GCA awards to honor
persons in four categories
By Tangerine Clarke
Under the theme “Ma’Lupa
- Working together in the
spirit of solidarity within
Guyana’s Festival of Arts,” the
Guyana Cultural Association,
NY, organizers of the Annual
Folk Festival in Brooklyn
has announced its 2019 honorees.
The ceremony scheduled
for Aug. 28, at 5 pm in the
Rotunda of Brooklyn Borough
Hall, 209 Joralemon
St., downtown, will recognize
persons in four categories.
The GCA Youth Award
recipients are Makayla Harte,
Christian Mark Gibbs; Nalani
Amara Mason, Tunisia Solomon,
Jamain Victor, and
Samuel Williams.
The GCA Award Honorees
are: Dave Martins - Lifetime
Achievement, Musician, Composer,
Journalist, Hugh Sam -
Exemplary Pianist, Composer,
Music Educator; Stefon Bristol,
Exemplary Filmmaker.
GCA Awards will go to
Mohamed A. Amin (International
Dancer Zaman) Dancer,
Educator, Andrea Bryan-Garner
— Media Culturalist, Paul
Anthony Charles - Dancer,
Choreographer, Simeon (aka
Simone) Dowding - Theatre
Artist, and Mildred Lowe,
Music and Culture Educator.
Others are Darren McAlmont
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Chelsea and Emann Odufu
— Filmmaker, Activist; Monica
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Winners of the 2019 Godfrey
Chin Prize For Heritage
Journalism demonstrate outstanding
creative practice on
three media platforms: radio,
online video, and online community
newspapers.
They are Ms. Mosa Mathifa
Telford, writer, will receive
the 1st prize, Alex Arjoon,
2nd prize, filmmaker, and Dr.
Pauline Baird, writer, Storyteller,
3rd prize.
The Awards Chairperson,
Christian Mark Gibbs. GCA
Ronald Lammy, explained
that the profiles of the 2019
GCA awardees provide a factual
message about the substantial
positive contributions of
Guyanese to the post-independence
development of the
country.
“The elders laid the foundation
and the next generations
have been impacted, even if
only subliminally. Our spotlight
this year is on six youths
and 15 adults who have an
array of impressive accomplishments,”
said Lammy.
Makayla Hart. GCA
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