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Youth Pan Fest 2024 highlights Caribbean pride in Crown Heights

News 12 - Brooklyn - Rob Flaks

Kids of all ages got the chance to show off their Caribbean pride in Crown Heights at the 12th annual Youth Pan Festival on Saturday.

The event featured traditional Caribbean and West Indian dancing, and of course, steel pan performers.

Yolanda Lezama-Clark talks about preserving family legacy

Spectrum News - NY1 with Cheryl Wills & Dana Perez

Yolanda Lezama-Clark shared her father's legacy in helping to create the West Indian American Day Parade Carnival and said it actually originated in Harlem before being moved to Brooklyn.

Children's Festival and Youth Pan Fest

Annual Festival Showcases Youth Steel Bands

Brooklyn, NY - (Saturday, August 24, 2019) - The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its 9th annual Children's Festival and Youth Pan Fest, which showcases junior steel pan talent. The festival, which serves as a precursor to the Caribbean Labor Day weekend festivities, is held on the CLACC-C museum grounds at St. John's Place between Kingston & Brooklyn Avenues.

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9th Annual Children's Festival and Youth Pan Fest

Brooklyn, NY - (Saturday, August 24, 2019) - The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its 9th annual Children's Festival and Youth Pan Fest, which showcases junior steel pan talent. The festival, which serves as a precursor to the Caribbean Labor Day weekend festivities, is held on the CLACC-C museum grounds at St. John's Place between Kingston & Brooklyn Avenues.

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