Beeraahaar Sweet Combination
Hackney's first all female Soca Dance Troupe; a mother organisation birthing 5 other Mas bands in the UK through intensive artistic training and supportive signposting.
Beeraahaar Sweet Combination founding members and Mas construction artists have showcased at the following venues: Notting Hill Carnival, Olympia Showcases, Alexandra Palace Showcases, Millennium Dome, The Royal Opera House, Doha, Qatar, Derry Ireland, Wembley Arena, spearheading the Tottenham Carnival, Hackney Council Ceremonies, Hackney Mare de Gras, Norwich Carnival, Kingston Surrey, Guyana Mashramani, Spalding Festival, Good wood Park, Margate, Victoria & Albert Museum, Bristol/Trinidad & Tobago/The Queens Golden Jubilee, The Queen’s Mother 100th Birthday/Horse Guards Parade /Pall Mall.
Beeraahaar Sweet Combination have embraced & supported ethnically diverse cultural groups to join Beeraahaar and participate at Notting Hill Carnival. These are namely Obalende Nigerian group, China Arts, Shano Kurdish Arts and Dhol Drummers Academy, bringing African, Chinese, Kurdish and Indian traditional music and dancing fused into Soca music to the International Carnival arena in London.
Beeraahaar Sweet Combination is supported by NHMBA; The NCBA of Trinidad & Tobago and funded by Arts Council England & The Jack Petchey Foundation, have a strong children and adult band fostering respect and dignity through the promotion of our Caribbean cultural heritage. We are a full costumed masquerade group performing Traditional Caribbean Carnival presentations on the streets for the last eighteen years. DIS IS WE TING surpassing community cohesion into CULTURAL FUSION.
Beeraahaar Sweet Combination Carnival themes
1994 - Guyana Gold
1995 - Beauty of the Tropics
1996 - Heat wave
1997 - Invaders of the Earth
1998 - Windrush
1999 - All Things Bright and Beautiful
2000 - Y2K Celebration
2001 - Culture Shock Revellers
2002 - Blazing the Trail from Dusk 'til Dawn
2003 - Reign with Fire - FLAMES OF GLORY
2004 - Myth and Reality - PHOENIX RISING
2005 - Caribbean Delights
2006 - The Mix In 06 - Colours Of The Caribbean And African Diaspora
2007 - From De Cane Fields To Crystal Glasses And Streets Paved With Gold
2008 - Tutti Frutti Sweeties
2009 - Sun Na Bun Meh Rain Na Wet We Kreditkrunch Lik We
2010 - Birds Of A Feather Will Flock Together Afrocaribasian Jump Up
2011 - From The 4 Corners Of Heaven And Earth
Awards. Numerous (57 to date) from the UK to Guyana
Winners 1st & 4th places at 2010 Notting Hill Carnival
Exhibition of Winning Mas pieces - made by members of Beeraahaar Sweet Combination at the Hackney Museum October 26th - 28th 2010
Congratulations to all those who worked so hard to make the Notting Hill Carnival days such a happy and safe experience to the sweet combination children and youths
Birds of a Feather will Flock Together.
Congratulations to the designers and performers who made it all happen
Beeraahaar Sweet Combination 2011 Performances
Hackney One Carnival
Theme: The world in Hackney , 7th August 2011
Calo Festival - Alexandra Palacae Splash 19th -21st August 2011
Notting Hill Carnival 28th - 29th August 2011
Kingston Carnival (Surrey)
Theme: From The 4 Corners Of Heaven And Earth 4th September 2011
