JCA EVENTS

JCA's 10th Annual Year End Event:
New Year's Eve Ball

Monday, December 31, 2007
Doubletree Hotel Torrance/South Bay**
$150 per person
includes dinner, party favors, entertainment and champagne toasting in the New Year

Featuring Pluto Shervington and his band from Miami and also DJ Gregory G. 

More about the Block Party Ritual serigraph by Bernard Hoyes.

**JCA will block rooms at a special rate for our guests at the hotel.

RSVP & Order Tickets Online!

Or if you prefer, send a check payable to Jamaica Cultural Alliance to:

JCA
5510 Edgewood Pl., #2,
Los Angeles, CA 90019

"Block Party Ritual" by Bernard Hoyes. 

A Silkscreen limited edition.  $400.00 (U.S.)
19 1/2" X 25 3/4"
Signed & Numbered Edition of 121.

If you are interested in purchasing a print, please contact JCA.

Thanks to our 2007 Year End sponsors:

PLUTO & COMPANY

Read an interview with Pluto Shervington at the Jamaica Gleaner..

It would be an understatement to call Pluto & Company a reggae band. This group is by far the most versatile players of Caribbean music anywhere in the United States, with styles ranging from reggae, dancehall & ska, to calypso, merengue and soca. Their blend of Caribbean and latin rhythms have mesmerized audiences around South Florida for twenty five years, and they have done just that at Sundays On The Bay, The Clevelander, Bayside, Gingerbay Café, Bahama Breeze, The Reach (Key West), James L. Knight Center, Bayfront Auditorium, Gusman Hall and The Miami Marine Stadium to name a few.

Internationally Pluto & Co. has performed in England, Scotland, Wales, Holland, Germany (Ska Fest ’96, East Berlin), Canada and extensively throughout the West Indies, including Sun Splash in Montego Bay Jamaica, Pirates Week in Grand Cayman and Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues in Montego Bay.

The group’s discography proudly boasts eight albums and two live cassettes, singles from which have made it to number one on national charts in England, Holland and fourteen Caribbean nations.

The group consists of five members:
Pluto Shervington bass and vocals
Marty Forster keyboards & vocals
Keith Clemetson guitar & vocals
Brian Shervington drums
Hopie Kong vocals

PAST EVENTS

Jamaica Cultural Alliance’s 9th Annual Tea Party
Sunday, July 8, 2007, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

La Terza Restaurant
8384 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, Ca. 90048 (323) 782-8384 Main

“Dressing Up” is the theme.
Prizes will be awarded for the best dressed man and best dressed woman. Those who wish to compete can be creative in good taste.

Also Featuring a Fabulous Fashion show by Pinky Rose Boutique.
Tickets: $55 ~ Information & RSVP: 323.692.0423

December 9, 2006

9th Annual Year End Event:
A Grand Evening At The Theatre

Read review of "Jamaica Farewell"

Written and performed by Debra Ehrhardt
directed by Monique Lai

plus a special viewing of the works of artist Bernard Hoyes

followed by A TASTE OF JAMAICA reception
Catered by Derrick's Jamaican Cuisine www.derricksjamaican.com

"Not since 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' has there been such a captivating ahd hilarious one-woman show!" --www.lively-arts.com

Kingston-born writer and performer Debra Ehrhardt left Jamaica at age 15. A New York-trained actress, she has appeared in numerous plays and soap operas in the 'Big Apple' before moving to the west coast. Debra began writing plays based on her life experiences in Jamaica and the US, and after 15 years in the American entertainment industry, her first production, called Mango Mango, was a one-woman show that she performed. Staged at the famous Lee Strasberg Theatre in West Hollywood, California, Mango Mango was nominated for four NAACP Theatre Awards, including Best Actress and Best Playwright.

Ehrhardt, who considers herself "multi-racial", explained that as an actress, the American directors felt they couldn't typecast her in productions because they couldn't classify her as Spanish, black, white or whatever else came to mind.

"Then they wanted me to change my accent to sound more American," Debra continued, "I didn't want to lose any part of what made me unique. I decided to write roles for myself, where I wouldn't have to change a thing."

July 2006

8th Annual Tea Party
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel*

*Home of the first Academy Awards, across the street from Mann's Chinese Theater, 2 blocks from Bob Marley's star on the Walk of Fame.

SPECIAL GUEST:
Jamaican born actress and playwright
Debra Ehrhardt presents a special one time only preview of her production Jamaica Farewell
Directed by Monique Lai

download flyer (.pdf)

 

December 2005

New Year's Eve Ball
Torrance Hilton
Master of Ceremonies Mr. Devon Harris
Music: Kitaka & Friends + DJ "Gregory G"
The recipient of JCA's 2005 JCA Trailblazer Award was the late Dr. John Alexander Somerville, first person of African decent to graduate from USC as a dentist.

June 2005

7th Annual Tea Party
"Our Youth, Our Future"

December 2004

Year End Fundraising Gala
JCA recognizes The Original Jamaica Bobsled Team of 1988 by honoring them as pioneers and profiling all their groundbreaking achievements.

Find out how to donate to the current Jamaica Bobsled Team.

July 2004

6th Annual Tea Party
Honoring Jamaica's Jewish cultural component Fashion show featuring "Cooyah Rootz Wear", and "Concept International"

December 2003

Year End Gala
Continuing a year of celebrating our Chinese heritage