Francesca Sam performs monologue on “Don’t Belief My Placard” throughout Membership St. Vincent’s profitable, premier exposition in September on the Mates of Crown Heights Academic Heart in Brooklyn.
Picture by Nelson A. King
Chatoyer Productions, Inc., (CPI) a Brooklyn-based 2022 performing and visible arts non-profit neighborhood group, is getting ready to stage its second manufacturing, a vacation particular titled, “Ah We Christmas.”
Vincentian-born, award-winning poet and actress, playwright, songwriter, director and producer Francesca Sam advised Caribbean Life over the weekend that the range present will probably be staged on the Mates of Crown Heights Academic Heart, 671 Prospect Pl., Brooklyn, on Sunday, Dec. 10, from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
“I’m excited to be producing Ah We Christmas. Christmas is likely one of the most if not probably the most anticipated Vincentian-Caribbean vacation,” she mentioned. “The intention is to carry the Christmas spirit to our neighborhood.
“Round this time, the inclination to share love and care grows stronger,” Sam added. “’Ah We Christmas’ brings to the stage Christmases from varied international locations by the use of the performances. I’m wanting ahead to the Rhythm part from the Us- Trinidadian performers, the St. Lucian monologue and the comedy piece that includes Miss Bomba Claudie out of Jamaica.
“Chatoyer Productions’ skit on Christmas guarantees to take us on a path of reminiscing on Christmas preparation,” she continued. “I hope that the viewers will admire this manufacturing and benefit from the objects on our Christmas menu.”
Sam mentioned the “Ah We Christmas” selection present contains two sectors. Half one will encompass Christmas Carols, parang, steelpan, saxophone music, poetry, and a Brooklyn-Trinidad Rhythm Part.
Half two will function skits, together with a efficiency by St. Lucian Imoya Monroque; US-Jamaican Steven Williams, also referred to as Miss Bomba Claudi; and a “International-Primarily based Christmas Particular” skit written and directed by Sam herself.
Sam mentioned the primary Act of this skit is an excerpt from the theatrical play “International-Primarily based”, introduced final Might 6 and seven.
The latter Act contains a Christmas phase that includes Vincentian-Caribbean traditions, “which different Caribbean islanders may establish with,” Sam mentioned.
She mentioned teams of Vincentians within the Diaspora, known as “Ah We Serenaders” – which incorporates Garifuna Indigenous Individuals of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GIPSVG), Dynamite Calypso Tent, and South Rivers Progressive Group (SORPO USA) – will serenade the viewers.
Sam mentioned Chanique Rogers and Adrian Bailey of the Magma Band can be engaged in directing the serenaders.
The viewers would even be invited to take part in Christmas Carols’ “Sing-Alongside”, guided by MC Hailes Castello.
The occasion will probably be sponsored by Progressive Imports, a Barbadian-owned firm.
Sam mentioned proceeds will profit two households with a differently-abled baby, one in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and one other within the US.
For extra info, contact Sam at [email protected], or name 347-586-2095.
