Wordsworth McAndrew Award
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The Wordsworth McAndrew Awards are a series of awards given to Guyanese for cultural achievements. They were founded in 2002 and presented by the Guyana Folk Festival, an organisation based in America.[1] They are named for Wordsworth McAndrew.
In 2002 there were 36 awardees, reflecting the number of years since Guyana's independence in 1966.[2] The first recipients of the award[2] were:
- S. R. R. Allsopp
- Ron Bobb-Semple
- Johnny Braff
- Maurice Braithwaite
- Negla Brandis
- E. R. Burrowes
- Pat Cameron
- Martin Carter
- Bertie Chancellor
- Megan Chan
- Nesbit Chhangur
- Lynette Dolphin
- Francis Quamina Farrier
- Robert Fernandes
- Terry Gajraj
- Roy Geddes
- Gary Girdhari
- Eddy Grant
- Stanley Greaves
- Bernard Heydorn
- Peter Kempadoo
- Vivian Lee
- Ivor Lynch
- Wordsworth McAndrew
- Dave Martins
- Sister Noel Menezes
- Valerie Rodway
- Bill "Bhagee" Rogers
- Olga Lopes Seales
- A. J. Seymour
- Raj Kumari Singh
- Shurland "King Fighter" Wilson
- The Atlanta Guyana Association
- The Link Show
- The Rajkumari Cultural Center
- Dem Two (Ken Corsbie and Marc Matthews)
The 37 awardees in 2003[2] were:
- Rudy Bishop (Chronicle Atlantic Symphony Steel Orchestra)
- David Campbell
- Tom Charles & The Syncopators
- Ivan Critchlow
- Mahadai Das
- Dennis DeSouza
- Des Glasford & Combo 7
- Guyana Music Teachers Association
- Guyana Police Male Voice Choir
- Ayube Hamid
- Annie Haynes
- Hilton Hemmerding
- Ram John Holder
- Loris Holland
- Rafiq Khan
- Lady Guymine (Monica Chopperfield)
- Lord Canary (Malcolm Corrica)
- Vesta Lowe
- Ian McDonald
- Billy Moore (William Moore)
- Clement E. Nichols
- Phillip Nichols
- Tony Phillips
- Roland Phillips
- Edith Pieters
- Billy Pilgrim
- Masse Lall Pollard
- Basil Rodrigues
- Hugh Sam
- Al Seales
- Bing Serrao & The Ramblers
- George Simmons & The Rhythmaires
- Trev Sue-a-Quan
- Tassa Explosion
- Nadira & Indranie Shaw
- Keith Waithe with Masse Lall Pollard
The awardees of the 2008 ceremony were:
- Andre Sobryan - Theatre
- Aubrey Cummings - Music
- Aubrey Williams - Painting
- Basil Hinds - Broadcasting
- Bert Rogers - Music
- Charlie Knights - Music
- Chuck Girard - Music
- Claire Goring - Cultural Promotion
- Clairmonte Taitt - Broadcasting
- Daphne Elaine Rogers - Drama
- David Dabydeen - Writing
- Denis Williams - Painting
- Desiree Edgehill - Drama
- Eddie Hooper - Music
- Eddie Rogers - Music
- Edgar Mittelholzer - Writing
- Henry Muttoo - Theatre
- Henry Rodney -Theatre
- Jan Carew - Writing
- John Agard & Grace Nichols - Writing
- John Rickford - Writing
- Keith Proctor - Music
- Malcolm Hall - Dance
- Marc Matthews - Theatre
- Michael Gilkes - Writing
- Moses Josiah - Music
- Philip Forrester - Music
- Pitra Pyari - Dance
- Rector Schultz - Music
- Romanie Kalicharran - Dance
- Ron Robinson - Theatre
- Rudolph Shaw - Theatre
- Sheik Sadeek - Writing
- Uncle Ramdhani - Music
- Victor Davson - Painting
- Victor Forsythe - Broadcasting
- Wilson Harris - Writing
- Wrickford Dalgetty - Music
References
- ↑ "Wordsworth McAndrew - A Guyanese National Treasure", eCaroh Caribbean Emporium.
- 1 2 3 "Some Guyanese Who Contributed", Silvertorch.
