A CELEBRATORY ambience descended on the town of Anna Regina, and joy and happiness was all pervasive as children of nursery, primary and secondary schools hotly competed in the dance and masquerade category of the Department of Education Children’s Competition last Thursday at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground.The competition reportedly opened on Tuesday with dramatic poetry and calypso contests, and continued on Thursday with individual and group dances and masquerade.

In the nursery school group dance, Riverstown won the first place with “Six Races celebrating as One People”, while Cotton Field took the second place with its dance, “Guyanese line up”. Lima Nursery won the third place with the dance.
“Celebrate our worship.”

In the 5 to 7 group, Sparta Primary School won the first place with its group dance, “Proudly Celebrating as One People”; Mainstay Lake came in second, followed by Queenstown Primary with “Together We Stand”.

In the 8 to 10 group dance, Mainstay Lake Primary took the first place with it dazzling performance, while the second place went to CV Nunes Primary with “Unity in Our Culture”. The third place went to 8th of May Primary students for their energetic group dance.

Primary and secondary school students also hotly competed in individual dances and masquerade. The winners in the various categories would represent Region Two in the national competition in Georgetown in February.

In this year’s competition, Mainstay Lake children have performed excellently in calypso and group dances. They have won top places in several categories already. Several schools from the Pomeroon have also presented excellent performances at the three-day children’s competition.

The competition has set Region Two on fire for Mash celebrations, and proceedings would conclude on Monday, January 26th, with costume and physical displays. (Rajendra Prabhulall)