF JAMAICA AFTER AND FUTURE 50 YEARS OF SUCCESSES IN INDEPENDENCE WORLD SPORTS, AND THE MANY ESPECIALLY CONTRIBUTIONS TRACK & FIELD MADE BY OUR ATHLETICS. MANY NOTABLE COUNTRYMEN. HCTC SHALL CREATE A NON-VIOLENT AND DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION OF SERVICES, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AND PRACTICES AND BY THE FORMATION OF EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. Andrew Woods, Executive Director IN HONOR OF JAMAICA’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY Phone: 860-724-1237 Hartford Communities That Care, Inc. Email: [email protected] 2550 Main Street 2 2 012 GRACE FOODS TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN & JERK FESTIVAL 2 012 GRACE FOODS TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN & JERK FESTIVAL 3 Website: www.hartfordctc.org Hartford CT 06120 www.facebook.com/gracefoods www.twitter.com/gracefoods www.gracefoods.com 2012 Members Special thanks is also extended to the Taste of the Caribbean & Jerk Festival’s Board of Executive Officers Directors, Committee members, vendors, Marcia Whittingham - President entertainers, the many volunteers, entertainers Leslie Perry - Executive Director and YOU the attendees; without whom this Melinda Debeatham - Vice-President would not be possible. We also recognize the Juliet Relph - Executive Secretary efforts of our partner, CAYASCO and our host Desrey Downer - Corr. Secretary The Riverfront Recapture who have provided Claude Allen - Treasurer steady support throughout the past years. Gary Reid - Financial Officer The Taste of The Caribbean and Jerk Festival continues to grow steadily each year by leaps Sub-Committees our pleasure to welcome you to our 7th Annual and bounds. In 2011, we saw thousands of Entertainment Taste of The Caribbean & Jerk Festival at the attendees who were unstopped by the rains Melinda Debeatham - Chair It’s Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in downtown that came later in the evening. As we grow Janice Cheeks Hartford, Connecticut. This FREE outdoor event continues however, the need for funding increases and we Donovan Longmore to honor the English, French and Spanish speaking islands look to you and others within the community Maxine O’Connor of the Caribbean Diaspora through food, dance, arts and and beyond to continue your financial support. This funding assists us to provide local vendors culture. It is the result of dedication and commitment of Marketing/Publicity an organization with a vision of pulling people together, and businesses the opportunity to promote their business and expertise to a diverse audience Grantley Adams - Chair promoting cultural diversity, fostering community pride who are interested in Caribbean food, and Maxine Victor and the image of an economically vibrant city. We culture, resulting in economic development as well as boosting tourist Asriel Morais encourage you and your family to sit back, relax and development for the City of Hartford. Heather Palmer experience an enjoyable day of Caribbean fun in the sun. Ackley Beaumont We encourage you to bring your family, friends, chairs, blankets, and your This year’s event has been made possible because of the appetite. For the young people in our lives we have The Children’s Village Hospitality generosity of the following grantors and sponsors: , on the lower level, filled with many activities such as Face-Painting, Story-telling, Jewelry Making and a bounce house, just to name a few. Marcia Anderson-Esson - Chair Eulanda Balfour Once again, THANKS for your support and enjoy the diverse cultural Marvin Douglas Grace Foods – Our Title Sponsor exhibit of vendors and entertainers. Cynthia Solomon Steve Phillips The Evelyn W Preston Memorial Fund Regards, /Bank of America President Vending NBC Marcia Whittingham Margo Eugene - Chair John Perkins Price Chopper Executive Director Greater Hartford Arts Council Leslie Perry Magazine Rosemond White -Chair Western Union Grantley Adams John Perkins Aetna Trevor Shepard - Graphic Designer Wells Fargo Fundraising The Jamaica Tourism Board Elorie Stevens Sunset Resorts Terryon Miller City of Hartford Children’s Village Desrey Downer Carmon Funeral Home Melinda Debeatham Carib Beer Maxine O’Connor Hartford Communities That Care, Inc. back: Grantley Adams, Maxine O’Connor, Ackley Beaumont Robert Cooper, Photographer Center: Heather Palmer, Roz White, Desrey Downer, Margo Eugene, Marcia Whittingham, Lawrence Jagon, Videographer Cynthia Solomon, Melinda DeBeathem, Elorie Stevens Front: Lawrence Jagon, Maxine Victor, Leslie Perry, Juliet Relph 4 2 012 GRACE FOODS TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN & JERK FESTIVAL Not shown: Gary Reid, Claude Allen, Donovan Longmore, Eulanda Balfour, Sandra Thompson,Asriel 2 012 GRACE FOODS TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN & JERK FESTIVAL 5 Morais, John Perkins, Marcia Anderson-Esson, Judith Howell-smith, Marcia Irving, Jacqueline Germain Quality health plans & benefits Caribbean Olympics greats, then and Now Caribbean Olympics greats or past Healthier living Financial well-being This summer many of us will be occupied watching the Olympics Games held in Good Ole Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba), boxing heavyweight, Olympics 1972-80: one of only three boxers to Intelligent solutions London, but if you are like me, all I want to see is the end, the winner. Hence, the display claim a hat-trick of gold medals, the giant Cuban might have made it four had Cuba not boycotted of speed, stamina and mental strength from our men and women of the Caribbean can do the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. something to you regardless where you’re at. Waiting, waiting, anticipating for what one may Hasely Crawford (T&T), athletics (100m, 200m & 4x100m), Olympics 1972-84: Crawford became say is island pride translates to Caribbean pride will overtake you. To all the women and men Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic gold medalist when he stormed to 100m glory at Montreal aenta competing we say keep up the determination and you are a winner without 1976, by two-hundredths of a second from Jamaica’s Don Quarrie, and went on to compete in a or without a medal to us,. You made it to the Olympics. national record four Olympiads. Here is some of the Caribbean Top Athletes at the 2012 London Olympic Celebrating the differences Arthur Wint (Jam), athletics (400m & 800m), Olympics 1948-52: Jamaica’s first gold medallist Jamaica - Usain Bolt - sprinter, 100 and 200 meter (400m London 1948), Jamaica -Yohan Blake - sprinter, 100 and 200 meter Jamaica - Shelly-Ann Fraser - sprinter, 100 meter Durward Knowles (Bahamas), sailing, Olympics 1948-72 and 1988: This Bahamian legend that make us stronger. Jamaica - Veronica Campbell-Brown - sprinter, 100 and 200 meter competed at eight Olympiads (including one for Great Britain). Grenada - Kirani James – sprinter, 200 and 400 meter th Cuba - Julio Cesar la Cruz –Light heavyweight boxer Merlene Ottey (Jam), athletics (100m, 200m & 4x100m), Olympics 1980-2004: Ottey became the Aetna is proud to sponsor the 7 Annual Taste of Jamaica – Asafa Powell – sprinter, 100 meter English-speaking Caribbean’s first female athletics medallist in 1980. Trinidad & Tobago – Jehue Gordon – 400 meter the Caribbean & Jerk Festival. Felix Savon (Cuba), boxing heavyweight, Olympics 1992-2000: Another legendary Cuban fighter, Dominican Republic – Gabriel Mercedes –Taekwondo Savon claimed three successive Olympic golds as well as six world amateur titles. AD St. Lucia – Darvin Edwards – High jump Grenada – Rondell Bartholomew – sprinter, 400 meter Don Quarrie (Jam), athletics (100m, 200m & 4x100m), Olympics 1968-84: Jamaica’s first sprint gold medallist (200m Montreal 1976). Javier Sotomayor (Cuba), athletics (high jump), Olympics 1992 & 2000: The greatest high jumper ever (of the 24 all-time best high jumps, 17 are his, including the 2.45m world record). Ato Boldon (T&T), athletics (100m, 200m & 4x100m), Olympics 1996-2004: Only two other men in history have matched Boldon’s four individual Olympic sprint medals. Alberto Juantorena (Cuba), athletics (400m & 800m), Olympics 1972-80: Juantorena stamped his name in the history books forever when, at Montreal 1976, he became the first, and so far only, man to complete a remarkable double gold at 400m and 800m. Table of Contents ©2012 Aetna Inc. 2 012 GRACE FOODS TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN & JERK FESTIVAL 7 2012029 Food on Cover: Ox Tail and Rice and peas | Cover and Publication design by: Trevor Shepard | Cover: Photographs of the River front and Downtown Hartford, CT THE GUYANA KAIETEUR Poetry in motion Ayiti! GROUP INC. Ay! The mangos never tasted better than this sweet tangy juices playing with my tongue as i sit under the brightness of the sky Success Through Education picking yellow from between my teeth I welcome the hot sun darkening me a rebellious black I lay back and watch it descend on the other side of my island dreams swift cool morning breezes sprinting along the riverbank chill my skin in the shade of coconut trees the mountains echo a hum of toptops honking down paved roads that used to blow dust AD like clapping chalk clouds out of erasers needing a mouchwa over my nose and one wrapped around my head on rides to port au prince where your heart beats