Children in Dance 1 show could rival Mash Day revellers
Stabroek News
February 5, 2004
Mash flexing!: This flexible little group was working out at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall during the Children Mashramani Competition Physical Display category yesterday. (Ken Moore photo)
Mash fever was in the air as the nation's children pranced to local soca hits at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday when day two of the Department of Education, Georgetown Children's Mashramani Competition continued with Dance I, Masquerade and Physical Display.
The Georgetown leg of competition kicked off on Tuesday at the National Cultural Centre with the Calypso and Dramatic Poetry Competitions and will resume today with Costume and Physical Display II.
More than thirty schools in the city participated in the dance categories while the physical display had just a few schools taking part.
The dance segment had new, creative pieces with the nursery groups standing out as "explosive".
The young ones from across Nursery schools in the city moved to several beats and performed with enough energy to rival adult revellers on February 23.
Mash Fever: Little Kendra Wade of West Ruimveldt Primary performing her dance "Mash Fever" which placed second in the 5-7 Individual at the Children's Mashramani Competition yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. (Ken Moore photo)
St. Agnes Primary was the school to beat in the dance categories as they stormed into every event with focus and vigour. The school copped first place in the 5-7 Individual Fantasy with "Fun in the sun", first place in the 5-7 Individual Interpretive with "Together in unity" and first place in the 5-7 Group Interpretive with "Mash vibes".
Green Acres also took top honours in the dance categories placing first in the Nursery Group Religious Beliefs with "The light" and first in the 5-7 Group Fantasy with "Elephant twist" and first place in the 5-7 Group Physical Display with "Electric Flying".
Other winners were J. E Burnham Nursery which placed first in the Nursery Group Interpretive "Expressions of colour", Happy Hearts Nursery in the 5-7 Group Fantasy with "Birthday extravaganza", St. George's Nursery in the Nursery Group Physical Display with "Say a little prayer", and St. Angela's Primary in the 5-7 Individual Physical Display with "The Energetic one".