OVERSEAS-BASED Guyanese, Paul Rampersaud, is gearing up for a massive Boxing Day show at his Kalypso Hut restaurant in Brampton, Canada, which will feature four talented Guyanese artistes.

For the first time ever, and thanks to Kalypso Hut, Bunty Singh, Vanita Willie, Pooran Seeraj and Michael Ramnarine will be performing at the Chandni Banquet Hall in Canada.

Word has it that their performances are being eagerly anticipated as their music is very popular and trending, and also due to the fact that the audience will be seeing “fresh” faces.

The Chandni Banquet Hall located at 125 Chrysler DR Brampton, is expected to come alive from 18:00 hours with hundreds of people who have already bought their tickets, according to the promoter.

Speaking with Buzz this week, Rampersaud said he has been doing similar promotions for the past 30 years.

“I did a lot of shows. I have my own restaurant, Kalypso Hut, for the past 35 years,” the Guyanese businessman who left Guyana in June 1977, related.

Promising to put on a “classy” evening, Rampersaud said the show will be “all Guyanese.”

“All the artistes are Guyanese; the DJ’s, everybody! I have four from Guyana, seven from Canada; five DJs and three dancers: all Guyanese,” Rampersaud emphasised before adding, “This is where you want to be for first class entertainment on December 26, Boxing night. Top class décor, lighting, food and international artistes performing live,” Rampersaud said in a social media post.

He subsequently told the Buzz that he is very proud to be hosting the Guyanese musicians irrespective of the challenges involved in doing so.

“I am so proud to have all Guyanese on stage. I have been putting this together for months. I have seen that Guyana has a lot of talent. I always want to bring them out but it’s so hard because they would need to go to Trinidad to get a work permit, etc.”

Rampersaud had applied since last May for the work permits and even hired a lawyer in Guyana to ensure that all of the paperwork was done properly to avoid any back and forth. Even so, the musicians only got through in November.

Now eagerly awaiting the event, Rampersaud said: “The stage is going to be one hundred per cent Guyanese and I want to show what Guyanese people can do all by themselves.”
Rampersaud hails from Friendship, Corentyne, Berbice, where some of his relatives still reside. In fact, a Kalypso Hut also exists there.