Presents
2006 -2007
Spice Up Your Life This Summer In Queen's Park
SPECIAL PRESS
RELEASE REPORT & THANK YOU
The organizers of the 2nd annual Toronto International Jerk & Jazz Festival-
presented Saturday August 19th
2006 in Toronto's Queen’s Park- would like to THANK ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS who
came out to make our second year a HUGE SUCCESS. Over 5 000 + people
came out in spite of the day's
inclement weather and enjoyed a day of Caribbean Jerk cooking and the
Sweet Smooth Sounds of Jazz. We would like thank our featured artists: The
Contemporary Jazz Group, Quincy Bullen, Omar Gittens, Haley Small, Shianne
Phillips, Ashley Martinez, Omar Heslop, Kennetia Seon, Brothers From Different
Mothers, Victor Crowl, Phoenix Steel Band, Daniel Huezo, Chemagne Martin, Barry
Gardner, Mr. Pablo Terry and Sol de Cuba and Perfect Cadence.
We would like to THANK our participating Celebrity judges
at this years 2nd Annual Toronto
International Jerk Chicken Competition – Jennifer Huntley (Radio
Personality- CHRY), Chef Anneif Coote (Exec. Chef at The Strand Restaurant),
Ben Johnson ( Former World Champion Sprinter), Farley Flex (Judge in Canadian
Idol), Jeremy Parsons (Mixologist - Cocktails- The Fluid Experience), Spex (The
Riddim Track Master FLOW 93.5FM), Rudy Blair (680 News Radio Personality),
Victor Machado (640 AM- Radio), Howard Green (Stuntman and Martial Artists Film
and Television), Sara Olah (Co-Host of “Street Eats”), Kenneth McFarlane
(Entrepreneur- Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant), Kevin Carrington (CHRY Radio) and last but not the least,
Mr. Michael Yarde (Rogers Television).
We would like to Congratulate our 2nd annual
Jerk Chicken Competition winners, 1st place of $ 1,200.00 to Chef Dwight
Boswell of Chalice Catering who took the title for the second year in a row, 2nd
place winner of $800.00 went to Harold and Marcia of Mr. Cream O, and $500.00 to 3rd place and
People Choice Award winner Tripple Star Restaurant. We also want to
congratulate Mr. David Powell- who left the competition still eating, by
winning both the Jerk Chicken and Fried Plantain Eating Competition, and we
would like to thank all the contestants for a VERY ENTERTAINING CONTEST. A
special THANKS to our MC’s Michelle Hughes, Miguel Hyman, who had everyone
chanting “Eat That Jerk, the grizzle, the grizzle, the grizzle” which
had the audience rolling in stitches all day long and Mr. Michael Yarde and Mr.
Clive Braham.
The Children
and Youth Entertainment Centre was a hit with parents and children alike and we received many
positive comments regarding the inclusiveness of the festival for a complete
Family Oriented Experience. Unfortunately our Family Fun & Games
centre was once again cancelled due to unsafe playing surface in the park area.
The festival was created to raise funds and awareness for two community based
non-profit organizations -
Sponsors &
Partners
We would like to THANK these sponsors for
their support: Wave 94.7FM, 1st Friday, Western Union, Sound
Explosion Production Inc., Sunrise Restaurant, Grace, Afromultimedia, VJ Graphics,
Rogers Television and AfroToronto.com, The Weekly Gleaner, CIUT 89.5 FM, Models
Entertainment, Canada Extra, Tdot.TV, Visual Flow, Retro City, Jamaica Tourism,
Senvia, Ford Publicity, Zipcar, Impressive Getaways, Wordofmouth Network,
Chalice Catering, Black Habits, Cashmoney, Pinhead Marketing, Cocktails –The
Fluid Experience, Eye Weekly, Hydra Vodka Water, City of Toronto, and a special
THANK YOU to Conrad’s Barbershop, Big It Up, People’s Telecom Canada (Jamaica).
We would also like to thank our organizing
partners Ultimate Events, Thunder Dome Sounds, MOVE and Slamm.TV. In
addition, we would like to thank the staff and management of the City of
Media Partners and Coverage
We would to thank all our media sponsors,
supporters and partners who assisted us in getting the word out. They are as
follows: Share newspaper, The Weekly Gleaner, Canada Extra, Eye Weekly, CIUT
89.5 FM, Caribbean Feedback - Roots Uprising, CKLN, CHRY, AM 640, CHIN Radio,
CBC Radio, CP24, City TV, CTV, Rogers Community Television. We would also like
to acknowledge the assistance of these websites who posted our information on
their front pages.
19 Host Sponsors Website:
www.visionsingreen.com,
www.visionsofscience.ca, www.947wave.fm, www.blackhabits.com, www.afrotoronto.com, www.cashbackalliance.com,
www.rogerstelevision.com, www.eddiebullen.com, www.hydravodkawater.com,
www.firstfridays.ca,
www.bigitup.com,
www.jumoke.org,
www.eyeweekly.com,
www.suntv.canoe.ca,
www.tdot.tv,
www.jamaicagleaner.com, www.toronto.ca, www.eyeweekly.com,
www.ciut.fm
25 Website Postings on Yahoo
and Google:
www.jamaicans.com,
www.sharenews.com,
www.visitjamaica.com,
www.visiualflow.ca,
www.8rooks.com,
www.torontojazz.com, www.jerkandjazz.com, www.renaissancemag.com, wx.toronto.ca, www.insidetoronto.com, www.nowtoronto.com, www.emilymills.net,
www.volunteertoronto.on.ca,
www.blackcanada.com,
collect.myspace.com, www.canada.com, www.caribweekly.com, www.bloglines.com,
www.jis.gov.jm,
www.newmusiccanada.com, article.wn.com, www.insidetoronto.com,
www.citynews.ca,
www.newmusiccanada.com, www.tojazz.com,
www.myspace.com
Television Shows
Day Time Toronto-
www.rogerstelevision.com, CHCH Morning- Cooking with Jeremy Parsons-
www.canwestglobal.com
Radio Station Interviews and coverage
Wave 94.7FM- www.wave947.fm, CBC Radio- 99.1FM, www.cbc.radio-canada.ca, CHIN Radio- 100.7 FM- www.chinradio.com,
CHRY Radio– 105.5 FM- www.yorku.ca/chry, CKLN Radio- 88.1 FM- www.ckln.fm,
CIUT - 89.5 FM- www.ciut.fm, AM640 Radio- www.640toronto.com, AM680 Radio- www.680news.com
Newspaper Ads, Articles, and Enewsletter
Toronto Star
(www.thestar.com), Share (www.sharenews.com), The Weekly Gleaner (www.jamaicagleaner.com),
The Weekly State (www.jamaicagleaner.com), Canada Extra, Eye Weekly (www.eyeweekly.com),
Caribbean Feedback & Uprising International (www.caribbeanfeedback.net), Dawn Newspaper, Carib Weekly (www.caribweekly.com),
Toronto Sun, Sun TV, www.afrotoronto.com, Black Habits (www.blackhabits.com),
www.8rooks.com,
Culture Chest
Special
Thanks
A special thank you to the Visions of
Science Summer Staff: Shraddha Inamdar, Desiree Edwards, Kimberly Edwards,
Usama Siddiqui, Saad Siddiqui, Munjal Desai Ashik Mohd, and Dovina Constance.
The organizers of the Toronto International Jerk & Jazz Festival THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT and LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU NEXT YEAR.
For
more info on next year's event or to become a sponsor, give us a call or email
us for more details.
Angelita Elliott
Visions in Green - President / CEO
O: 416-431-1222 F: 416-438-0305
Email: info@visionsingreen.com