A handful of people attended the Blast from the past, a Harare International Carnival event held at Crowne Plaza Monomutapa Hotel on Tuesday evening. WINSTONE ANTONIO
The event was one of many others at the ongoing second edition of the carnival scheduled to end on Sunday.
In an interview with NewsDay, Ephraim Chizola, the consultant engaged by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) said the event was meant to create a platform to appreciate and celebrate the rich and diverse past of local musicians’ contribution to the growth of the local showbiz.
Despite the concept of the show being to bring back yester-year memories through fashion and music that reflects the past, it proved to be a yawn attracting only two musicians Knowledge Kunenyati and Nicholas Zacharia.
Musicians Oliver Mtukudzi, Zakaria and Kunenyati were the only artistes that were honoured under the Time Buster category, ahead of many other yester-year artistes like Busi Ncube and the late Paraffin (Phillip Mushangwe), among others whom Chizola said were also going to be honoured.
The event that was attended by a handful of people among them Zanu PF junior spokesperson Psychology Maziwisa and television personality Makosi Musambasi proved to be a mere dinner unlike what the organisers expected it to be.
The few delegates that attended also did not help as they failed to adhere to the dress code coming in wearing modern regalia yet the organisers had prescribed attires from the 90s.
Chizola admitted that the event failed to live to its billing as it was marred by poor organisation.
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“When we organised this event we wanted to appreciate captains of industries and musicians who have stood the test of time, but we failed to properly advertise the event,” said Chizola.
Chizola said they have learnt a lot from the inaugural event and is confident that next year the event will be bigger and better.
