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Beautiful Women Beat Cancer |
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Trinidad Guardian, July 3, 2011
Basia Foundation founders Ricardo Powell and his wife Alicia John-Powell flank former Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam, centre, at last Sunday’s Basia for Life fund-raising concert. Photo: ABRAHAM DIAZ
Forgive me if I come across as being flippant but after last Sunday I was left with the impression that only beautiful, fashionable women get cancer. The second annual Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival, held at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, was festooned with gorgeous women, many of them cancer survivors. Organised almost single-handedly by Basia Foundation director Alicia John-Powell and her husband, former West Indies batsman Ricardo Powell, the fund-raiser was one of the best concerts I have attended in quite some time.
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Stars come for breast cancer |
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The Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival is here again!
Trinidad Express,
Story Created: Jun 24, 2011 at 11:57 PM ECT
First Citizens and The Basia Foundation are once again hosting The Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival to raise funds for women living with breast cancer. What started off as a support group for women in 2009 has now turned into an annual charity event unlike any other.
In 2009 Alicia Powell, also known as Miss Basia, popular celebrity talk show host of The Basia Show was diagnosed with breast cancer and made public her journey. Inspired to give back to the Caribbean she began a cancer support group entitled the Basia Survivor Network providing emotional support, information and financial assistance to breast cancer survivors within her network. In an aim to do more she also developed the Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival which is proudly now in its second year.
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Maxi Priest to perform at Beat Breast Cancer fest |
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May 6th, 2011
Husband and wife Basia Survivor Network (BSN) directors Ricardo and Alicia Powell at the Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain on May 3. Photo: Marcus Gonzales
Breast cancer is not a death sentence. This saying took on new meaning last week when scores of women, who victoriously battled the disease—including singer and radio personality Marcia Miranda—gathered at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, to show their solidarity for the second Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival. The event, scheduled for June 26 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain features Jamaican hitmaker Maxi Priest, local stars Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin, Fay Ann, Shurwayne Winchester and 3Canal, as well as St Vincentian singer, Kevin Lyttle. Hosted by the Basia Survivor Network (BSN), which is headed by husband and wife team, Ricardo and Alicia Powell, the festival is geared towards raising funds for breast cancer survivors.
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Machel and Maxi Priest for Breast Cancer Music Festival |
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May 6th, 2011
Reigning Soca Monarch Machel Montano and reggae superstar Maxi Priest will be headline acts at the second annual Beat Breast Cancer Music Festival hosted by Basia Foundation.
The event, which is scheduled to take place on June 26 at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, will also feature performances from Fay-Ann Lyons, Bunji Garlin, 3 Canal, Kevin Lyttle and many more.
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