STORY:
Iceberg Brought In For Early Y2K Party

Toronto's annual Caravan festival is calling this year's city wide celebration "Taste of the MIllennium" and will look back at the last 100 years of the city's ethnic heritage.

The 25-stop ethnic tour of Toronto will begin on June 25 and run until July 3rd. The CN Tower will play host to a new Newfoundland-Labrador pavilion featuring all kinds of Newfoundland entertainment acts to show off their East Coast culture. Organizers are even dragging in an iceberg by freight car so they can create Iceberg Alley out in the main square beside the tower.

According to a story in the Toronto Star, the pavilion will constitute the largest participation by any province in Caravan's history. So is the Millennium pavilion itself at Metro Square, which will feature music and food from around the world.

The new Cathay pavilion will show off Toronto's vast array of Chinese culture. The pavilion will be at the recently opened Chinese Cultural Centre in Scarborough. Mosi-O-Tunya, a pavilion modelled on a village at the base of Victoria Falls, will examine diverse African cultures.

Organizers say the Serbian pavilion is putting on a brave face, with a Kosovo lady in period costume. The Serbian pavilion has been in Caravan for 31 years.

Nine-day passports, which allow holders to visit all pavilions, cost $20.

Source: Toronto Star

DATE: 6/08/99

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