Ken Corsbie To Feature At Guyana Nite
November 3, 2004
Hurricane Ivan Orlando Fundraiser
Guyana's number one stand-up comedian and storyteller Ken Corsbie will be in
Orlando for "Guyana Night" - A Celebration of Guyanese Comedy, Culture and
Cuisine - at Russell's Restaurant, 5370 West Colonial Drive, on Wednesday,
November 3, 2004, at 7pm to raise funds for the hurricane relief efforts
organized by the Conference of Caribbean Organizations of Central Florida.
Several Guyanese artistes in Central Florida including calypsonian Slingshot,
Qyneares - Mystical Queen of Kulture and Alan Khan along with Winston Duggin
from Miami have donated their talent.
Also coming to Orlando for this Celebration of Guyana is leading Guyanese
artist Tony Phillips who currently lives in Australia. He will mount an
exhibition of his works including Guyanese homes together with his paintings of
orchids.
Tony has also donated a painting which will be raffled that night as part of
the fund-raising effort. It will be part of a monster raffle of Guyanese artists
CDs:
- Nesbit Chhangur
- Ken Corsbie
- Winston Duggin
- IS WE TING
- Hugh Sam
- Slingshot
A limited number of the above items, along with Bernard Heydorn's popular
novels "Walk Good Guyana Boy" and "Carnival Girl" will be on sale throughout the
evening.
Guyana Nite is being produced by the Orlando Posse - Godfrey Chin, John
"Slingshot' Drepaul, Chico Khan and Wesley Kirton.
This event is sponsored by the Caribbean Sun newspaper and Russell's
Restaurant in association with a number of co-sponsors including the Alliance of
Guyanese Expatriates (AGE), the Association of Concerned Guyanese (ACG) and
Laparkan Shipping.
For more information, write
Godchin1@aol.com.
Ken Corsbie
A Tony Phillips drawing of Guyana's Parliament Building
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