As much as CIDA is a business school, talent abounds amongst students working towards the better future they ought someday to have. The Arts and Culture Committee had the bright idea of exposing this talent by conducting a Talent Show on the 20th March.
by Khanyisani Mbambo
Confusion reigned, when on the day of the show rumors went around saying that the all students were to leave the campus with the exception of ICT and SOI students. Foundation and first year students then swept themselves out of CIDA when the school bus left at half past one.
The Chairperson of the committee noted the impact pessimistically, ‘The hopes of having a successful show are becoming low. We realize that we were at the brink of losing all our hard work in preparation of the talent show.’
As if this wasn't enough, the idiosyncrasies of ‘African time’ then compounded the problem. Students took their time to get to the Extension Hall were the show was to be held. Only by eight in the evening was the hall starting to fill. The show that was anticipated to officially start at seven started just after eight. Well… that proved the show to be authentically African.
With much anticipation, the show began. The night was pregnant with the promise of music, dance and poetry in
Poetry in harmony with Hip-Hop music kicked off the show. Who could have thought of such great talent in CIDA? A hip-hop group named '124' commanded the stage and got the students jumping, bringing down the ceiling.
Getting the mind off studies was the aim of the show, and sure enough, it just did that. Thabo Xawuka and Kgomotso had the audience in the palm of their hands. They too were a couple of a kind; students found themselves having the best of the duo's dancing skills to watch.
The struggle that took place for the show to start was soon swallowed by fun. The R5 entrance fee seemed to overlap its functionality because the show proved to be the best; maybe a ten rand fee could have competed with the content.
What is an event without a hit song? It’s a forgettable experience! ‘The Soulful’ couldn’t let any other performance get the hit song title. If ever you want to cheer up anyone you have wronged, you should get The Soulful song entitled ‘I’m so sorry.’ The audience joined in faster than anyone could have expected.
The whole crowd went into the music zone as they sang, ‘I’m sorry for the first time, I’m sorry for the second time and I’m sorry for the third time. I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry…’
Pity the show began so late. The requisition to use the hall for the event did not cover the extra minutes. Security, who were only doing their job, came by to notify us it was closing time. The program coordinators, Kgaolo Malajti and Khanyisani Mbambo had to make sure that the program ended as planned and with everyone exultant with the show.
The only drawback was the microphones. The same problem which CIDA shows have faced before emerged during the talent show. Sure enough, people should expect better microphones for the next show. With that, some performances were cancelled.
All who missed the show, really missed the show.
Thanks to Sakhile Mzileni the Student Representative Council Officer under the Sports, Arts and Culture office who made the event possible.
These were the good times...
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