GPF to host “Flava De Stage” dance competition

– $1M up for grabs

In an effort to build better relations with youths around the country, the Guyana Police Force in collaboration with Men on Mission has launched its inaugural dance competition “Flava De Stage”.
The competition will feature local dance competitions within each Police Division, leading up to the final, which is slated for May 13, 2023, at Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, Georgetown.
According to the GPF’s Public Relations Officer, Stan Gouveia, “One of the things that the Commissioner of Police seeks to, is to build partnerships with young people, to be able to get them to be meaningfully occupied in things that they enjoy and to be able to take them away from the temptation of other things. Which is going to help us also to build better relations with our vulnerable youths…so that they could see the Police in a different light.”
Speaking with this publication on Friday, Gouveia shared that Commanders for each of the 12 Police Regional Divisions throughout the country are set to run off a dance competition before the end of this month, where they will select a final team to represent them at the finals. He shared that each group that is entering the competition at the national level must consist of no less than six and no more than twelve members between the ages of 16 to 30.
He also unveiled that the winning team of “Flava De Stage” will be chosen to represent Guyana at the official Caribbean Dance Competition (CDC) which is expected to host its first competition in Guyana sometime in August. According to Gouveia, after recognising the work the GPF is doing, the committee responsible for selecting dancers to represent Guyana at the regional competition reached out to the Force to select a team.
“That will have many of the Caribbean countries who will be competing in that regional competition. So, Guyana will have to obviously vie a team and the organisers are actually going to…award the winning team…to represent Guyana,” Gouveia shared.
‘”Flava De Stage” is completely entry free for both contestants and spectators. The competition will feature a number of amazing segments and local artists including Granny Ivy, Timothy Roberts, and more. Additionally, there will be 14 Police ranks performing throughout the night.
First-place winners will take home a prize while second, third, and fourth-place winners will be awarded $600,000, $300,000, and $100,000 respectively. According to Gouveia, the Force is also working to have trophies to be presented to participants.
Interested persons can contact their Regional Commanders to get information on the competition. Groups are encouraged to dance to any genre of music of their preference, be it Afro Beats, Soca, Chutney, or any other.