thumb|330px|right|carnival procession 2008 the leeds carnival, also called the leeds west indian carnival or the chapeltown carnival, is the longest running west indian carnival in europe, having been going since 1967. the carnival is held in the chapeltown and harehills parts of leeds every august bank holidaythe last monday in august, a holiday in england weekend. attendance is estimated at about 150,000. thousands attend 46th annual leeds west indian carnival it is a 3-day event, climaxing in a carnival procession on bank holiday monday, which starts and finishes in potternewton park in chapeltown. a parade of floats and dancers makes its way along harehills avenue, down roundhay road in harehills, along barrack road and back along chapeltown road to the park, where a wide range of stages and stalls provide entertainment and refreshment for carnival-goers. since 2005 this event has been covered by bbc radio 1xtra in conjunction with notting hill carnival.http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/carnival09/feature/whatson.shtml ==carnival queen and king== thumb|right|carnival king 2009 thumb|left|carnival queen 2009 the carnival queen is chosen on the friday before, and in 2008 for the first time a carnival king was chosen: they were davina williams and tyrone henry.yorkshire evening post 26 august 2008 the 2009 king and queen were tony and nicole isles, who are father and daughter.bbc news 31 august 2009 thousands attend oldest carnival ==history== its founders were arthur france, then a leeds university student from saint kitts, who is longstanding chairman, ian charles, who was still co-ordinator in 2008 .  arthur france proposed what would be the first caribbean-style outdoor carnival organized by people of caribbean origin in europe. as the local caribbean association was not forthcoming, he formed his own committee, and ian charles's home became a factory for costumes.max farrar a short history of the leeds west indian carnival 1967-2000 five contestants entered the first carnival queen show, won by vicky seal as the sun goddess. they joined bands and dancers in a procession from potternewton park to leeds town hall, where a steel band competition was followed by a dance. about a thousand people attended. the leeds performers were invited to pa
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