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INSIGHT NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL

In 1989, Claire Holder was elected as the new chairperson of the CAC. She promptly dissolved the organisation and formed the Carnival Enterprise Committee, CEC.

The police were much happier with this new Carnival leadership with its conservative business enterprise outlook. There was an ignominious end to the reign of Claire Holder, the longest serving Carnival chairperson.

In recent years, the event has been much freer from serious trouble; apart from the stabbings & increasing numbers of arrests and is generally viewed very positively by the Authorities as a dynamic celebration of London's multicultural diversity, though dominated by the Caribbean culture. However, there has been controversy over the public safety aspects of holding such a well attended event in narrow streets in a small area of London. A survey in 2016 however found that nine out of ten residents living along the route of the Notting Hill Carnival flee their homes to escape the “frightening and intimidating” event.

Boris Johnson

"A Celebration of Carnival Arts Practitioners and Volunteers" Angela Slocumbe, Bandleader, Glorious Backstage Arts - 2016

THE NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL ROADSHOW

The Carnival Roadshow are the artists and event management team from Notting Hill Carnival who have progressed the carnival experience to fulfill the requirements of a successful touring company.

Claire Holder OBE: General Event Management

Claire is a barrister at law who had also been the Chief Executive of the Notting Hill Carnival from 1989 to 2002. Claire has comprehensive experience of event management, having been the driving force behind much of the success of the Notting Hill Carnival from that era.

Claire also lectures in Events Management and promotes the use of carnivals and carnivalesque events to facilitate community and social cohesion, thereby improving the stability of communities and society.