On Sunday, Blankets and Wine Kampala returned for its 18th edition at Lugogo Cricket Oval. Partiers thronged the venue in large numbers with picnic baskets (for some ice coolers) in tow and blankets (mats for some) tucked under armpits.
However, there was a welcome sight at the venue. There was a beach! Yes, you read it right. A beach right in the heart of Kampala. Uganda Waragi Coconut was the brain behind this brilliant, soothing and refreshing idea.
Complete with beach sand, chairs and umbrellas, it was undoubtedly the star attraction at Blankets and Wine. Revelers could be seen scooping some sand to confirm if it was indeed that from the lake, others tried their hands out at building what we now presume were sand castles, while others just wanted to scribble God knows what in there.
In addition, there was a beach bar mixing two unique cocktails; One in a melon and Tropic like its hot! And the ushers? Need we talk about them? Fine. Here is a sneak peak. They were dressed in beach wear. Yap, we aren’t making this up.
As they delivered cocktails to customers, some fellows employed observation tactics only seen in Sci-Fi movies. We are still baffled at how their neck twisting antics were deployed with such ease. All we can say is that Uganda Waragi really gave every exhibitor at this edition of Blankets and Wine a run for their, ahem tents. That beach set up was the issh.
There were also lots of interesting games and activities such as high jump, ball games, hoola hoops, among others at the beach.
Roy Tumwizere, the Uganda Waragi Brand Manager explained that the Coconut variant is all about giving consumers an experience like no other.
“Our ambition is to deliver an experience that our consumers will live to remember. We wanted our consumers to enjoy good music, chill out and feel the sand on their feet, in a beach setting,” he said.
We can’t wait to see what next comes from Uganda Waragi Coconut’s activities. As for now, we can’t say thank you enough for enabling us hit two birds with one stone; beach, Blankets and Wine and cocktails. Who would have thought?