Dow showcases Target 20,000 musical talent
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe | Wednesday September 21, 2016 16:13
Dow’s hopes for Botswana’s musical exploits through the ministry’s project Target 20,000 will see the first 100 music and art students prepare to complete their course at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology next month.
The brainchild of trumpeter Socca Moruakgomo, the performance art programme is being run through Limkokwing with classes held every Thursday while practical lessons are performed at the Public Service College.
Batswana, especially Gaborone residents, will be able to feast their eyes on the talent produced when the musical embarks on a three-month showcasing at Mantlwaneng, Westwood this Friday and Saturday. Other shows continue from October 7 to 9, 2016, according to coordinator, Moruakgomo, who adds that the shows will resume until December 20 after a short break.
With shows billed for Mantlwaneng, Dow is hopeful the musical group will be able to wow fans and begin to make a living out of their performances.
Moruakgomo tells Showbiz that during the Mantlwaneng performances, the group will be visited by a European producer, who will watch the group’s musical performance ahead of their European tour.
He is optimistic that the musical will be a success. “This is a show more or less in the same line as Sarafina the play. The overseas market loves these sort of performances. This group will entertain them (Europeans) and they (group) might not come back. The idea is to break into the world stage. Why should we think about coming back?” Moruakgomo says, shortly after showcasing the group’s performance to cabinet ministers and government officials at the Public Service College last Friday.
Moruakgomo, who says he has worked with the Sarafina team before, has modelled the group’s musical around ritual killings in Africa.
The musical is anchored around the musical talents of the Fischer siblings, Suggie, Bonny and Lifi, whose vocal performances are a testimony to the success of the programme. It will be a two-hour event and Moruakgomo says the show is an extension of the theatrical play based on ritual killings, although there is a feeling that the play needs to be shortened to allow for the musical piece to take centre stage.