As Mashramani 2023 draws closer, the Education Ministry took the first jump in launching its band under the theme, “Wheels of Progress – Creating and Promoting Diversity and Inclusion for all”. The band was designed by Neilson Nurse.
Vanilla performing her song “Soca Pon Replay”
Delivering brief remarks, Deputy Permanent Secretary – Administration, Indrani Ramnarine highlighted that after two years of being unable to participate in a costume and float parade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s band is going to be better than previous years.
Deputy Permanent Secretary – Administration, Indrani Ramnarine addressing the gathering
She remined that the Education Ministry’s Children’s Mashramani Competition 2023 is already underway and will culminate at the end of this week.
The competition will be held at the National Cultural Centre from February 16 to 17, 2023, while the Children’s Mashramani Costume and Float Parade will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2023, from Parade Ground all the way to the Everest Cricket Club Ground.
However, the designer stated that the Ministry always has the most eye-catching band during the road parade on Mash Day and has always been dominating the small band category.
Some of the costumes being displayed
During the launch, the audience was treated to performances by the Buxton Steelpan Orchestra, Guyanese Soca artiste, Melissa “Vanilla” Roberts who gave the audience a peak into what to expect on Mash Day, a dance by students of St Stanislaus College and a poem entitled “A Proud Mother” performed by a student of Tutorial High School.
