The much awaited, spectacular prgramme of the year, Miss Bakau 2008, has been scheduled  for June 28th, at the Sun Beach Hotel and Resort, in Cape point, Bakau.

The event  will mark the 6th edition of the beauty and talent show, organised by the self-help community-based Bakau Youth Association for Children's Welfare.

The most beautiful aspect of this year's event, which made it even more different and  unique, is that it concides with the 12th year anniversary of BYCAW, founded on June 6th, 1996.

According to the information relayed to the Arts and Culture, this year's event will attract a total of 10 eloquent,  beautiful and sparkling  young, brilliant and talented queens, who are being trained by Mr Williams Brown, an expert in modelling and beauty pageant. Mr Brown also trained the contestants in the recent Miss July 22 Scholarship Pageant.

In a recent chat with arts and culture, Mr Demba Njie, the president  of BYCAW  and a professional lithographer at the Daily Observer, described the forthcoming Miss Bakau 2008 one in many.

Mr Njie revealed that this edition will be puntuated with a flurry of entertainment, ncluding beauty and fashion parade, live performances, comedy.

The event is being organised by in collaboration with the Princess Promotion.

Mr Njie added that there will be side attractions, such as artistic performance by celebrated, talented Gambian artistes.

The likes of Sambou Suso, Pa Omar Jack, MLK, Yankee, and other top flight Gambian commedians like the renowned Lamarana Jallow of Unique FM Radio Station and Modou Musa Ceesay, will entertain the audience.

The BYCAW president did not hesitate to assert that the programme is part of a series of  fund raising activities organised by the community-based youth organisation.'' We do organise these events in order to raise enough fund to enable the organisation implement its programmes that are in line with its aims and objectives.

BYCAW,  Mr Njie noted, was established mainly for the promotion and development of young people through education and sensitisation of youths  on the dangers social vices and health related issues.

Mr Njie called on the public to calendar the event and a make it a night come June 28.

Unlike some other beauty pageants, Mr Njie said the proceeds that would be realised at the event would be ploughed back into the community of Bakau and youth and children centred activities.

Other youths of Bakau who spoke to Arts and Culture, expressed deep sense of opptimism about the success of the 2008 edition.

According to them, this year's edition would have more flavour than the previous editions, noting that the contestants are some of the most eloquent beauty queens around.