Caribbean Festival draws huge crowd to Downtown District

How much colour and excitement can you squeeze into a small parade? This was no problem for Belleville’s Fifth Annual Caribbean Festival Saturday as the parade, which only lasted a few minutes. drew a crush of crowds plus cheers and applause.The towering floats rose to the second floor level of buildings along Front Street and occupied a full traffic lane in width. With feathers, sequins and artistic placards the performers gave full value for the throngs of people who stood in sunny heat