MALTA GUINESS STREET DANCE PAN AFRICA COMPETITON LAUNCHED AT ALISA HOTEL

This year’s Malta Guinness street dance Pan African competition will be held in Ghana from the 6th of October 2010 and involves six African countries, namely, Kenya, Cameroun, Tanzania, Nigeria, Mali and Ghana.
This was made known by the Marketing Manageress of Malta Guinness Ghana Ltd at Alisa Hotel North ridge. She added that this year’s Pan Africa competition prices are different as it is now the winner takes all.
At the function to grace it with his presence was the Director from the ministry of Tourism, who was never allowed to make an acceptance statement officially to the media, but was pushed to accept without words that, the ministry is in support of the event.
The winner of the Pan African Dance Competition takes away a swooping amount of thirty-Five thousand dollars ($35,000) and is winner takes all.
The managing director of Malta Guinness was very optimistic that the Ghanaian representatives, High Spirit, will win the competition, this he said as, “I have seen this group dance at the national finals and from the way they dance they will win the competition”.
The atmosphere in the conference room of Alisa Hotel was very high as High Spirit, Ghana’s representative at this year’s competition urged all Ghanaians to rally behind them as they promise a total victory, hands down for the nation.
The organizers of the street dance Competition, Malta Guinness, explained their reason for selecting Ghana as the host of this year’s Pan African finals as, “everything this year has being about Ghana, from football to other games and importantly, the first ever winners of this great competition was Ghana, hence a good reason to bring it home for the local people to enjoy”.
They also added that, this year’s event will be very different, the groups will be housed like any reality show, they will be taking challenges and going through grooming sessions from top choreographers in and outside the country Ghana as well.
In the case of Judges for the event, the organizers explained that none of the judges of this show is from Ghana, all judges are not from any of the participating teams in the competition, and hence the event is very clean and not partial.
The room became very patriotic when a theme was given to the event, that is “host and Win”, a popular theme many football lovers will not like to hear or remember, simply because Ghana upon hosting the African Cup of nations with that theme lost the trophy, turning the theme to Host and Weep, but we Forbid that for High Spirit, this year.
In what seem to be more patriotism from the organizers, who are keen on making ‘High spirit’ win the competition, was the launched of ‘360 degrees plan’.
It constitute training with a top choreographer and other things put in place to help them (High Spirit) win, even though the organizers claim they will not be partial in their deeds, our eyes are following with Keen interest hoping to that they never do.
To end the occasion was a delightful performance from “High Spirit’ just to prove their readiness for the final show and 2PUFF, first ever winners of the Malta Guinness Street dance, both national and Pan Africa.
We congratulate Malta Guinness for this great idea and ‘High Spirit’ for winning the national competition; we believe they will make us proud, establishing the theme “HOST AND WIN”.
Story: Nana Yaw Wiredu/entertainmentinGhana.com

NITE OF THOUSAND AND TEN LAUGHS MISSING!

His name describes him easily, he jokes like his life depends on it and if the word comedy is missing in the dictionary then “Funny Face” has it in his house, making sure nobody else can get hold of it.
Funny face, a weekly feature in the popular TV series ‘Trotro’ saved the Nite of thousand and ten Laughs with his sleek introduction, rough comments and jaw breaking conclusion, as he took audience at the national theater to a world of fantasy.
The event which was almost missing in action and nearly became the worst nite of thousand laughs due to poor performances from the foreign acts and local music performance was saved swiftly by the Ghanaian comedian “funny Face”.
The nite of thousand and ten laughs is an annual music and comedy fester organized by the nation’s event power house Charter House, and this year was no different.
The event which had an attack from the local comedians, that is, charter house should not use foreign comedians on a local stage was next to a disaster until the savior came to the rescue of the show.
As if the attack from the local comedians was a text case for the event organizers, they heeded to the cry of the local comedians and fixed one of them on stage.
The local comedians proved their worth through Funny Face who was exceptional at this year’s event, signifying a sign of CAUTION to the organizers, that, our attack was not to be left unsatisfied.
The local comedians had attacked the event organizers, saying, they (event organizers) do not include them in their media hype and also do not pay them well when invited, but believe that after the performance of Funny Face the event organizers will think otherwise.
The show saw performance from the queen of comedy Helen Paul, Funny Face, among others and had musical interludes from Bertha (Stars of the future winner) Abrantie Amakye Dede and VIP.
CAUTION! Charter House, the next bill board and Media hype for the Nite of Thousand and eleven nights should host Funny Face and the likes, since they have proved their worth in this year’s edition.
Story: Nana Yaw Wiredu/entertainmentinGhana.com

SARKODIE AND AWAL… STOMP BHS “BLACK AUGUST”.

“Live, Challenge, or forget it” are the three powerful words that make up the slogan of 2131 and in making this powerful slogan a reality 2131, have decided to “SAVE LIFES” with their event “BLACK AUGUST”.
Last Saturday, 2131 kick off their campaign to raise €50,000 to buy two machines for the Dialysis Renewal department of the Korle bu Teaching Hospital in a club party form. The event which took place at the Boomerang nite club also makes the 2nd anniversary of the BANGING HIP HOP SHOW (BHS), an element of 2131.
EntertainentinGhana.com can confirm that the next event from 2131 will be a “CORPORATE AND DOCTORS TREAT” in a buffet, dinner setting. From that event will see the real endorsement and official launch of 2131.
Don’t be confused, 2131 as a company has not being launched, all the launches held so far have being elements of 2131 and not the real company 2131 its self.
In an interview with Edem Smiling Smith, a representative of 2131, he explained saying, ‘BHS is an element of 2131 and this marks its 2nd anniversary.
“We wanted to celebrate it in a grand style but we also did not want to do it the normal party way, hence we (2131) decided to take up an initiative which will give us a just course to celebrate the Two year anniversary”
“With that idea we visited the korlebu teaching Hospital, we checked out the HIV/AIDS department, and Casualty Department, we realized that there was very little to do there. Somebody mentioned Dialysis Renewal department, we said why not, so we checked it out and we realized that the department needed so much help”, Edem Smiling Smith Added.
Edem lamented a bit on the reason behind the initiative saying that, as part of our celebration we have taken it upon ourselves to raise fifty thousand erous from now to December, with the aim of supporting the Dialysis Renewal department service and its patients.”
A look at the atmosphere and the people around, will you say that, is a crowd that you expected, entertainmentinGhana.com asked Edem Smiling Smith.
“You know what, every time 2131 is organizing a party it has always been free, this time because we decided to party for a good reason, we are grateful for the support that Ghanaian club lovers and fans of 2131 have shown so far”.
We are happy with the turn up, let me tell you, we had it in the back of minds somewhere that even if 5 people will pay to support a just course to chill, then we know we are making head way, and as you can see, the crowd is something to write home about, Edem added.
EntertainmentinGhana.com asked Edem, from now to December is a journey that needs to be covered, what are some of the other activities that are lined up for the Fund Raising project.
(With Smiles) He quickly said that, “We want to keep people in a curious mood for now; there are a lot of activities lined from now till December, fans should be finger crossed and ear opened for the next stop of the train”.
“We know they are loving this, because all of their favorite artiste are here to perform for them, Sarkodie is here, the Lynx Family is also here, EL, Scientific, Assase Aban, RANA, the little dangerous Awal Mohammed is also here, D-Black and Kwaku T is also in the building, in short is a list of endless artistes, who are all here to grace the occasion”, he pin pointed.
It is obvious that 2131 has set standard that needs to be supported, all the artiste who performed last Saturday night donated, time, energy, performance and physical cash for a worthy course and you can do same now, just visit 2131 at Osu, Blue gate and your Donations are welcome.
Remember people need to live, others are waiting for to be challenge, giving them hope for life and we should forget about those who are already gone due to the failure of kidney and preserve the lives left, hence the slogan of the company, 2131, that is Live, challenge, or forget it, meets their social responsibility.
Story by: Nana Yaw Wiredu/entertainmentinGhana.com.