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Truth be told, the month of May is Haitian Heritage Month. May has great historical and cultural traditions that all Haitians are proud to make others aware of and pass on to future generations. That explains why the Haitian Day Parade & Festival is alway
The Haitian Day Parade Committee would like to say thank you to everyone for their hard work, generosity or participation in making the 2008 Haitian Day Parade & Festival a success.
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Dear Friends,
We would like to invite you to the 2009 Haitian Day Parade & Festival in New York City.
Truth be told, the month of May is Haitian Heritage Month. May has great historical and cultural traditions that all Haitians are proud to make others aware of and to pass on to future generations.
With that in mind, for the past seven years we have been closing the month with the Haitian Day Parade & Festival. The commemoration for the year 2009 will even be larger and better with the presence of the best Haitian musical bands, dancers, beautiful floats, marching band and the likes. In addition, we will seize the opportunity to honor in the Parade the founders and major contributors of the Haitian music: the late great Nemours Jean-Baptiste, Webert Sicot, Issa El Saieh, Dodofe Legros, Toto Bissainthe, Michel Degrottes, Joe Jack, Rene Saint-Aude, Raoul Guillaume, Gerard Dupervil, Roger Colas, Rene Audain, Ti Roro, Jean Gesner Henri (Coupe Cloue), Guy Durosier, Martha Jean-Claude, Pepe Bayard, Antoine Rossini Jean Baptiste (Ti Manno), Lumane Casimir, Ansy Derose, Miriam Dorisme, comedian Theodore Beaubrun (Languichatte Debordus), and some late political and community activists such as: Journalist Jean L. Dominique, Footballer Emmanuel Sanon and Honorable Wilson Desir.
There will also be a Religious Ceremony in loving memory of these great legends. The Archbishop Guy Sansaricq will be presiding over the mass that will take place on Saturday May 23 at 12:00 (Noon), at Saint Gregory Church located at the corner of Brooklyn Ave & St. John's Pl. in Brooklyn.
The Parade will be held on the following day, Sunday, May 24, 2009 (Memorial weekend) in "Little Haiti" on Toussaint Louverture Blvd, a.k.a. Nostrand Ave and the Festival will be held at Nostrand Ave between Farragut Rd. & Foster Ave.
Again, thank you for your interest in this effort and all of the assistance that you provided thus far. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. We look forward to continuing this work with you.
Sincerely,
Ernest Emmanuel
President & CEO
Haitian Day Parade Committee
