THE National Cultural Centre was filled to capacity as nursery and primary students piled into the auditorium to participate in the annual Children’s Mash Competition. Yesterday, the second day of the Georgetown leg of the event, saw nursery and primary students competing in Dance 1 and Masquerade.

The pieces performed were under the following categories: Religious Belief, Fantasy, Legends and Tradition, Social Commentary, Interpretative and Ring Gamea. During the day’s event, the students and parents were kept lively by the commentator,   Travis Chase.
From the start of the day’s presentations, the students and parents in the audience showed their support with load cheers and applause as the dancers performed.
In the Fantasy category, Sherman’s Nursery gained the first position followed by Head Start and J.E. Burnham respectively.
In the Religious Belief category, Head Start came in first followed by Stella Maris and Alexander Village nursery schools. And, in Ring Games, South Road Nursery copped the first position with Head Start and Stella Maris nursery schools gained the second and third spots, respectively.
In the 5-7 group, Winfer Gardens, St. Agnes and North Georgetown primary schools secured the top positions in the Fantasy category while Sophia and South Ruimveldt primary schools gained first and second in the Religious Beliefs category.
St. Agnes and St. Pius primary schools copped the first and second positions respectively for the Ring Games category.
For the 8-10 group, in the Social Commentary category, St. Agnes, St. Pius and East La Penitence primary schools secured the first, second and third positions  respectively. Meanwhile, in the Legends and Traditions category, Smith’s Memorial, South Ruimveldt and Tucville primary schools achieved the first, second and third spots, respectively.
In the Interpretative category, St. Agnes primary copped the first position, followed by Winfer Gardens and Smith’s Memorial primary schools respectively. St. Margaret’s, St. Pius and North Georgetown primary schools secured the top spots in the Religious Beliefs category, and Bel Air and North Georgetown primary schools got the first and second in the Masquerade category.