The Scene

It was a clash of beautiful, intelligent and mature women at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday last, but in the end, Quacy McGowan emerged victorious with the 2008 Ms Renaissance crown and title.

Dance Season 29, an annual production of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, brought a swirl of true Guyanese art to the National Cultural Centre (NCC) yesterday and continues tonight and tomorrow night.

Seventeen-year-old Devi Ramcharitar sat behind the wheel of the car she won as the Miss Guyana Sari queen and pinched herself to ensure she was not dreaming.

Sari intrigueThere is something intriguing about a sari that no woman, no matter her religious persuasions, can ever really deny particularly after feasting her eyes on what has been the traditional garb of Indian women for ages.

A selective sweet tooth Hi Everyone, I often tell people that I do not have a sweet tooth and that I prefer savoury, and it’s the truth.

Just recently, the D’Urban Backlands residence of designer Donna Ramsammy-James came alive when she hosted ‘Treveni Experience’, a presentation of Sound Health and Personal Enhancement (SHAPE) 2000 label under which she designs.

Sonia Noel is pitching in for Habitat for Humanity and organizing a fashion show with a line-up of seasoned and rising designers to raise funds for the NGO next month.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, will see its third staging tonight and tomorrow night at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Parade Street, Kingston.

The raffle held in aid of the rehabilitation of the Felix Austin Police College at Adventure, Berbice was drawn on October 25.

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Overheard in a beauty salon I do not know the women.

One man’s Poison is another man’s Feast Hi Everyone, “Try and don’t poison the people.”

If there is a show worth chunking out some cash for in this current climate of economic uncertainties it is Mike Fung’s ‘Sparrow meets the Dragonaires’, set for next Saturday; two musical giants coming together on a single night.

The Accolade hype is intensifying according to the promotional team organizing the show, and with just over a month to go the countdown has begun.

Instant vintage – The old sound of new soul For years, soul music has been flirting with the past.