It’s a soccer, music extravaganza!

14 Feb, 2016 - 00:02 0 Views
It’s a soccer, music extravaganza! Musicians and promoters pose for a photograph shortly before playing soccer legends at Rufaro Stadium

The Sunday Mail

AFTER a one-year sabbatical, showbiz’s premier sport and music extravaganza is back.

The event, which brings together soccer players, musicians, journalists, socialites and businesspeople, explodes into life this Saturday at Gwanzura stadium in the capital. Commonly known as Chipaz Bhora, the event which is the brainchild of arts promoter Partson Chimbodza aka Chipaz, is one of the country’s biggest charity balls. To mention but a few, Chipaz Bhora has raised funds for musicians like Tedius Matsito, twice, the late Freddy Chimombe, Bumhudzo Children’s Home and several Under 11 football teams across the country. This year, the funds raised will be channelled towards two charities; an Old People’s Home and an orphanage.

Running under the theme Champion Own Charity, the event features three soccer matches, one professional and two social. The first match will see print media going head-to-head with electronic media while the second game is a friendly pitting Ngezi Platinum FC and Caps United, who will be curtain raising for musicians – sungura versus Zim dancehall.

The sungura versus Zim dancehall clash is, in fact, a match pitting the country’s dancehall chanters against all other genres, not just sungura. The fight will go on even after the sporting contests in what is dubbed, After Bhora.

Countless Zim dancehall artistes, among them Soul Jah Love, Shinso Man, Freeman, Kinnah, King Shaddy, Dobba Don, Hwindi President, Cello Culture and sound houses Judgement Yard, Chipaz Sound, Templeman and Gary B, and DJ Cables will keep the fans entertained.

The big guns of Zimbabwean music, often referred to as the “Big Five”, that is, Oliver Mtukudzi, Alick Macheso, Jah Prayzah, Suluman Chimbetu and Peter Moyo will also take to the stage with their bands in what promises to be a night to remember.

Organiser of the event, Chipaz, said despite raising funds for the needy and providing a unique blend of entertainment, the Saturday event was meant to bring everyone involved in showbiz together.

Said Chipaz: “We spend so much time chasing money. These artistes hardly ever meet to hangout, it is mostly work. They need something else other than collaborating or sharing the stage to bring them together, to discover each other and create memories worth cherishing outside of music.

“The same goes for media people. I have realised that print journalists and their counterparts from the electronic side hardly meet to socialise unless they are actual friends. This event brings everyone together in an atmosphere that allows people to be who they really are and to know each other that way.”

Chipaz revealed that the print media team would be coached by H-Metro’s Trust Khosa while Phathisani Sibanda from Star FM will be in charge of the electronic team. Winky D and Templeman will be the gaffers for the Zim dancehall team while superstars Alick Macheso and Oliver Mtukudzi take charge of the sungura side.

The event is also the grand finale of the Chatsva nePacific, a Savannah Tobacco programme, which airs on leading radio station Star FM. The show is hosted by top DJs Templeman and Ndumiso Dube aka Skywalker. The two will bring to an end their feud, a sungura versus Zim dancehall battle, which has seen them perform in several venues around the country.

Savannah Tobacco the manufacturers of Pacific cigarettes have the same concept as the Chipaz Bhora where Zim dancehall as a genre is put to the test against other genres.

“We came together with Pacific to stage a bigger event than anything we have done in the past because we have the same concept and we share the same vision of seeing our showbiz scene become bigger. They are not the only ones we are working with, there are many other companies that have come on board this year.”

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