During Mashramani this year, my friend Vibert Cambridge and his New York-based Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) organised a Masquerade Band competition on a Saturday morning in Victoria. Hundreds of folks came out, following the groups through the village and ending up watching the “Dance Off” in an area near the seawall. The entertainers competed for best flouncer, best flautist, best band, best kettle drummer, best costume and best toaster. The thing was a bomb. The crowds came, the music roared, spirits soared,
