Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown holds Easter Hat Show 2014

FOR OVER twenty years, the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown has been hosting a hat show that has become a major annual event in Guyana, attracting hundreds of visitors each year at the Promenade Gardens. This year’s Annual Hat Show and Garden Party will be held on Saturday, April 26.hat-showThe main attraction, as the name suggests, is a hat competition for children and adults in three categories: elegant, topical and original. In the past, the colourful and elegant designs have stood out in particular, but the original and topical ones make a lasting impression as well. For example, one year it was “cricket fever”.

Hats were displayed in the past to raise awareness of burning topics. For instance, Habitat for Humanity volunteers raised the issue of inadequate housing, and one regular contestant, when she was in her 80s, depicted the city of Georgetown being made deplorable due to the garbage situation.

Registration for entrance into this intense hat competition is done on the day itself, and contestants are required to come early to register from 14:30 hrs. Registration closes at 15:30hrs. Male contestants are still very few, and may need a special invitation and encouragement to participate.
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Visitors can also look forward to having delicious Tea served at the Tea Stall. As usual, there will be various other stalls, including a Book Stall, Games Stall and a Sweet and Savoury Stall, providing tasty home-made snacks, pastries and cakes.
Many of the patrons look forward to the music which is provided by the Police Force Band in the Promenade Gardens Band Stand, around which the Hat Competition takes place.
The Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown is a charitable organisation that raises funds in order to make an impact in the lives of the less fortunate through scholarships for young adults seeking training in the fields of education and medicine. They participate in community development activities that benefit children and the elderly, as well as spread cheer on festive occasions.

The Annual Hat Show and Garden Party is held at the Promenade Gardens on the Saturday following Easter Monday. It is the Club’s largest fundraiser. This year, the Hat Show and Garden Party falls on April 26, and the Club warmly invites all to bring their families to enjoy a day of fun and entertainment. The action starts at 14:30hrs and would last until 18:00hrs. Entrance tickets cost $200, but children under 8 yrs would not pay an entrance fee.

Tea is also available for a contribution of $1,500, which includes the entrance fee.

Today, the International Inner Wheel Club has more than 100,000 members in 3,895 Inner Wheel Clubs in over 100 countries worldwide. The work of Inner Wheel started in 1924 when the wives of Rotarians sought to assist their husbands in fundraising efforts towards Rotary projects. In 1967, the International Inner Wheel Club was founded, and while Inner Wheel Clubs continue to support Rotary Club activities, they also have their own projects.

The Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown, chartered on March 16, 1985, recently celebrated 29 years of service, and still has active members like Charter President Maylene Davis, who has served from the club’s inception. To mark this anniversary and in keeping with this year’s theme, ‘We for Women’, current President of the Club, Aretha Campbell, made a presentation on behalf of the Club to assist Help & Shelter. On Friday, March 28, 2014, representatives from eleven special schools in New Amsterdam, Linden, Grove and Georgetown gathered at the National Park playground to receive gifts from the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown.

The National Park Playground is one of the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown’s more visible projects.
By Alex Wayne

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