Calle Ocho Festival 2009 March in Miami With Macallee King

MACALLEE KING ( MR FROSTY ) LIVE IN MIAMI




One week each March, Miami transforms itself into a traditional Latin street festival. Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street) becomes the scene of Carnaval as over a million spectators gather to celebrate in the city’s largest annual party. If you’d like to join the fun, the 2009 festival began on February 27th with the Carnaval Miami 8K run and continues through the grand finale on Sunday March 15th with the Calle Ocho block party.

What goes on at Calle Ocho? What doesn’t! One of the most interesting traditional events is the Baptist Health Domino Tournament which runs on Wednesday March 11th. It’s held in Domino Park at the corner of SW 8th Street and SW 15th Avenue and features some intense competition as Miami’s domino giants compete for cash prizes.






If you’re a golfer, you’ll want to show up early for the Carnaval Miami Golf Classic at Shula's Golf Club in Miami Lakes. It's on March 12th and features a shotgun start. You'll enjoy this beautiful 18-hole par 72 course.

The big party is on Sunday March 15th and is one of Miami’s “don’t miss” MACALLEE KING ( Mr Frosty ) Show SKYROCKIT RECORDS . If you’ve never been to El Festival de la Ocho, you owe it to yourself to attend! Mr. King's Performance closes off 24 blocks of SW 8th Street to host dancing, food, drink and 30 stages of live entertainment. This is one heck of a party! In 1988, the festival was the scene of a Guinness World Record, as 119,986 people joined in the world’s longest conga line!

If you’d like to read more on the history and neighborhood of Calle Ocho, be sure to read our article Calle Ocho, Little Havana. Otherwise, hit the streets and join the party!

Waiting For Destiny ( Macallee King )

There are two types of people in this world: those who chase after their destiny, and those who wait for their destiny to come to them. Too often people sit around waiting for something magical to happen. Their big break, so to speak, might be right around the next corner. They hope, wish and pray for things without putting in any effort to make them come to fruition. They are what we call The Sleepers. And we all know the old adage... that nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream. God blesses the child that has his own. But God really blesses the one's that go out and create their own (Bill Gates, 50 cent, Jay-Z, Macallee King,Oprah, Bob Johnson, Martha Steward, etc). Most people think that their Destiny will just show up and knock on their door; mysteriously appearing from the shadows. They sit around and invest their time and money in meaningless things, waiting for that illusive destiny. These are the kids of people who spend significant amounts of money on things like lottery tickets, television, radio, strip clubs, and so on. Those are the same people who will one day look back and regret their hesitation to pursue their destiny. While they were waiting for Destiny to come around and bump into them, someone else was chasing Destiny with a large net. In the book, "As A Man Thinketh," it says, "all that a man/woman achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of impurities that are his own and not another mans; they are brought about by himself. Therefore his suffering and happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains. A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts. He can only remain weak, an object, and miserable, by refusing to lift up his thoughts." The point is this; as long as people wait on their destiny, they will never reach their ultimate goals in life. There are too many people that have taken their dreams with them to the grave. As they say, "The graveyards aer full of men with good intentions." And for all the people out there that continue to chase after Destiny... don't give up, she will run, she will even try to hide.... but sooner or later, she will stop running and hiding and let you know that she's ready to be taken.

by Ricky Ross & Jimmy DaSaint