The Scene

After a year of flaunting the Miss Global International Guyana crown and doing Guyana proud at the international leg by becoming the first runner and copping six awards, Poonam Singh handed over her crown to 23-year-old old stunner, Cynthia Dookie, the new queen, two Fridays ago at a simple coronation held at the Pegasus Hotel.

Colwyn Lonsdale Murray may seem like the ordinary Immigration Officer many persons think him to be but when he pulls a note there’s nothing ordinary about him.

Mackeson and Empire Media Inc are set to host what they describe as the highly anticipated Art of War 2017 on Saturday, July 22 at GFC ground, Bourda.

Gabriella Chapman is this year’s representative to the Jaycees International Queen show in Antigua, the oldest pageant production in the Caribbean.

Members of the public will today at 4:30 get an opportunity to see the 1992 film Deewana on at the Indian Cultural Centre, Lot 67 New Haven, Bel Air, Georgetown.

Under the directorship of Missosology Guyana (an organisation that says it is committed to pageantry in Guyana and its diaspora) the gorgeous Divya Yabindranauth was chosen to represent Guyana at the Miss United Continents in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The Miss Renaissance Pageant is here again and it’s time for Melissa Dow-Richardson, who won in 2015 to give up the crown.

Eighteen-year-old Vena Mookram is elated to have copped the coveted Miss World Guyana title on Sunday at the Marriott Hotel after a stiff competition with nine other beauties.

Last Saturday brought the curtains down on the annual Festa Junina celebrations at the Brazil-Guyana Cultural Centre, which saw its largest crowd ever: more than 1,000 persons in attendance.

Professional photographer Amrit Rivas only found his new passion a short few years ago but his work is fast attracting attention.

Though still two months away from coronation night and the Mr/Miss Guyana African Roots week of activities, rehearsals are in full swing and contestants have been working tirelessly to ensure that they are ready for the big night.

Veteran actor Ron Bobb-Semple will in August be holding a one-man show in commemoration of the 130th birth anniversary of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Jamaican African hero who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA&ACL).

Majek Fingers Drumming School will be holding its first drumming educational workshop come next month aimed at educating some 35 drummers about the basic techniques of drumming, hand patterns, rhythms, the history and art of drumming of Guyana.

Balata craftsmen Nicodemus Joseph and George Tancredo are known for stealing the spotlight at any given exhibition and this year’s Lethem rodeo was no exception when they displayed some of the most artistic animals and cowboys ever seen which captured the attention of many.

Hi Everyone, How are you enjoying the bountiful mango season? I love gazing at the basket of mangoes on my kitchen counter.

June is the month where special allowance is made to colour block your fashions for 30 days straight without looking ‘too much’.

Delisha Wright, one of the ten finalists for the Miss Guyana World pageant was recently assigned Region One (Barima/Waini) in keeping with the requirements of the pageant, and she plans on highlighting some of the region’s features as well tackling the issue of sexual abuse.

A Trinidadian born artiste has made it to the cover of the global digital music service Spotify for the release of the single “Take it up again” which was remixed/ produced by EDM producer/DJ Tommie Sunshine and also features Flush & Kahtana, two EDM producers.

Guyanese fashion designer Nelsion Andre Nurse is set to stage the fourth chapter of his fashion extravaganza ‘Reflections’ under the theme ‘The Journey’ come July 15 at the Theatre Guild, Parade Street.

Visitors and Guyanese can now access the 2016-2017 edition of Guyana Where and What, a pocket size guide book on Guyana which is said to be filled with an abundance of information on Guyana for visitors to guide them.