On September 11th, the city of Roseau (the capital) had their fourth annual awards ceremony. These ceremonies are to recognize and celebrate the hard work and dedication of individuals, companies, volunteer clubs, and government ministries. The award ceremony were started four years with the assistance of a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Now, each year two to three PCVs will assist the Roseau City Council in putting on the awards. Let me tell you, it is a lot of hard work, many e-mails/phone calls later, to ensure this awards ceremony is a success. We order our trophies from Crown Trophy , a company in the States. That has a whole bunch of obstacles to over come. Crown Trophy is amazing, their trophies are gorgeous, the costumer service is excellent (even via e-mail) and they are very timely!
The Roseau City Council honored about 27 individuals and/or companies, had about four performances (singing by the young, singing by the old, steel pan, and a musical group). As well as different speeches by the headline sponsors and citations read by the awardees.
Compared to last year- it went AMAZING! Even though last year was GREAT as well! There were little to no problems in the programs, the decorations were great (Thanks to my Host Mom- Shirley), All of the Awardees showed up, the performances were out of this world. At the end of the Ceremony I asked one of the MCs how it went compared to last year, she looked at me with a sign of relief, and said, A lot better!
At the end of the day, I am happy with it! My production team did great! I have never answered so many questions in my life about where people should stand, where this should go, and who is performing when! I will miss it next year but I know it will be even more of a success next year as we continue to honor those who are doing great things for the city of Roseau!
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