Mayor Michael
Bloomberg is grand marshal of this year’s West Indian American
Day Carnival parade on Monday, Sept. 5.
Bloomberg will kick off the annual Labor Day pageant with a ribbon
cutting at 11 am at Lincoln Terrace Park and Buffalo Avenue.
Then the mayor will be joined by Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold
Lehman, Borough President Marty Markowitz and other VIPs who
will lead more than 70 floats, thousands of magnificently costumed
masqueraders and calypso and reggae musicians along Eastern Parkway,
between Utica Avenue and Grand Army Plaza.
The last of the costumed bands aren’t even expected to pass the
reviewing stands at the Brooklyn Museum until 6 pm. According
to the West Indian American Day Carnival Association, one million
spectators are expected, so be prepared for the crowds and heat
with comfortable shoes, a hat, plenty of water and use public
transportation to get near the parade route.
For more information, visit the West Indian American Day Carnival
Association Web site at www.wiadca.org
or call (718) 467-1797.
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