WEDDING Expo is just around the corner and couples are anticipating a lifelong commitment.

To add spice to this commitment, Captain Gerald “Gerry” Gouveia, Managing Director of the Roraima Group of Companies (RGC), has promised to sponsor the wedding of one lucky couple from a group of five couples shortlisted to participate in the “RGC Reality Show”, wherein couples would be observed keenly, and have their compatibility and endurance as a couple tested.

Couples will be taken through a series of events which will give them a chance to demonstrate their love. They will not only be tested in front of the camera, but behind the scenes as well.

Captain Gouveia noted in remarks that “couples have the tendency to put up a show in front of the camera, but we will know the ones who are faking it”.

The five shortlisted couples were taken on an all-expenses-paid trip to Arrowpoint Resort on Saturday last, where they had a fun-filled day. They departed Georgetown at 07.00hrs for the Timehri Docks, from whence they took a forty-five-minute speedboat ride down the Kamuni Creek to the nature resort. Among the events they engaged in during that day were a nature walk through the trail, kayak racing, mountain biking, volleyball competition, and a hearty lunch.

The couples were settled into a forum where questions pertaining to relationships and love were thrown at them to garner their views and have them share their experiences. A very observant Captain Gouveia dominated the forum with questions, before the couples were allowed to head to the trail for a short leg race, followed by the kayaking, which was won consecutively by Romel and his fiancée Nazeema.

Lunch was served soon after, followed by the volleyball game. The game entailed much excitement, as the couples engaged in epic battle.

Finally, the couples made their way again through the trail, where most of them experienced mountain biking for the first time. As the day came to a close and departure time approached, one couple described the experience as one they would never forget, especially the kayaking. That sentiment was echoed by other couples, who added that the experience was one any couple would dream of.

Following Saturday’s events at Arrowpoint, the couples were taken on an aerial tour of Georgetown on Sunday. The approximately fifteen-minute-tour commenced from the Ogle International Airport and proceeded over the neighbouring East Coast villages to the coastline, heading to the Demerara Harbour Bridge, affording the couples a first time aerial view of landmarks such as the Marriott Hotel, the St. George’s Cathedral, the National Park and other sites.
As fearful as many of the females were, the experience was nevertheless breathtaking for them.

One female among the couples disclosed, “We have never been in an aircraft, and I was very afraid. I don’t know about him (my prospective husband), but I can tell you that I enjoyed myself. Guyana is really a beautiful country and only when we experience certain things then we can realise that.”

The next round of the competition will be an unexpected visit to the homes of the contestants, to assess their living environment and judge them based on how they cooperate as a couple.

The public will vote for the winning couple via Facebook, but the selected judges will have the final say. The winning couple will then have its wedding sponsored by the Roraima Group of Companies, to take place at Duke Lodge on March 29, 2014.

The Annual Wedding Expo will commence on March 28 and conclude on March 30. The entrance fee has been set at Gy$500.
Written By Ravin Singh