Junior Carnival parade in Crown Heights reached a fever pitch with music and revelry
The West Indian American Day Carnival Junior competition on Aug. 31, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, reached a fever pitch, as thousands of children showed there moves in dazzling costumes during an hours-long parade, fueled by loud Soca music. The parade assembled at Kingston Avenue approximately at its scheduled time and then traveled on St. John’s Place, for a riveting presentation as it moved on to Franklin Avenue. Machel Montano’s infectious music revved up masqueraders as young as 18-months old, who already has the Caribbean spirit in their bones. As the parade entered President’s Street and the last stretch into the Brooklyn Museum grounds, the toddlers, tweens, and teens responded to their parents’ voices that egged them on to “wine down to the ground, jump in the air, wave your flags, lets mas, were the calls.” The extraordinarily beautiful pageantry of colorful creations in three, four, and six sections, each, more lavish than the other, with jewels, sequins, and glitte...