The glitz of Blue3
May 31, 2004
It was a sizeable audience brimming with high expectation. We were all eager to watch Uganda’s Coca-Cola popstar trio put their polished groove down on their debut performance at the neatly landscaped Sheraton Hotel poolside on Saturday.
By Raphael Okello
It was a sizeable audience brimming with high expectation. We were all eager to watch Uganda’s Coca-Cola popstar trio put their polished groove down on their debut performance at the neatly landscaped Sheraton Hotel poolside on Saturday.
During the week, the new popstar sensations, Lillian Mbabazi, Jackie Chandiru and Cinderella Sanyu had echoed their managers’ vows - that we should expect an explosive performance.
We eagerly waited to be blown away. There is often a danger in measuring up to such expectation but there was no room for disappointment.
Their polished voices and lustrous dance routine that effortlessly blended, transferred to the audience who clapped and at times gazed in awe! It was hard to imagine that the three gorgeous girls had been picked from the Ugandan music backwaters.
They did not only have voices, songs or music video to show for their two months’ training in South Africa but a look and attitude akin to international popstars.
The ingredients for an incredible evening were set by captivating performances from the Eclipse dance group, Keffa Mwesigwa, Dorothy Bukirwa and their reggae back-up wonder, Mosh who displayed spellbinding presentations as a background to a night that was to be climaxed by the unveiling of the Coca-Cola Popstars’ Group name and single.
It was an evening that demonstrated Uganda’s wealth of talent. And the popstars, who finally made stage presence at 10:00pm, confirmed this.
The well-lit stage was thrown into darkness, the dramatic proceedings creating anticipation in the audience that was awed when the girls, shielded by smoke, suddenly appeared.
Their silky voices and charismatic dance moves complimented as they introduced us to three songs; Frisky, Kankyakankye (let me jubilate) and Cinderella’s It’s time to say Goodbye. They bore a complimentary vocal and dance quality that demonstrated the Midas touch of professional producers in the trade.
Their graceful choreography, honeyed voices and looks commanded stage presence, which didn’t have to ask for the audience’s attention.
Frisky, an up-tempo R&B is, according to the girls, about “the current trends that we have witnessed in Uganda. With this song we want to influence not only behaviour but the attitude of the youth and challenge them to make a difference in a positive way.†In as much as Frisky sounded great, I put my money on Kankyakankye to become an instant hit.
It was a sizeable audience brimming with high expectation. We were all eager to watch Uganda’s Coca-Cola popstar trio put their polished groove down on their debut performance at the neatly landscaped Sheraton Hotel poolside on Saturday.
During the week, the new popstar sensations, Lillian Mbabazi, Jackie Chandiru and Cinderella Sanyu had echoed their managers’ vows - that we should expect an explosive performance.
We eagerly waited to be blown away. There is often a danger in measuring up to such expectation but there was no room for disappointment.
Their polished voices and lustrous dance routine that effortlessly blended, transferred to the audience who clapped and at times gazed in awe! It was hard to imagine that the three gorgeous girls had been picked from the Ugandan music backwaters.
They did not only have voices, songs or music video to show for their two months’ training in South Africa but a look and attitude akin to international popstars.
The ingredients for an incredible evening were set by captivating performances from the Eclipse dance group, Keffa Mwesigwa, Dorothy Bukirwa and their reggae back-up wonder, Mosh who displayed spellbinding presentations as a background to a night that was to be climaxed by the unveiling of the Coca-Cola Popstars’ Group name and single.
It was an evening that demonstrated Uganda’s wealth of talent. And the popstars, who finally made stage presence at 10:00pm, confirmed this.
The well-lit stage was thrown into darkness, the dramatic proceedings creating anticipation in the audience that was awed when the girls, shielded by smoke, suddenly appeared.
Their silky voices and charismatic dance moves complimented as they introduced us to three songs; Frisky, Kankyakankye (let me jubilate) and Cinderella’s It’s time to say Goodbye. They bore a complimentary vocal and dance quality that demonstrated the Midas touch of professional producers in the trade.
Their graceful choreography, honeyed voices and looks commanded stage presence, which didn’t have to ask for the audience’s attention.
Frisky, an up-tempo R&B is, according to the girls, about “the current trends that we have witnessed in Uganda. With this song we want to influence not only behaviour but the attitude of the youth and challenge them to make a difference in a positive way.†In as much as Frisky sounded great, I put my money on Kankyakankye to become an instant hit.