Iyasa wows media

By Patience Tandawa

TALENTED Bulawayo based dancing outfit, Iyasa, left journalists and exhibitors; clamouring for more after a series of spellbinding acts on Wednesday night.

It was a chilly night, with many of the revellers putting on heavy jerseys while others draped themselves with blanket-like jackets.

Most of the media practitioners appeared severely under the cold, especially when a sizable number of top Delta officials were making their speeches – blessing their new product, Chibuku Super, which has taken the country by storm.

Immediately after the speeches, it was time for some eats, to wash down the Chibuku Super, which everyone had been asked to sample by Delta officials so that they report about it from an informed point of view.

However, some journalists took long to join the food queue as Iyasa took to the stage, showing off their apparently natural dancing skills.

The dancing group first played “Umqombothi”, as if to baptise Chibuku Super, which should be found in abundance in Bulawayo in the next few days after a rise in production.

While others appeared to be vexed by the language in the song, they could not be deterred from shaking their mainly huge frames, trying unsuccessfully to mimic the vastly gifted Iyasa team.

Matters came to a head when the track “Mr DJ” was played. The song literally brought down the house and almost everyone, who is aware of the song, sang along.

The atmosphere was so electric that the huge jerseys had to be thrown away so that people could dance freely.

In the thick of excitement, most journalists ended up forgetting the initial instruction to “drink responsibly”, and took heavy doses of Chibuku Super and a number of other beverages available.

Others had to be ferried home by colleagues after taking one-too-many.