Comments on: 1.1 Rain on my parade

By: Carl Browne

Carl Browne — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:06:20 +0000

Is that all we can do just be negative, with all the problems that Guyana went through over the months, the pain and grief, the Guyanese people still had the will do move on and do something in a positive direction to wipe the tears away, at least they tried and it was a great effort, time to big up guyana and stop putting her down, it was not the worse thing that happened, for me it was a great success, lets move on, together as One People, One, Nation, and One Destiny. Lets make it Our Culture and Our Purpose.

By: bluegrass

bluegrass — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:20:22 +0000

delay is 15-30 seconds not minutes

By: sagga

sagga — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:01:37 +0000

This just add to the Circus act at least it showcases Guyana as the Country with the Best clowns.

By: TIGER

TIGER — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:59:55 +0000

SQUARE PEGS IN ROUND HOLES, SO CALLED TECHICAL QUACKS AND INEFFICIENT PLANNING I THINK IS THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS BUNGLEING. MAKES US ALL LOOK BAD, I CRY FOR MY COUNTRY.

By: bgsbny

bgsbny — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:19:59 +0000

….. am wondering who r /were the technicians ,,! but i see this as a way to embarass the govt and people of GY,, and an act of DESTABILISATION !,,,,,,

those involved witht he setting up of the “lines” of communication,,, did they rehearse and test the system for failure ,, and pinpoint and coorect same b4 the show !!!!!!!! how simple is that ?

By: cochore

cochore — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:24:07 +0000

For Carifesta ‘72, there was a full dress rehearsal, I remember, because I was part of it. Besides back then,Guyana had no television so if you saw any visuals about Carifesta ‘72 it had post production work. Post production is where sound and video correction take place so as produce clean viewing.

However, I think the problem, with Guyana TV this time, was that the Marketing, Sales and Advertising people making decisions without full consultation with the Production and Technical folks. They are selling a LIVE transmission that is virtually impossible to attain given the circumstances.

TV Rule #1: Sports is the only event transmitted live on television these days. Even the local news show is a playback of some sort, where a time delay of about 15 to 30 minutes is employed to correct sound and video glitches. This makes for a slick professional transmission with no glitches or hitches.

TV Rule #2: The term ‘LIVE’ relates only to final transmission not CONTENT. Content ought to be researched and or rehearsed before any transmission occurs. Even in a ‘live’ interview situation with a Gov’t exec. on location, the said subject should be fully rehearsed and vetted for content before the camera starts rolling. Apply this theory and the embarrassing viewing problems will disapear promptly.

These failures have nothing to do with the TV station or the Gov’t per se, instead appropiate planning with vision for the unexpected eventuality is the culprict. In other words, Guyana needs more aggressive thinking outside-the-box.

By: guyanese69

guyanese69 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:02:34 +0000

Well this only goes to show, if you really need to make a mess of something, then just loose the president and his people at it.

The rain probably created it’s own mess in that “parking lot”, bata will get nuff replacement sales today.

By: Amarie

Amarie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:01:58 +0000

I watched the youtube clips…Thank God I didn’t spend my hard earned money to go to this embarrassment…The same ole same ole…unimaginative and jumbled.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:55:42 +0000

I disagree wholeheartedly…you are out to lunch…country on the move, yes….but backwards! Wake the hell up! Until Guyana gets a leader with the passion to lead and the vision for Guyana’s place in the modern world, we will always be ‘just short of a length’….now get real and deal with the truth. Our motto should be, “Well boy, wha yuh gon do? ” Thanks…Guyanese living abroad for over 30 years .

By: GAVIN

GAVIN — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:58:58 +0000

I KNOW I’M GOING TO CATCH SOME FLAK ABOUT THIS ONE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT WASN’T THE WEATHER THAT WAS RAINING, IT WAS STUPIDITY THAT WAS REIGNING…

By: therealist

therealist — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:45:17 +0000

You know what, some problems are to be expected, but that opening was a disaster. And yoiu can’t blame it all on the rain. I don’t think anybody was expecting Beijing and even the Chinese had hitches, but we could have done much better than this. We were not ready.

By: sexy

sexy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:39:53 +0000

WE LL I THINK IT WAS A GOOD SHOE GIVEN THE SITUATION ,BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE WILL ING CONDEM .WE ARE A COUNTRY ON THE MOVE IN OTHER WORDS WE ARE A COUNTRY ON THE MOVE WORKING ON IMPROVEMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

By: apretoute

apretoute — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:07:05 +0000

Well said Torbo! They needed to look at a few clips from 1972.

By: gt4real

gt4real — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:12:46 +0000

I am a guyanese living in st.lucia. After following closely the preparations for carifesta X via online newspaper, i was convinced that the opening ceremony would be quite a spectacle a vision of perfection. I siezed the opportunity to invite my work colleagues and friends ( who always had reservations about Guyana and thinks only the worst of us) to view the televised opening ceremony i did this because i was convinced that we would put on quite a show and dazzle the caribbean thus eliminating some of the negative feelings some caribbean nationals have of our beautiful country. Well to say the least i was extremely disappointed, the audio was bad, it made no sense viewing the transmission, then the program was seriously disorganised and leaves much to be desired.

By: torbo

torbo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:42:42 +0000

well what do people expect from a visionless govt. they cant get NOTHING RIGHT PERIOD.