Lagbaja, Ego reunite for National Day

on October 12, 2014   /   in Showtime People 12:28 am   /   Comments Nigeria’s National Telecommunications carrier made this year’s National Day a memorable one for its high net-worth subscribers. It was the day the company set aside to celebrate its premium subscribers and launch a reward scheme under a club christened  Glo Prive. The colourful event   held at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel, Lagos.

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The activities of the night were set in motion with a melodious rendition of the two stanzas of the Nigerian national anthem by the “nothing for you” crooner, Ego Ogbaru and sultry singer, Chee the Voice. Then Bez took over by wowing the high-profile audience with four of his hottest numbers.

What happened next was bringing back old memories of Hubert Ogunde, Duro Ladipo and a dance drama tagged ‘Full Circle’ presented by Bolanle Austin-Peters’ of Terra Kulture.

This kaleidoscopic exploration of music and dances across the years with matching costumes was greeted with applause and the drama gave vignettes of artistes like Osibisa with the Ipi Tombi rendition, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Kenny Rodgers and a re-enactment of love scenes from “Grease” and “Saro, the musical”.

Guests had sumptuous dinner washed down with choice wines whilst this culinary interlude afforded velvety voiced   Ego Ogbaru and Chee, the Voice the opportunity to serenade guests with delightful music.

But by far, the biggest surprise of the evening was the once-in-a-blue moon performance of Ego Ogbaru with her former, leader, the masked one, Lagbaja through a duet on the popular “Always on my mind” song.

It was as a surprise package engineered by the resourceful Gbenga Adeyinka, who was the compere of the event which ended on the historic note of re-uniting Lagbaja with his voice, Ego, over five years after they separated on stage.