West Indian Day Parade 2010 Held

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BROOKLYN (GaeaTimes.com)- The highly anticipated West Indian Day Parade 2010 was held yesterday in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. The Hurricane Earl updates, rain, bad weather disappointed many Americans as they could not enjoy their Labor Day weekend to its fullest. However, West Indian American Day Parade 2010 managed to live up to their expectations as yesterday millions of Americans thronged the streets of Brooklyn in dazzling attires dancing to the tune of music and enjoying the parade.

West Indian American Day Parade 2010 united everybody from all cultures. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Governor David Paterson started the parade and the place was filled with host of candidates running for offices, law enforcement agencies and many commercial enterprises who saluted the Caribbean community in the city. The streets of Brooklyn was filled with vibrant colors and wonderful music as people showed their national pride and shared their culture and heritage with new generation.

West Indian American Day Parade 2010 started at 11 am in the morning amidst tight security at Schenectady Avenue and then it continued to Grand Army Plaza along the Eastern Parkway, where it ended. The media reports that more than 2 millions of participants and spectators thronged the streets of Brooklyn to be a part of North America’s largest street party. Live performances, colorful costumes, extraordinary Caribbean Cuisines were the main attractions of West Indian American Day Parade 2010. The Parade organizer Jean Alexander said that the food, drinks, family that everyone sees on the streets of the city, come from all over the world and this parade unites everyone together. The organizer said that unification of different cultures amidst diversity is a “wonderful” feeling altogether.