RHTY&SC, Guyana Beverage Company launch children’s Mash parade

The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), on February 23 will take their highly successful Say No Say Yes Campaign to a higher level when they host a 500-person children’s Mash parade as part of Guyana’s 50th Republic anniversary celebrations.

The teams, Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Metro Females, Poonai Pharmacy Under-13, Namilco Thunderbolt Flour Under-21 and First Division on Friday last joined hands with the Guyana Beverage Company to host the parade.
Club Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster stated that the parade would include seven schools – Rose Hall Town Primary, Belvedere Primary, Cropper Primary, Tain Primary, Port Mourant Primary, Rose Hall Town Nursery and the Lower Corentyne Secondary School. Fifty students from each school would participate in the parade along with the RHTY&SC members, parents and well-wishers of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation.
The objective of the parade, apart from celebrating the 50th anniversary, is to promote social cohesion among residents, to promote the Say No message to drugs, crime, suicide, alcohol, tobacco; to promote the Say Yes message to education, life, religion, culture, sports, and to encourage children to respect authority.
Assistant RHTY&SC Secretary and CEO Simon Naidu, who would serve as the Parade Director, stated that the event would start at Belvedere and proceed to the end of Rose Hall Town before returning to the compound of the township’s Primary School for a fun day.
The Guyana Police Force is expected to provide security while the parade would be accompanied by a music set and steelband along the route. Each school received a financial grant from the organisers and sponsors to assist them to prepare for the parade. The cricket teams would be part of the parade and would display their silverware and promote the different message via banners and placards.
A three-man judging panel would select the best school on parade based on size of band, promotion of messages, choreography and uniformity. Naidu stated that the club’s cricketers would use the opportunity to encourage the students in the parade to stay in school and complete their education. The club and its cricketers also expressed gratitude to the management of the Guyana Beverage Company for its continued investment in the club’s activities. Special mention was made of CEO Samuel Arjoon, Marketing Manager Raymond Govindha and Berbice Manager Albert Budhoo for their cooperation in making the parade a reality.