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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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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.
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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