Thousands countrywide turn out for Easter Monday reverly
Guyana Chronicle
April 13, 2004
FOR THOUSANDS of Guyanese, yesterday was one of the best spent Easter Mondays in recent memory.
Buoyed by a "lull" in the crime wave that made holiday reveling a daunting prospect, Guyanese and their visiting relatives and friends turned parks, seawalls and open spaces such as playfields and pastures across the country into family picnic venues, alternating between kite-flying and games playing from around mid-morning to sunset.
In some places, including Everest Cricket Ground in Georgetown, reveling was marked by kite flying competitions. Food stands, alcohol bars were in abundance everywhere.
There were many kites, some almost too small to be seen, others as big as 10 feet with about seven persons holding onto to them.
Police presence was obvious and reports up to press time were that activities in those places ended incident free.
About 6:00 pm the police reminded operators of music systems that it was time for them to close off, apparently to signal to younger revelers that it was time to head home.
All the same, by nightfall many places were reportedly still packed with people, even as some opted to leave.
At Everest, a fiercely fought competition ended up with several winners.
Andrew Hussein won the trophy for the Largest Vita Malt Kite; Paul Ramjeed won the Highest Flying Vita Malt Kite prize; and Elizabeth Sunneth won the prize for the Best Brand (Vita Malt) Kite.
Top of them all was Sherry Stoll. Sherry won the largest trophy (see front page) for having the tiniest kite.