Elimu Mas Academy

Notting Hill Carnival

2018

About Us

 Elimu Mas Academy is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).

We champion the participation of young people in Carnival Arts.
Charity Registration Number: 1171774

  • As an Academy, we aim to:

  • Become a Diversity Champion of the arts
  • Offer artists the space to take risks
  • Widen knowledge of and access to the Arts of Carnival
  • Diversify our performance platforms and audience reach
  • Re-interpret and re-fashion Carnival
  • Be at the forefront of innovation and creativity

The Patrons of Elimu are:

Lord Ouseley
Baroness Howells
Dame Jocelyn Barrow
Rev Patricia Stephens

The Board of Trustees are:

Jacqueline Sealey, Chair
Veronica White
Vino Patel

The Officers of Elimu are:

Ansel Wong, Artistic Director
Tony Charles, Performances Director
Desmond Sylvester, Finance Director
Alicia Whittier, Administration Director

Carnival 2017

In Memoriam of Carlyle Morris & Rosalind Thomas
Elimu was enriched by their engagement and contributions

Play Mas with Elimu

Notting Hill Carnival has a synergy with Trinidad’s Carnival. This provides an inspirational spark to the creativity in our carnival costumes, design, music & choreography whilst playing the London Carnival.
Playing Mas with Elimu means owning the streets of the public realm. This is our artscape. We occupy this space to convey poignant & palpable messages reflecting the multiplicity of our heritages and the modern realities of life in post Brexit London. 
JOIN our Carnival Education Partnership to support children & young people to participate in Carnival.
DONATE to our Sponsor a Youth programme to subsidise the costs of costumes for children & young people.
VOLUNTEER to work in our Mas Makers Programme. Youths, Seniors or Young at Heart. There is a place for you with Elimu.

  • You can play Mas at:

  • Paddington Festival (July)
  • London Notting Hill Carnival (August)
  • Kingston upon Thames Carnival (September)
  • Hackney One Carnival (September)
  • Beijing International Tourism Festival (September)
Volunteer with Elimu
Get In Touch

Elimu Mas Academy leads

A COALITION OF CHAMPIONS

We champion the participation of young people in Carnival Arts.

Carnival Sunday – Children & Teens

Sunday 27th August 2017

Wings & Tings

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • Tings without Wings
    Boys

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Rhian Charles

  • Tings without Wings
    Girls

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • Tings without Wings
    Girls 2

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • Tings with Wings Girls

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Inspire

  • Tings with More Wings Girls

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Inspire

  • Tings with More Wings Boys

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

  • Sunday Parent T-shirt

  • £20

    One shirt per child/family
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • Teenagers Costume

  • £75

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW
Please Note – Teenagers may also wear this costume to play mas on Mondays provided parental consent is given.

All purchases inclusive of

Breakfast | Food & beverages on the road | Safe & secure performance areas | Toilets | Rest Area | Grace Foods hamper
& participation in other events

Carnival Sunday – Adults

Sunday 27th August 2017

Bedrock

A pre-historic jam session on the road featuring Cavemen | Cavewomen & Neanderthals
You provide black shorts & black footwear, we provide the rest. 
  • Bedrock Costume

  • £65

    All inclusive
  • Sunday
    ONLY
  • BUY NOW
  • Bedrock Deal 1

  • £100

    All inclusive
  • + Monday Mas
    T-shirt
  • BUY NOW
  • Bedrock Deal 2

  • £150

    All inclusive
  • + Monday B/Line
    Costume
  • BUY NOW
  • Bedrock Deal 3

  • £200

    All inclusive
  • + Monday M/Line
    Costume
  • BUY NOW
  • Bedrock Deal 4

  • £250

    All inclusive
  • + Monday F/Line
    Costume
  • BUY NOW

All purchases inclusive of

Breakfast | Food & beverages on the road | Safe & secure performance areas | Toilets | Rest Area | Grace Foods hamper | Chill Out Zone

Carnival Monday – Adults

Monday 28th August 2017

Sumting

There is a buzz of excitement, a noise of imminence, heart beats of expectation; Something about colonisation.

The First Peoples of the New World | Much Ado about Sumting.

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • First Peoples – Frontline

  • £200

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • First Peoples 1 – Frontline

  • £200

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Rhian Charles 

  • First Peoples 2 – Frontline

  • £200

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Elimu

  • First Peoples
    Midline white

  • £150

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Elimu

  • First Peoples
    Midline red

  • £150

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Elimu

  • First Peoples
    Midline blue

  • £150

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

Designed by Elimu

  • First Peoples
    Backline

  • £100

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

All purchases inclusive of

Breakfast | Food & beverages on the road | Safe & secure performance areas | Toilets | Rest Area | Grace Foods hamper | Chill Out Zone | Branded Mug

Carnival Monday – T-shirts

Monday 28th August 2017

Monday Mas

We live in troubled times of austerity, terrorism, violence & exploitation. In Carnival we are united in peace, in art, in music, in movement, in masquerade. 

Our Monday Carnival T-shirt celebrates the unity & diversity of Carnival.

  • Monday Mas T-shirt £50 All Inclusive

  • £50

    All inclusive
  • BUY NOW

All purchases inclusive of

Food & beverages on the road | Safe & secure performance areas | Toilets | Rest Area | Grace Foods hamper | Chill Out Zone | Branded Mug
Contact
Reach out to us with enquiries  and we will get back to you at the earliest opportunity

EMAIL – elimuband@gmail.com

Ansel Wong, Artistic Director

PHONE – 07515 807 473

Tony Charles, Performance Director

PHONE – 07944 556 681
Address

Paddington Arts
32 Woodfield Road, Maida Vale, London W9 2BE

© Elimu Mas Academy 2017 All Rights Reserved. Charity Number: 1171774