See, they envelope the air with loads of adrenalin for the thrill seeker and artistes alike. To our artistic ambassadors, it’s time to put icing on year cake.
Extra Valembe from Chinhoyi have their prized possession from the Road to Fame right in the depths of the sleeping pool. Only sea divers to the rescue .They deserved pole; a keyboard and brass for Sungura! Let’s wait for their recording.
What a mumbo jumbo of disorder from hosts, Delta Beverages. Show was billed for 10 a.m. and only kicked off at 1 p.m. A groggy PA, unimaginative MCs and the myriad of excuses.
The lighter side of the day; the Chibuku tanker was late and when it finally appeared , it was received at gate by half doused patrons who cheered to the driver right up to his parking bay. A Mexican wave queue formed unsolicited. I left then, my opaque share of fun complete. On my way out, I eaves dropped one panting, “Macheso ngaarege kuuya zvake, anonyadziswa”. Road to Shame!
Njerama Boys sold single platinum at Gramma with Masimba Towedzera whilst Mercy Mutsvene’s Handingabvumi sidelined Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave and Suluma with the same metal in the gospel category. The Jazz guys?
How do we put it now? Tongai Moyo and Alick Macheso went swinging and swiping punches in a sparring session coz we are told both sold triple platinum in Naye and Vapupuri Pupurai respectively, some kind of stalemate at Gramma.
A blackout hit the venue, the norm in Zim. Hosts had no clue where to get a powerful enough generator .Artists braved to receive their dues in half-lit environs. Candle light supper!
Gramma drama gone, ZIMA where supposed to put the lid to the Dhewa /Macheso hot pot. Some dude celebrated, 4-0 past Dhewa’s guard and the flowerly big man snubbed the event. Rather unsoberly from the judges, some had, according to the witness Dhewa, the cheek to tell him before hand he had lost the battle. Air heads plus judges equals disgrace. If the grapevine is anything to go by, does Dhewa deserve zero marks in whatever category he is considered?
“Love him or hate him, Roki is a future icon,” says James Maridadi M.C for ZIMA night. Double winning livin’ da vida louca Roki has a human face after all. He sobbed for more blessings from his mum. Here are some handy tips from Mdhara Zobha and take seriously, “Don’t give radio stations demo C.Ds, other youngsters follow suit”. Well, we think we deserve an album from Roki now.
The Stewart room, Meikles Hotel, is a small room with ½ a stage for ZIMA. One scribe from a local weekly lambasted the laisser-faire stance to organizing national events. If one is tantrum- prone, one curses all gods that claim to be Almighty if you grace some of our premier events.
JIBILIKA came and went, had all trappings of a national event and we look forward to 2008.
Pomp, fun fare, glitz, no boobs, sums up A- judgement night at the Celebration Center. The provincial build up to A-Academy finals were awesomely vibey and spicey, what with anchor Gary Thompson’s infectious than flu character.
Crowd darling for A-night and number 2 overall Mkhululi tore the house with renditions of Leonard Dembo’s popular tunes. Judges stood up and danced too .But that was after Tinashe opened show Tozeza Baba style. Very few stayed in their seats.
Joseph made his date with destiny. Treated the responsive crowd to Majaivana’s tracks and Unbelievable by Craig David; a billion dollars in cash and billions of dollars worth of other prizes that include flying all over the globe, capped with a recording contract.
“We may not be in all the big newspapers of the developed world, and the TV and radio stations, But let me tell you one thing; there is nothing third world about you tonight!” oozed Gary Thompson. I’m sold out!
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