HAWKS INTERNATIONAL
PULLS OUT OF 2007 NEW YORK LABOR DAY CARNIVAL CELEBRATION.
For Immediate Release
Source: Hawks International Inc.
Contact: Hawks International Inc.
info@hawksintl.com
Video:
available at:
1) http://www.hawksintl.com/hawkslaborday2006.wmv
Photographs available at:
2)
http://www.hawksintl.com/laborday2005adults/index.htm
To our many friends & supporters who have participated and
enjoyed our Labor-Day Carnival presentation over the past
30 + years, and to the general public as a whole, we wish
to thank you for your support during this period.
Unfortunately we have come to the decision that we can no
longer participate in the West Indian Day Carnival
presentation because of the increasing cost, lack of
funding, inability to host fund raising events, the
inconvenient and excessive restrictions imposed by the NYPD
and the inability of WIADCA (West Indian American Day
Carnival Association) to properly represent the producers
of this significant event, perhaps the largest of it’s kind
in the USA.
This festival generates almost $300 million for the City of
New York while the producers are forced to pay their own way
even a fee to WIADCA to participate in the
Carnival Celebration on the Parkway. While we are certain
that the absence of Hawks International alone will not be
felt, we have decided that this is an exercise in futility
which must now come to an end. We are cognizant of our
commitment to sustain the rich culture of the Caribbean and
the necessity to pass the tradition on to generations of the
future. Should conditions change for the better to foster
an infrastructure in which we the producers can thrive we
stand poise to continue our contribution. We look forward
to the continued support at other Hawks
International fund raising activities.
Our Motto: Dare to
Forge the Future.
For further information visit
www.hawksintl.com
call 732.406.5231or email info@hawksintl.com
ENDS
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to forge the future . . . make the difference.
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