{"id":22426,"date":"2024-09-05T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22426"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:16:02","slug":"200-youths-graduate-from-pan-minor-music-literacy-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/200-youths-graduate-from-pan-minor-music-literacy-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"200 Youths Graduate from Pan Minor Music Literacy Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 200 youths across several regions of Guyana have successfully completed the Pan Minor Music Literacy Programme, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Republic Bank Limited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme, which ran for two weeks, aimed at enhancing the musical skills of school children and community group members in Regions Two, Three, Four, Six, Seven, and Ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the closing ceremony, Republic Bank\u2019s General Manager of Operations, Denise Hobbs, highlighted the programme&#8217;s contribution to the cultural development of the participants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized that many graduates of the programme have gone on to join steel bands and compete in national events like the Republic Bank Panorama Steel Pan Competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hobbs noted that the growing number of steel bands reflects the programme\u2019s success in nurturing young talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson, also addressed the graduates, stating that the government has significantly increased its investment in the steel pan industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the programme&#8217;s value goes beyond music, playing a vital role in shaping the participants&#8217; lives and preparing them to make meaningful contributions to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pan Minor Music Literacy Programme was first launched in Guyana in 2010 as part of Republic Bank\u2019s \u2018Power to Make a Difference\u2019 initiative and continues to foster the development of steel pan music and cultural appreciation among youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings A total of 200 youths across several regions of Guyana have successfully completed the Pan Minor Music Literacy Programme, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Culture,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22427,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions\/22427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}