Guyana Research Trip for Carinlangs Students

Twelve first year students on the Caribbean Institute of Language Studies  (Carinlangs ) first year BA TESOL program  will be visiting New Amsterdam , Guyana as part of their Special Seminar primary research course. Four tutors  including Director Dr. Robby Morroy will accompany the students.

Carinlangs Dance Item

The group will be travelling overland and will spend three days. On Friday the students will meet and interview professionals in nine areas of life in New Amsterdam.

On their return the students will do a research paper and a PowerPoint presentation on a selected aspect of the life and culture of Guyana. a

The Ministry of Sports and Culture  in Guyana has arranged for Ms. Shaundrel  Phillips, the acting principal of the New Amsterdam Multilateral school to link up with the Carinlangs group.

The New Amsterdam Library has invited the students to visit the library on Friday at 11.00 am to meet and interact with children during their weekly story telling time.  Two of our students will read Surinamese stories in English for the group. Mr . France Olivera Carinlangs lecturer will assist these students

The Mayor of New Amsterdam, Mr. Henry will meet the Carinlangs students when they arrive on Thursday. They will then have a mini tour of the city.

On Saturday the group hopes to be able to visit the University of Guyana’s  Berbice campus at Tain. In the evening the group will hold a mini reception at Berbice Inn for all the people who assisted them on the tour.

The group returns to Suriname on the 1st June.

This research project completes the first trimester for the Carinlangs students who began their one year BA capstone program in March. The students have already demonstrated their presentation and event management skills in a brilliant joint production with Alphamax Academy and the Indian Cultural Center celebrating Tagore’s birthday on May 10.

Carinlangs MC with Ambassadors from India & Guyana and ICC performers.

Rupununi Arts Festival Successful

THE three-day Rupununi Music and Arts Festival had an auspicious start at the Rock View Lodge in the Annai community of Region 9 on Friday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds opened the event. He welcomed  the performers which included artists from across the world .

Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali trying his hand at drumming

These performers included Marc Mathews (spoken word) and Keith Waithe (jazz & world flautist) Chuckie’ (Marlon Adams) and the Buxton Children’s group, Fusion African drumming, Raghu’s Indian Tassa drummers, Ras Camo, Indus Voices & Dance Words, Trevor Rogers, Desmond Atherly, Desmond Atiwell and the Surama Cultural Group.
International performers included Zambian Namvula, Filligar (USA), Iryna Muha (UK/Ukraine), Ramon Goose (UK), Pavel Ván (Czech Republic), Aref Durvesh (UK),and Drew Gonsalves (Canada via Trinidad)

The Prime Minister mentioned that the selection of Guyana as one of the top 21 places to visit in 2014 by the prestigious National Geographic Traveler Magazine should encourage our tourism endeavours.He presented$5M cheque to the organisers as a show of government’s support for the inaugural event.

For Tourism Minister (ag) Irfaan Ali, the event was about being able to experience global music. “Music is one of the most beautiful forms of bringing people together, cultures together, and having humanity embracing one another.”

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali and Mrs Yvonne Hinds dancing along with an indigenous group

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett saw the festival as a unique way to showcase the interior of Guyana. It will also benefit surrounding indigenous communities.

Two international artistes performing

Co-ordinator Colin Edwards thanked all the entities that made the festival possible, the government, the Ministries of Tourism and Amerindian Affairs, embassies, local banks and the many private sponsors.

Annai’s toshao, Mark George, also welcomed the hundreds of visitors and urged them to enjoy what he termed as, “the most beautiful part of Guyana”. He asked them to encourage others to come and experience what the community has to offer.

Brazilian performers

Support 12 young musicians to come to Carifesta

 Kendrum Youth Steel Orchestra (KYSO) is part of the Kendrum Music Academy & Recording Studio a pioneering cultural group  in Canada. Since 1998 our academy has built a dynamic and unique method of rapidly teaching the fundamentals of playing the signature instrument of the Eastern Caribbean and the first major addition to music instruments in the 20th century- the Steel Pan

 KYSO is seeking your generous donation to help us realize our goal of attending the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) XI being held 16-25 August 2013 in Suriname.  This unique festival of arts brings artists from  all the Caribbean Countries as well as some South American and African countries this year.

Our Academy is boldly seeking to bring young musicians whose parents came from the Caribbean but who have never had an opportunity to visit and savor the culture of the Caribbean in the homeland of their parents.

At CARIFESTA youths will be exposed to a wide range of cultural expressions all in one place. Performing and visual artists, arts and generalist educators, folk musicians and indigenous peoples of the Caribbean will meet, perform, and exchange ideas.

 We believe that when young people have a unique experience like this they will have greater self esteem and be motivated to contribute to world culture.We are convinced they will develop and demonstrate a much healthier respect for other cultures .

 I am Kenton Wyattt the founder and director of Kendrum Youth Steel Orchestra.  My own heritage, education and performing arts exposure span a wide range of Caribbean countries and artforms. We at Kendrum Music Academy will be taking twelve of our youths of diverse backgrounds to attend and participate in CARIFESTA XI.  This experience for them will bring invaluable enrichment to them.  My confidence in the societal benefit is confirmed by decades of observation.

I have been working in the area of youth development and education through arts and since 1978. I was successful in taking numerous students on trips to places of cultural interest. Some of these include Kaieteur Falls in the rain forest of Guyana South America; the Tobago Heritage Festival in Trinidad & Tobago; CARIFESTA VI also in Trinidad & Tobago; the Millennium Celebration in the UK; Disney Millennium celebration in Orlando, Florida, Radio City MusicHall, NY; Carnegie Hall New York, NY; the Guyana Folk Festival, NY, and the Boston Caribbean Carnival in Massachusetts.

All funds donated to us will go towards air tickets, accomodation and food for  our  youths ' stay in Suriname.

Please donate, asks your friends to give generously and ask everyone you know to promote our project through posts on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google +, Linkedin) , email and on blogs /websites.