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The Brooklyn-based Carlos Lezama Archives & Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its Annual Youth Pan Fest next Saturday, Aug. 23, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Yolanda Lezama-Clark, the Trinidadian-born daughter of the late Carlos Lezama, after whom the center is named, told Caribbean Life on Wednesday, Aug. 13, that the festival will take place outside the landmark home of the late Caribbean-American U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisolm and Lezama, the pioneer and co-founder of Brooklyn’s legendary West-Indian Day Carnival.

Kids of all ages got the chance to show off their Caribbean pride in Crown Heights at the 12th annual Youth Pan Festival on Saturday.

The event featured traditional Caribbean and West Indian dancing, and of course, steel pan performers.

Yolanda Lezama-Clark shared her father's legacy in helping to create the West Indian American Day Parade Carnival and said it actually originated in Harlem before being moved to Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, NY - (Saturday, August 24, 2019) - The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its 9th annual Children's Festival and Youth Pan Fest, which showcases junior steel pan talent. The festival, which serves as a precursor to the Caribbean Labor Day weekend festivities, is held on the CLACC-C museum grounds at St. John's Place between Kingston & Brooklyn Avenues.

Brooklyn, NY - (Saturday, August 24, 2019) - The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its 9th annual Children's Festival and Youth Pan Fest, which showcases junior steel pan talent. The festival, which serves as a precursor to the Caribbean Labor Day weekend festivities, is held on the CLACC-C museum grounds at St. John's Place between Kingston & Brooklyn Avenues.