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Courts hosts Emancipation Dress Contest
Courts Inc. yesterday hosted its 2008 Emancipation Dress Competition involving staff at the Main Street location.
Each staff member was given the opportunity to enter the competition which was judged in male and female segments by Eric Phillips of the African Cultural and Development Association.
In the male category it was Roderick Crossburn’s striking tribal costume that copped the first spot while Laurie Baptiste’s Nigerian ensemble placed second.
Coming in third was Wilfred Cameron. The ladies who all donned striking pieces strutted and pranced as they strove to outdo each other.
In the end it was Michelle Griffith who was adjudged the winner with Debbie Griffith placing second. There was a tie for third spot between Ann Howard and Euwanda Luckie.
While it was noted that last year’s competition was larger and more colourful, the consensus was that on this occasion there was more originality.
The Emancipation Dress Competition has been an annual event held by Courts Guyana Inc., encouraging the staff to become more knowledgeable of African history and culture, particularly as it relates to Guyana.
Contestants gracefully displayed their outfits to reverberating African drum beats and the audience was thoroughly entertained by their rhythmic movements.
Though Courts’s Public Relations Officer, Zeya Ramnauth, was not a part of the competition, all agreed that she indeed wore an impressive outfit which would have made her highly favoured. Konkie and ginger beer were served at the end of the brief ceremony.
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