Annual Tea Party with A Caribbean Twist

This year Club S.O.C.C.A is back with its Caribbean style Tea Party which features live entertainers from within the National Capital region along with a few surprises.

Tickets are available at most Caribbean outlets or by phone: 613-739-0070 or 613-850-0870 or Email: info@clubsocca.com.

5th Annual Community Family Fun Day & Kites 4 Cancer Fundraiser

Once again Club S.O.C.C.A is set to take over Petrie Island on Sunday,  July 24th,  2011 from 11:00 AM. This year's entertainment program is sure to impress. As per our mandate we strive to promote and educate families about Caribbean cultural.  One of the forgotten aspects of our culture in today busy world is the opportunity to congregate in an informal manner and share experiences. As an added attraction to our entertainment program this year we are having the "Senior Stars" grace our stage with some exceptional performances.

This portion of the day's local entertainment has been organized and sponsored by Chartwell REIT.

This is one of the first steps at bridging the generational gaps and passing on the culture.

Carnival Arts-A Brief History

Image via WikipediaCaribbean Carnival Arts or 'Mas' making as it is called in this region is a tradition that has been around for  hundreds of years. This tradition can be traced back to Italy where members of the Catholic religion held a costume party prior to the Lent. In keeping with the traditions surrounding Lent the name Carnival came from "carnavale" which loosely translated meant “to put away the meat". As the carnival became more famous in Italy it quickly spread to other European countries.


Modern day Caribbean carnivals are based more on the African tradition where parading and moving in circles through villages in costumes and masks was the norm. The circling of villages was believed to bring good fortune, to heal problems, and chill out angry relatives who had passed into the next world. Carnival traditions also borrowed from the African tradition of putting together natural objects such as bones, grasses, beads, shells, and fabric to create a piece of sculpture, a mask, or costume — with each object or combination of objects representing a certain idea or spiritual force. 

African dance and music traditions transformed the early carnival celebrations in the Americas (including the Caribbean), where African drum rhythms, large puppets, stick fighters, and stilt dancers began to make their appearances in the carnival festivities. 


Carnival fused with the arts offers all of us a dynamic tool for self-expression and exploration, a tool to seek out our roots, a tool to develop new forms of looking at the world and its cultures, and finally, a tool to unite the world, to discover what we all have in common, and to celebrate what makes us different. 

The power and creativity that underlies these art forms has the possibility of transforming the way in which we interact with each other. Therefore join us on June 18, 2011 in Orleans, Ontario for the second annual Carivibe parade and start the transformation.