Dear Editor,
So about this Berbice Expo: poor Berbicians ain’t get nowhere to go ‒ no parks, no garden, no mall, no theatre, no downtown, no nowhere, so you can’t blame people for showing up to Berbice Expo at Albion. It starts with a (parking) traffic nightmare on the road from as far as Fyrish. No forethought in that it seems. Then the exhibits ‒ the same same same same; same GuySuCo, same Beharry, same Ministry of Agriculture, same insurance, furniture, craft, appliances, household items, games, attractions, same everything like the past 10 expos.
Nuff literature to share out. Suddenly everyone likes to read; everyone hand full of pamphlets, brochures, flyers, all to be thrown on the road and rubbish bin at home. If you leave the ground you are expected to pay again to re-enter.
Not only did the opening ceremony start over 1½ hours late, most of the items and booths that were there didn’t even showcase anything from Berbice. So what does the four-day event water down to? Persons attending with their families, friends and kids viewing what they have seen every year for the past 10 years, doing what has been done for the past 10 years, walking where they have walked before for the past 10 years and reliving the past ten years of Berbice Expo. Is a good thing teachers didn’t get paid yet or I wouldda go waste money there too.
And there were no helicopter rides as was being flown in the air to people, pardon the pun.
Berbice Expo has lost its pizzazz. Maybe they should take a break and come back in five years with some brains.
Yours faithfully,
Leon Suseran
