Splendid performances grace Region 2 in Children’s Mashramani competition

On Wednesday, the second day of Region Two’s Children’s Mashramani competition, students from various schools brought excitement to the proceedings as they competed in dramatic poetry and calypso segments.
Hundreds of children and teachers flocked the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground to witness the spectacular display put forward in the competitions.
The programme commenced with Regional Chairperson Vilma De Silva urging the students to showcase their talents under the theme “Mixing and Mashing as One Guyana.”
“I love the theme, because it is the way we want to see our beautiful country, where we can all mix and Mash… As you know, we are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, and that’s what makes Guyana beautiful, because we can come together and celebrate,” she said.
She added that Mashramani is “the celebration after hard work”, and it’s the people of the Region who worked hard despite the two years of challenge during the global pandemic.
De Silva also took the opportunity to applaud the students of the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary School (ARMS), who topped the country at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examination. She alluded that Region Two is top of the list for the cleanest and one of the most developing regions in Guyana in terms of proper infrastructure and development.
As the much-anticipated audience, comprising students, parents, and teachers, rose to their feet to applaud the performers, a splendid performance was portrayed by the students, leaving the judges with the challenging role of determining the winners in the various categories.
In various calypso pieces, they sent messages for the citizens in Guyana to live in peace, word of wisdom, and also work together as “One Guyana”. Emphasis was also placed on messages for citizens to live as one Guyana, build home, save lives, and serve humankind.
The children were dressed in brightly-coloured clothing depicting various Mashramani messages.
Participating in the dramatic competition this year in the ages five to seven category were Huist Dieren Primary, CV Nunes Primary, Mainstay Lake Primary, Fisher Primary, and Dredge Creek Primary schools.
In the ages eight to 10 category, 11 schools participated; namely Friendship, Mainstay Lake, Good Hope, Mashabo, Huist Diren, Riverstown, Fisher, Suddie, Sparta, Taymouth Manor, and C. V. Nunes Primary Schools.
In the 11-13 category, seven schools participated; namely Mainstay Lake Primary, Abram Zuil Secondary, and Anna Regina Secondary School.
In the 14-17 category, five secondary schools participated, those being Johanna Cecilia, Anna Regina, Aurora, Abram Zuil, and Charity Secondary Schools.
Meanwhile, in the calypso five-to-seven category, two schools participated; namely Friendship and Charity Primary Schools. In calypso 8-10, Mainstay Lake, Better Hope, Queenstown, Fisher, and CV Nunes Primary schools participated.
The competition continues on February 2 (today) at the Anna Regina Center Ground with masquerade and dance.