Wordsworth McAndrew Award

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.

Awardees

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:

References


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