I got myself a ticket to the first ever SABC Crown Gospel Awards at the ICC Cricket Arena over the weekend. And boy, was it a blast!
For the past couple of days, i've been debating whether to write this or not. I was hoping I would leave that to the experts, bo BS, Nonns and the rest bt then I remembered SABC didn't air the awards.
I wish they did...because the SAMAs have got themselves competition from Zanele Mbokazi, the lady behind the Crown Gospel Awards concept.
Except for a few hiccups especially with regards to sitting arrangements, the event went extremely well. Nominees were booked at the spacious Coastal Sun Hotel and were driven with shuttles to ICC before sleek limousines came to pick them up to the red carpet.
Once there, the sitting nightmare began. First, there were too many invited guests such that other nominees did not have a place to sit. But that was sorted out later.
The event opened with a collaboration between Vuka Africa, Worship House and Mzwakhe Mbuli...who recited a poem titled 'The Crown'. I thought the man is getting old, coz he seemed to be forgetting his lines at some point.
Sifiso Ncwane collaborated with Jub Jub and the Jaziel Brothers, Kholeka with Avante, Benjamin Dube with Vicky Vilakazi (shame, she sang so well but didn't get any award).
Hlengiwe Mhlaba, ahem, collaborated with Amazion. You see, I've always suspected Hlengiwe is a zionist.
And oh, the MCs were Gospel Gold's Steven Molakeng and Criselda Kananda...they really did a good job although I heard someone complaining Criselda was a bit formal.
I couldn't help laughing when I heard someone shouting 'Ngang' uShwashwi, look at the way he's dressed'. It turned out it was a poor photographer wearing some pants that exposed his underwear.
Bumped into my favourite boy Lundi, who didn't win any award. Deborah Fraser wore isigcebhezana and she looked more like a sangoma than a gospel singer.
Yho, i can go on and on...what do you guys think, should SABC give us a late broadcast of the awards or should we wait for Shwashwi to his/her thing - assassinate those poor musicians?
NB:Sorry i don't have any pics for you guys and the Crown website hasn't been updated, almost a week later...shame!
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