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Six years ago, the Haitian Day Parade Committee decided to hold annually a parade in New York City....
Dear Viewers:
On behalf of the Haitian Day Parade Committee, I would like to invite you to the 2008 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 aware of and to pass on to future generations.
With that in mind, for the past six years we have been closing the month with the Haitian Day Parade & Festival. The commemoration for this year will even be larger and better with the presence of the best Haitian musical bands, dancers, marching bands, performers 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, Joe Trouillot, Gerard Dupervil, Roger Colas, Rene Audain, Ti Roro, Jean Gesner Henri (Coupe Cloue), Guy Durosier, Martha Jean-Claude, 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: Jean Dupuy, journalist Jean Dominique, footballer Emmanuel Sanon, and Honorable Wilson Desir.
There will also be a Religious Ceremony honoring these great legends. The Archbishop Guy Sansaricq will be presiding over the service that will take place on Saturday May 24 at 12:00 (Noon), at Saint Gregory Church in Brooklyn.
The Parade will be on Sunday, May 25, 2008 (Memorial week-end) in "Little Haiti" on Toussaint Louverture Blvd, a.k.a. Nostrand Ave and the Festival will be held at Nostrand Park as well as Nostrand Ave between Foster Ave. and Farragut Rd.
The committee extends an invitation to everyone to join in the making of the 2008 Haitian Day Parade & Festival an outstanding celebration. United We Stand!
Please do not hesitate to contact us at Haitiandayparade@aol.com, or call us at (718) 434-9250
Very Truly Yours,
Ernest Emmanuel
(President & CEO)
