Caton Market hosts Black History Children’s Day
Brooklyn youth recently relived more than a century of African-American musical history as part of a Black History Month fun facts scavenger hunt at the Flatbush/Caton Market.
The event, co-sponsored by Maa Sa Akhi Performing Art Academy, included a full range of pop, hip hop and classical music and dance performances by young Brooklyn artists-in-training, Caribbean and African American youngsters ages 5 to 17.
With snow piling up outside, local nine-year-old rapper Amor Lilman heated things up with his latest hit, “Stop the Violence” (you might remember former borough president Markowitz famously singing the hook to Lilman’s “Pull Your Pants Up” on the steps of City Hall).
His performance was followed by Bach’s Cello Suite in G for cello, performed by Maa Sa Akhi and Julliard student Frederic Renaud.