The activities of the night were set in motion with a melodious rendition of the two stanzas of the Nigerian national anthem by the “nothing for you” crooner, Ego Ogbaru and sultry singer, Chee the Voice. Then Bez took over by wowing the high-profile audience with four of his hottest numbers.
What happened next was
bringing back old memories of Hubert Ogunde, Duro Ladipo and a dance drama tagged
‘Full Circle’ presented by Bolanle Austin-Peters’ of Terra Kulture.
This kaleidoscopic
exploration of music and dances across the years with matching costumes was
greeted with applause and the drama gave vignettes of artistes like Osibisa
with the Ipi Tombi rendition, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Kenny Rodgers and a
re-enactment of love scenes from “Grease” and “Saro, the musical”.
Guests had sumptuous dinner
washed down with choice wines whilst this culinary interlude afforded velvety
voiced Ego Ogbaru and Chee, the Voice
the opportunity to serenade guests with delightful music.
But by far, the biggest
surprise of the evening was the once-in-a-blue moon performance of Ego Ogbaru
with her former, leader, the masked one, Lagbaja through a duet on the popular
“Always on my mind” song.
It was as a surprise
package engineered by the resourceful Gbenga Adeyinka, who was the compere of
the event which ended on the historic note of re-uniting Lagbaja with his
voice, Ego, over five years after they separated on stage.
Wish they could be back together singing
ReplyDeleteMiss you guys
ReplyDelete