By BigEye.ug Reporter
Another social gathering was in town. No, not those common concerts where artists who speak in patois and with a few songs up their sleeves jet in and the whole city goes bonkers. This was unique. Yes, unique and it was a gathering, a platform where a certain social class converge to have fun.
Sunday afternoon, at National Museum, saw yet another Blankets and Wine and this time round, compared to the previous one, was massively attended. The weather? The sun smiled down at the city even though a slight drizzle wanted to spoil things. The weather was awesomely favorable and you needed no blanket to cover yourself but you needed the wine to see you through the day.
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People started pouring in at 1pm. They came lugging basketsful of wine and food and they lugged mats as well. Some lugged chairs and their little strapping kids. One would think it was a fashion extravaganza, because, well, they clad in costumes that would render the gods of fashion to sigh in unrivalled ecstasy.
Milege Band, a fast-rising Afro-fusion band, opened the performances to set the mood and boy, those lads can sing. Thereafter, with her band, Naava Grey once again reminded us that she is the hottest thing to ever crawl out of Tusker Project Fame. She performed to the best of her talent and rattled through some of her popular songs. She sang the well-baked “Aliba Wani” and when she did the sullen but awesome “Nninga omuloge”, everyone sang along with her/his eyes closed. Okay, some didn’t close their eyes.
The emcee, Seanice Kacungira, had a way of interacting with the audience and after Naava’s performance, she called anyone who is armed to the teeth with dance moves and who is willing to fold shyness and leave it from where he/she was seated and climb up the stage for a dance competition. Roy Tumwizire reminded us why he calls himself a dancer, comedian and a marketer, all in the same sentence. He danced as though his life depended on it beating off a South African chap who looked like a fish out of water; clueless as hell. Roy walked away with 100,000shs and beats by Dre.
After the fleeting satirical dance competition, Maurice Kirya hopped onto the stage amidst a thunderous chanting from the crowd who seemingly looked like they were enjoying every second of the event. He rolled back the clock and sang “Misubbawa” before calling Sound Paint, for the first time, and together they fed each other vocally and did “Work It Out”. Undoubtedly, it worked out. He also did “Malaika” before walking down the stage leaving the audience yawning for more. There was also a 2minute-performance from Gasuza who did “Kiprotich”
And when Seanice called up the main performer, Oliver Mtukudzi, on stage, it was as though a slight jolt of current seared through the crowd. The people rose onto their feet and ran near the stage to capture the lifetime moment.
Donning a white attire with his iconic black cap perched on his head, Oliver Mtukudzi walked on the stage armed with his guitar and a band. He performed songs off his new album “Sarawoga” and even though the crowd looked clueless, they danced along; thanks to the awesomely strummed guitar merging with the well churned sounds of the drum.
He dedicated the concert to the fallen hero, Nelson Mandela. “Music is like food,” he said. “You can have it for breakfast, lunch and supper.”
The show ended at around 7pm.
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