In its second year running, Kalawa Home
Coming brought to Bulawayo (Oskido’s hometown) South African House masters in
the Kalawa Jazmee stable. This year had Dj Zinhle, Dr Malinga, Uhuru,
Professor, Character, Busiswa, Oskido himself and a host of artists that rocked
Queens Sports Club from Friday night right up to Saturday morning.
Dr Malinga was quite entertaining,
especially with his comical green outfit and dance moves which made you wonder
if he craved being a ballerina. He however frustrated us as he kept teasing us
with Orlando (Only occasionally doing snippets of it here and there), when that
was clearly what we were dying to hear! But this was not before Uhuru had come
and declared who the kings of the roost are.
When Uhuru went on stage, the effect they had
on the throngs of people that had come is indescribable! The guys were all
fired up. Their performance was such that even my friends declared the $20 they
had paid to enter was nowhere near worth the show they had just seen. Even the
songs you didn’t know, you couldn’t help but get down to them. They were that
good!
Kalawa was definitely a House
galore. Although, if you are a Hararian like myself, it tended to feel like
overdose House at times. Don’t get me wrong, nothing wrong with House, just
that a full night of House can be torturous, lol. But that’s probably the
reason why the show was in Bulawayo and not Harare eh?
You had to love the fashion. The
gals were dressed to kill, they were there to dance and that meant dance floor
friendly attire. However, it never ceases to amaze me how you will find one or
two who come with heels to such an occasion. I mean come on! How in the world
are you going to pull an all nighter with heels??? And some had close to
nothing on. Did I mention the thing was an outside event, and it was in the
dark! Who is going to notice your bare cold legs at 12 midnight when they are
busy grooving to Uhuru, Professor or whoever was playing at that point?
The show finally came to an end at
6am – Saturday morning, after Oskido and the ladies –Busiswa, Nokwazi and Candy
had made sure they had given us one for the road. Sure there were negatives
like one or two bad performances, slow and ridiculous service at the
refreshments tables, and dogs outside that made you wonder if it was a crime
that you had come to the show at all.
But otherwise, Kalawa rocked and we
are going to be there again next year!!! If not way before Oskido and crew even
arrive, lol.
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