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DELCITA Honeymoon EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S October -US$., Canada US $., Digital US $. DELCITA Honeymoon History of New York City JʼOuvertCarnival Steelband & Calypso/Soca By Ray Allen We Thank Our Customers PUBLISHER Herman Hall EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S FIRST EDITOR In memory of the late Patricia Boothe CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Winthrop Holder Nathalie Taghaboni Tarie Khoraam Vol. 42 No. 2 • October 2019 • WWW.EVERYBODYSMAG.COM Rafika Soaries CONTENTS FEATURES ART DIRECTOR: Lennox Robinson 8 Delcitaʼs Other Side is Andrea Wright By Jennifer Collins PHOTOGRAPHERS Nolan Patterson 15 Whoʼs Who in “Honeymoon” Clyde Jones Roger Hayden Celestin John Charles 20 New York City WI Carnival ʼ19: Colin Williams Report Card Leonard Mackenzie By Chris Alexander; Photos by Leonard Mackenzie ADVERTISING Michelle Young CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTION Lisda Sawney Omar, the Flagman Mike Malcolm WEBMASTER G. David Hall OFFICE INTERNS Kristina Pluviose BOOKS Cynthia Dorelus 19 “Jump Up” Caribbean Carnival EVERYBODYʼS is published 9 times per year. Music in New York City Annual postal subscription $12 Annual digital subscription $10 Reviewed by Herman Hall To subscribe, address change and adjustments: EVERYBODYʼS 1630 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11226 DEPARTMENTS (718) 941-1879 [email protected] 5 Readers Time Copyright 2019 by HH Digital 6 EVERYBODYʼS Archive All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written consent of HH Digital. U.S. Postage paid at Hanover, NH 03771 22 Everybody Talking POSTMASTER send notices to: EVERYBODYʼS CREDITS 1630 Nostrand Ave. Cover Design & Layout: Lennox Robinson Brooklyn, NY 11226 Photo Credit: Leonard Mackenzie www.everybodysmag.com EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S Readers Time READERSTIME SHADOW - Not Black Socrates! EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S The article on Jacks Boat Ahoy in SHADOW (1941-1918) ay, US$, Canada US$., Caribbean US$. Digital US$. your last magazine said doctors used I am looking forward to get the to advise mothers to give their children second part of “The Allegory of jacks broth which is true. So popular the Dungeon: Not Black Socrates CARIBBEAN COMEDY and nutritious was jacks’ broth that in But Shadow Learning Under an THEATER DAZZLES 1938 the Harmony Kings recorded a song, “Jacks Broth.” Can you inform Oak Tree” by Winthrop R. Holder. me where I can get a copy of the song? Shadow, a great composer and calyp- “56 East sonian, was a complex man and so is StarringAvenue” Oliver Samuel M. Bhola, Holder’s paper on Shadow (Part 1). Chicago, IL WOMEN OF DISTINCTION ASTON COOKE Nice profiles. I expect Aisha Thank you, Justin Calliste, for Braveboy to run for governor of your in-depth tribute to the late Maryland. Jamaican playwright Aston Cooke. I L to R: Oliver Samuels, Lakeisha Ellison, Audrey Reid, Glen Titus and Volier Johnson enjoyed his plays but I did not real- ize he left this world until I read it in [email protected] EVERYBODY’S. JACKS BOAT AHOY! I notice in your Caribbean Women Telfor Bedeau brought back pleas- Judith Morris, of Distinction listing you did not ant memories with his realistic and Toronto, Canada vivid article, Jacks Boat Ahoy! His mention Congresswoman Yvette description of people selling jacks is Clarke, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna CARIBBEAN COMEDY DAZZLES how I knew the drama on Saturdays Fenty. Why? I thoroughly enjoyed the edition while growing up in La Baye in the and I applaud Jamaicans at home and late 1940s. EDITORʼS RESPONSE abroad for making theatre in Jamaica The song Jacks Broth is a calypso. It is Andrews, Liverpool, UK an integral part of the performing arts. I was not even aware of your maga- the first calypso recorded by Grenadians. You can google it. It is also part of I was mesmerized when I read zine until I got it at Oliver Samuels Jacks Boat Ahoy! Someone sent me play in Hyattsville. I congratulate the a collection of calypsos, West Indian the article by Telfor Bedeau and upon promoters for the on time start of Rhythm-1938-1940, compiled by a digesting it, I couldn’t believe how the play and for the high standard of German company. he accurately presented the scene in the production. “56 East Avenue” was We did not present a list of Caribbean- indeed an off-Broadway play. Grenville when a truck arrived from American outstanding women, we Gouyave with big jacks. profiled a few. Congresswoman Yvette [email protected] Clarke, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna Fenty Everton Frame, have been mentioned several times in en@ …… org BOOKS I appreciate EVERYBODY’S EVERYBODY’S. Rihanna late grand- As a little boy growing up in Grand Magazine review of books. Your selec- uncle Vernon Fenty during the 1980s Bras every Saturday morning, by tion is relevant to the Caribbean com- was a writer of this publication. Yvette 7am, my grandmother woke me up munity. Your reviewers always give a knows EVERYBODY’S very well long to go on top the hill so I can tell her comprehensive commentary. In your before she became a politician. One of when I see boats coming to Grenville last edition, I found Sarah Gray Cary Minaj’s relative was a subscriber of From Boston to Grenada: Shifting Fortunes harbor from Carriacou. Upon seeing EVERYBODY’S in the 1990s but we them, I shouted to her the news, and of an American Family 1764-1826 by have not yet made an attempt to inter- in a hurry, she left to buy the best fish Susan Clair Imbarrato and A Mural by at the price she wanted to pay. the Sea by Dawad Philip very uplifting. view her. We encourage you to send your praise, Wellington Nurse, Monica Lewis, criticism and grievance (letter to the editor) Rockville, NY Bronx, NYvia email: [email protected]. EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S www.everybodysmag.com EVERYBODY’SARCHIVE NOVEMBER 1977 PANAMA 1977 1977 There was a determination to highlight cricket in the United States. During the summer of ’77, a group of businessmen brought present and former West Indies Test Cricketers to play against India’s Test team. The game was played at the New Jersey Meadowlands, home of the New York Giants football team. Cricket fans in the tristate of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were excited. The West Indies team was managed by the great Sir Everton Weeks. 1977 Edson Arantes do Nascimento known worldwide as Pele and recognized as the greatest soccer player of his generation retired after leading the New York Cosmos to a championship. Pele retired in 1974 but in 1975 he accepted a contract he couldn’t refuse. He was paid $7 million by the Cosmos. By playing in the United States, he promoted soccer across the nation. 1977 It was a big year for the people of Panama and across the Caribbean by West Indians whose parents and grandparents provided the manual labor for the construction of the Panama Canal. During the early evening of September 7, 1977, hundreds of Panamanians residing in Brooklyn celebrated President Jimmy Carter signing the Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty promising to give control of the Canal to Panama by the year 2000. EVERYBODY’S Magazine, only a few months old, covered the cel- ebrations in Brooklyn. Rightwing Americans opposed President Carter decision to relinquish control of the Panama Canal and the Treaty contributed to Carter’s defeat in his quest for re-election. Construction of the Canal started in 1904; thousands of West Indians from almost each Caribbean island lost their lives from diseases and poor working conditions. EVERYBODY’S Magazine has 30 copies of its 1977 Panama edition. The edition has photos of West Indians building the Canal. Need a copy! Send US$15 to: EVERYBOD Y’S, 1630 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11226 www.everybodysmag.com EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S www.everybodysmag.com Delcita’s Other Side Is Andrea Wr ightBy Jennifer Collins Andrea Wright is the opposite of Delcita. For people who loves Delcita they are mesmerized when they meet Andrea Wright, a multitalented professional woman. They do not believe she is the character Delcita. “Honeymoon” starring Delcita and Patchie will be staged at Richard R. Green School, 3710 Barnes Ave., Bronx, NY on Saturday, October 19 at 8pm (one show only in New York City) and at East Orange Campus School, NJ on Sunday, October 20, 6:30pm. Tickets for show in the Bronx: www.everybodysmag.com; (718) 941-1879. For NJ performance Greg Francis at (862) 588-0743 www.everybodysmag.com EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S n Jamaica and overseas patrons of Jamaican brand theater and comedy go in droves to see Delcita. “Delcita is the Lucille Ball of Jamaican and Caribbean Icomedy,” says Faye, a Delcita devotee living in Bronx, NY. Faye explains, “Lucille Ball was renowned for her red hair, facial expression and distinctive voice. Delcita’s rotten teeth is her trademark.” Delcita has two rotten teeth but she is not embarrassed. She laughs loudly, smiles radiantly and always happy-go-lucky except when someone annoys her. Thanks to cutting edge dentistry, Delcita’s two rotten teeth are no longer easily spotted; they are polished but an observant person will realize Delcita once had decaying teeth. Delcita Coldwater was once very dark-skinned. She seems brown these days which leads one to ask, “Did Delcita bleach her skin or is she using extensive cream to give her a light skin tone?” Regardless to her teeth and maybe her skin problems, Delcita is not a shy person. She is a dynamic comedienne Delcita in 2014 and Delcita in 2019 EVERYBODYNEW YORK’S www.everybodysmag.com Wright enjoys her role as a Guidance Counselor and superb entertainer. She is positive, articulate, opportunities to MC at concerts. But for non-Jamaicans ostentatious and loquacious in the likes of Good Times who has never seen or heard about Delcita when they see sitcom star J.J.
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