Children’s Mash Competition continues to thrill

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Although the Christ Church Secondary School included three-time soca monarch king Adrian Dutchin in their interpretive dance presentation, they failed to cop first place in that category at the 2013 Education Ministry’s annual Children’s Mashramani Competition.
The competition, which started on Monday and runs throughout this week, is being held at the National Cultural Centre under the theme “Reflecting creativity, embracing diversity”.
On Wednesday, the various participating secondary schools in Georgetown brought their A game, with East Ruimveldt Secondary School captivating the audience and the judges with each of their presentations.   Placing first in the age 11-13 category group dances were Brickdam Secondary (social commentary); East Ruimveldt (interpretive); Christ Church Secondary (legends and tradition); and Monar Education Institute (hip hop).
Also securing top positions in the individual dance category were Central High (social commentary); Christ Church (interpretive); Smith Memorial (legends and tradition); and Brickdam Secondary (religious beliefs).  In the age 14-17 category, East Ruimveldt wowed the judges with their social commentary performance, securing a place to represent Georgetown at the regional competition next week. Students of St Joseph’s High promised ‘much heat’ and that was exactly what they dished out during their religious beliefs routine at Wednesday’s competition.
Queen’s College managed to secure first place in the newly-introduced category (hip hop). During their recital, the crowd went into frenzy.   Another school that received a standing ovation during their performance in the 14-17 categories but was not among the top performers was Monar Educational Institute, who honoured the late icon, Bob Marley. St John’s College, West Ruimveldt, Sophia Special School, and Charlestown Secondary also dished out sterling performances.
As usual, emcee Travis Chase created a ruckus when he took centre stage and instructed the audience to take out their rags and “wine regardless”.

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