"KAISO! KAISO!" OCPA presents a Calypso Tents Music Series in Toronto

Toronto, June 4, 2007 -- It's "KAISO! KAISO!" when the Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes presents a Calypso Tents Music Series in Toronto that runs from Friday June 15 for five weekends! Three calypso tents will bring you exciting new music for the CARIBANA festival.

On June 15th Calypso Vanguard Tent will fly high at 7:30 p.m. at Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. West and continue on Friday June 22nd and 29th at the Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst St., Toronto. Performers are Victorio, Mon-T-Hama, Naki, Osaze Dolabaille, Michelle Parsons, King Smokey, Jay Williams, Rajiman, and others, backed by Jeremy Ledbetter & the Kaiso Vanguard Orchestra.

For more information on the Calypso Vanguard Tent, please contact Noel Pierre at 647-234-0377.

The Professionals Calypso Tent will rock the Steelworkers Union Hall, 25 Cecil St. downtown Toronto every Saturday June 16th at 8pm for five nights featuring Macomere Fifi, Dick Lochan, Drew Gonsalves, Bill "The Crooner" Newman, Jayson, Villaz, Panman Pat, and others, backed by Oswald James and the Soca Bunch.

Please contact The Professionals by calling Judith Thompson at 416-769-7888 or at thompsony@rogers.com.

Sunday, June 17th the Kaiso Forum Tent will kick off their five-week run at the Scarlet Ibis Caribbean Restaurant, 1880 O'Connor Drive in Scarborough with top Toronto band Neu Jenerashun and three-time Calypso Monarch of Canada Bryan "Structure" Thornhill, Susan G, Cosmos, Connector, Web, Precious, Trevor B, Delee, and more.

For further information please call Bryan Thornhill at (905) 883-6224 or email thornhill6156@rogers.com.

Hear sweet kaiso and soca singers backed by talented musicians at all three Calypso Tents every weekend. Come celebrate 40 years of the Caribana Festival!

The Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes (OCPA) is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1981 to promote the calypso art form in all its diversity: storytelling, social and political commentary, and comedy in song, to create opportunities to compose, perform and record calypso, and to facilitate calypso music's growth and development.

OCPA presents a year-round programme of activities that include workshops,seminars, awards shows, concerts and special events featuring Canadian and international calypso and soca artists.

The 2007 summer programme culminates with the exciting Calypso Monarch

Competition that will be held at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on
Saturday, July 28th.

For information on OCPA's programme contact (416) 729-4383 or email ocpa2007@gmail.com

Organization Of Calypso Performing Artistes office is located at 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120, Toronto, ON M5T 2C7