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TALANTA AWARDS / REFILL 2008 RECAP

Mon, 21 Jul 2008

Talanta Awards and Refill 2008 was held on Saturday 19th July at RCC in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chasemode from Maryland scooped the Best Artist award as Boston's Carol Mbithi took home the Best Female Artist award. D Kamaa from North Carolina won the Best Male Artist Award. In the "Artists in Kenya" category, Zaidi ya Mziki won the Best Group award, KiKi won Best Female Artist and Juliani walked away with the Best Male Artist award. There was Live Video streaming of Talanta Awards and Refill 2008 Weekend on www.KenyanGospel.com, a first for any Kenyan event worldwide. A total of 1,870 viewers watched the event live and also provided a forum for viewers to chat with each other and comment about performances. Live streaming on KenyanGospel.com was sponsored by Poapay.com and AccentsTelecom.com To view the entire awards show again, check the links below. Hundreds of people attended the 2-day event that was organized by The Musters. Other states represented included Indiana, Georgia, Massachussetts, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, Missouri, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennyslvania, Kansas, California, Alabama, New York among others. Invited guests and speakers in attendance included KCFA President Lukus Kimani, Former KCFA President Rev Dr Joseph Njoroge and his wife KCFA Women's Director Rev Wambui Njoroge, KCFA Founder Dr Joe Karogi, Apostle David Karanja, Rev George Opiyo and Evangelist Eva Mwangi among others. There were performances by Zaidi ya Mziki, KiKi, Chasemode, Carol Mbithi, D Kamaa, Fred and Mercy Obare, The Musters, Joshua Generation, K.I.C formerly C.S.I, God Seekers, Holy Ghost Boyz, Chozen Vesselz, Bettylenah, Martha among others. DJ Jey and DJ Fresh were in the mix all weekend long. Talanta Awards is an annual event that celebrates Kenyan gospel artists based in the U.S. Pictures courtesy Nairobi Photography

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VIEW THE COMPLETE WINNERS LIST

Sat 19th July 2008
The event started in the morning with a message from Ev. Eva Mwangi from Charlotte, NC. Apostle David Karanja, Rev. George Opiyo (Rev G) from Georgia also dropped some encouraging word. Hilarious man! Performances from different artists were interspaced between the sessions. DJ Jey provided more music relief all day. Free lunch and dinner was served to all in attendance, courtesy of the musters. After dinner was the official Talanta Awards ceremony (see below).

Sun 20th July 2008
Attendees joined the church congregation for the worship service. Thereafter, there was a special artists concert from 12pm till a few mins after three. The concert was also streamed live on KenyanGospel.com

TALANTA AWARDS 2008
The event kicked off at around 8pm. Thomas Njuguna (Toma) from Indiana and Faith Mwaura (Imani) from Dallas were the MCs for the night and did a splendid job keeping the ceremony vibrant. All nominees walked down the isle and were welcomed by the distinguished guests and pastors in attendance. The opening prayer was led by by Pastor Kihoro from NC and thereafter The Musters Patron Maggie Karuri welcomed everyone and shared in the vision of Talanta Awards. Watch the entire awards show again. Not even a second is not recorded. We divided the video into 5 parts.

Part 1 - In this part of the video, you see how it all started. The entrance of the nominees, the opening prayer and the sharing of the vision by Maggie. (Make sure you watch esp the 8:40 minute mark of the video)

Part 2 - Maggie finishes sharing the vision and welcomes Rev Dr. Joseph Njoroge who introduces the distinguished guests present. He also has a message to everyone and then inaugurates the event. Looking for your friend who was present? Check out this video, especially when Dr Njoroge is sharing.

Part 3 - Toma and Imani are back in white gear and formally introduce themselves. The ceremony now is in top gear as the nights first bunch of winners are announced. Towards the end of the clip, see what happened when there was a technical hitch with the voice over.

Part 4 - More awards are given out as more guests are welcomed to present awards to the winners. The kids are also called upon to dance on stage. The MCs also have another change of outfits.

Part 5 - Last part of the awards ceremony with more awards plus the closing. Funny how the MCs don't notice that their mic records each and everything they say...even when they think they are talking amongst themselves. Laugh out loud!

» 25 Comments

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:361 by YoungLem

wazi Fresh for the job well done. may God continue to enhance your ministry and even take u to a higher level. As mordecai told esther, so i say unto u....."u have been brought into the kingdom for such a time as this." Baraka tele to u!!!

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:302 by Judy

Asante Dj Fresh! And it was wonderful to see such amazing talents within us! I loved the idea of award thingi and my hope is next year i will be apart and parcel of it!!!!!!!!!!!!

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:563 by blink

Thanx DJ Fresh for posting out this videos its really great esp. to those who weren't there. Mungu akubariki sana.

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:104 by J.G

a trailblazer of an event, few men allow God to use them in such proportions, glory to God

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:105 by Obowri

What's is up everybody...This is Obowri y Mbuagua,,,(Chozen Vesselz)...just want to say thank you to everybody...It was truly a blessing spending time with all of you....

myspace/chozenvesselz.com

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:536 by Imani

Fresh, i am glued to these videos. Thank you for giving us/me the opportunity to see this again. I had a blast. As for Mbugua and Odwori (Chossen Vessels), you guys are now part of the Kenyan Family.

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:207 by Beato-stl

Fresh, its awesome to have this videos here. this was an occasion that will go down memory lane. truly blessed and amazed at the talent among kenyan gospel artists... keep it up guys... mbarikiwe sana...

at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:158 by Bettylenah

Fresh, YOU SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT! LOL:) Anyway last weekend was very fun and was a complete refill. As for Mbugua and Odwori we all love you and welcome to the family. We hope to see you again in future conferences! Can't wait until next year! peace ;)

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:079 by George Opiyo

Shout out to all who attended/watched the Refill/Talanta Awards.It was an honor mnistering the WORD to y'all.I am pursuaded we will be meeting again soon.Mbarikiwe

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:0510 by GOds gurly

just wanna take the oportunity to thank all of you who came to this awards and also those who watched it. to our Lord jesus, organizers,DJZ mucisians and everybody else.may God bless each one of you.... AND A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO PASTOR G OPIYO,EV EVA,PASTOR KARANJA,SAMMY. GOD BLESS YOU SANA. WE LOVE YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:4511 by GOLDIGGER

Asante DJ Fresh and every other supporter of the occasion. Holla to all performers.

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:0912 by sam nyanja

morning sessions were not only electrifying but also trully inspiration Rev. G and Lady Z yo brought the house down for his glory, Maggie's Sister set the pace , and Apostle karanja the word pierced to the heart and resonated vibrably to instill confidence and confirmation of the assignment...visionaries and prophesy. waaaaaaaaaaau. that was something. sam mwanyumba your testimony in a song left me in owe.

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:3413 by Grace Wairimu (SC)

l was so so blessed and l can say was wow. Yani God was in that place and my prayer from the previous days before the event was that if anything let me increase in the knowledge of God and l was. it was my first time to hear Apostle Karanja speak, Rev G was soo funny- Eva was an inspirition to me. More than that we drove with Don, Dons mum and Bernard Kamau and we had a blast- l made friends and l loved every single minute. DJ Fresh wewe ni wetu and MUSTERS ROCK- every single person involved.

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:0714 by Liz Jgm

Praise God all you people, praise His Holy name.This past weekend was a blast. Musters thanks for all you did, kudos. Fresh kama kawaida we ni wetu and God bless you soooo much for what u r doing for His Kingdom.For everyone else keep the fire burning for Jesus and lift up His banner.

at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:5815 by Esther Kigaa (Ga)

WOW!! This is awesome. Great event especially one of our kind. I don't think am going to miss out next tym. Thanks to organizers and the sponsers. Lets take the name of Jesus Christ to the ends of the world. N to you dear one Bena (The camera man), these were great shots!! May you continue to EXPAND and SHINE.

at Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:1116 by bernard kamau

halleluyah!
i dont know what i can say about talanta!it was inspiring!!maggie,njenga and the musters!congrats.dj fresh,it was just an honor working with u though next time we will have bigger cameras n a gud tripod..thanks.sweety essie thanks for your compliment.don,grace and sam from sc,was awesome awesome awesome driving with u!lena and samu watu wa nguvu
rev g.....twanga hiyo word sawa sawa! holla

at Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:2117 by angel

wow...what a ceremony. I was not able to attend but watching it online i can just imagine how amazing it was! A lot of fun and also you guys two great master of ceremony! Tommah and Faith wow keep up!

but ALL THE GLORY AND HONOUR TO GOD WHO ALONE DESERVES IT.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

at Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:2518 by caroline mbithi

awesome video of the whole event lets take it to the next level keep raising the bar, am honred to have been part of refill/talanta 08 the music the word and much love to everyone.

at Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:2219 by Monix

Am thankful to God and I agree with Toma that whrere we go we posses.It's our tym Children of God to take wats ours.Nyc event.Wat happened to part 5.To God be the glory.Very nyc.Hii ni kiojo.

at Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:1920 by Miracle Gal

This was a history making event. We as the energetic age group have a mandate to impact America and the world and am glad that we are doing something to fulfill the prophecies over our lives. Ev. Eva was a challenge and inspiration to me. Kudos to the musters, and all who ministered. Dj Fresh, you are a blessing to our generation. No one and nothing can and should stop us. Let us continue supporting each other. To God be ALL the glory and honor!

at Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:0021 by Urezzo

I wanna thank everyone who made the whole event a success.want to Thank God n give Him all the praise for helping us thru.congrats to al the winners and hope to see u next tyme.ReFill 09/Talanta Awards.thanks to the ministers,artiste and my crew n all who worked behind the scenes.Barikiweni sana

at Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:2422 by ndwale

loved ua dance Godseekers- cheerz and GBU!

at Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:0023 by jimmy

THANKS TO ALL DA PPLE WHO SHOWED LOVE AND VOTED TOWARDS GODSEEKERS...............AND NDWALE ASANTE PIA....FRESH MY MAN BARAKA KIBAO!

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