MEDIA RELEASE FOR BEAUTY OF WORDS/SOS POETRY SLAM 3.0
What an
afternoon of mesmerizing renditions, from the tongue of that poetically drunk master of ceremony; Cephas, passed unto the lips of young
minds blowing the mic hot!
Sound Of
Sages (SOS) in collaboration with thePoetryCourt (tPC) held the third edition
of her annual poetry, music and sundry talent event on Saturday, the 8th of
December, 2018 inside Shogunle Town Hall, around Oshodi Isolo LGA in Lagos
Nigeria. The much publicised event officially commenced after beautiful red
carpet moments as anchored by pretty, petite Miss Amaka for TGZ RADIO, followed by recitation of
the first stanza of Nigeria’s National Anthem at about 1:35pm as anchored by
the only drunk comic rave of the moment, Cephas: one hell of a
hard-working, faithful monk as he calls himself.
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| Kormbat |
The first performance
for the day was by Emmanuel Kormbart
Jolayemi, a first class Computer Science graduate from Babcock University,
Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria who got the audience screaming to his trademark computer-inclined piece, titled “Sex Trafficking”, opening the gate for the day’s main activity, the SOS POETRY SLAM 3.0 that had a total number 16 contestants, in no particular order: Oludasa Olawale, Mahi Adedare, iAmEmmanuel, BabaJay, Joseph, Agholor Precious, Yusuf Balogun Gemini, CP Kings, BWriteWord, 78thPsalmist, Testimony Jesutofunmi, Alberto_Okuti, Dee Wordsmith, Titi Matthews, Kada shammah and the only female contestant, Akpati Theresa “Oracle”, all for a three (3) round bout with an estimated audience population of a hundred and twenty (120).
Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria who got the audience screaming to his trademark computer-inclined piece, titled “Sex Trafficking”, opening the gate for the day’s main activity, the SOS POETRY SLAM 3.0 that had a total number 16 contestants, in no particular order: Oludasa Olawale, Mahi Adedare, iAmEmmanuel, BabaJay, Joseph, Agholor Precious, Yusuf Balogun Gemini, CP Kings, BWriteWord, 78thPsalmist, Testimony Jesutofunmi, Alberto_Okuti, Dee Wordsmith, Titi Matthews, Kada shammah and the only female contestant, Akpati Theresa “Oracle”, all for a three (3) round bout with an estimated audience population of a hundred and twenty (120).
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| BWrite |
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| Oracle |
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| Mahi Adedare |
For the first
round of two minutes each, Oludasa Olawale, CP Kings,78th Psalmist, Gemini were
few of the slam poets that got the judges applause with their words,
performance and crazy signature styles. Unlike the first round that had 16
contestants recite a poem each on any theme of their choice, the 10 surviving
contestants at the second round were to center their poems around “POLICE THE POLLS” after which 5 of them
made it to the last round; Oludasa, CP Kings, 78 Psalmist, Balogun Yusuf Gemini
and of course, the newly crowned Wordaholics Mini Poetry Slam Champion of The
Year 2018, the only female contestant, Akpati Theresa Isioma ‘ORACLE’.
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| Winner, Oludasa. |
The event
grid, to douse the tension, had spot-on spoken word poetry performances from
veteran Nigerian Spoken Word Poets like Soonest Iheaniyichukwu Nathaniel (SIN), Paul Word, Ajibola Habeeb da Beloved, Layo Simeon (founder of POETRY ALIVE), Kayode Azeez, in between, before the
slam last round and a surprise 8-year old wonder kid, Treasure Obi, she
blew the minds of the audience with her amazing confident eloquence behind the
microphone.
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| Panel of Judges |
At the last
round, Olawale Oludasa, the eventual winner made the obviously entertained
audience scream so loud with his ground-breaking signature performance – OMO
MUSHIN OLOSHA RISE!
Then the
presentation of dummy cheques for winners by three out of the four sitting
judges; MR SOONEST NATHANIEL(who replaced MR. JAMES ADEMUYIWA in between), MISS
LAYO SIMEON AND MRS IQUO DIANA-ABASI, followed by a short announcement by Sound
Of Sages (SOS) curator, Bankole Kolawole ‘BankHALL’, that the winner, Oludasa Olawale has won for himself a free video shoot of his signature piece,
*OMO MUSHIN OLOSHA RISE*, a customized t-shirt with the inscription ‘Greatest Spoken Word Poet Of All Time'
as sponsored by BOOM Poetry, then four books written by *IQUO DIANA ABASI* for
BEST PERFORMER OF THE DAY award. He added that the best three (3) poems for the day will
be posted on SOS blog site with a prize to be given to the eventual winner.
The dummy cheques had the names and total prize money for the top three contestants in this order: -
Winner - Oludasa Michael Olawale N25,000 (Twenty-five Thousand Naira)
1st Runner-Up: Balogun Yusuf Gemini N15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Naira)
2nd Runner-Up: Okpara Oghenesuvwe "CP Kings" N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira)
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| L-R: Mr. Soonest Nathaniel presenting the 2nd Runner-up cheque to CP Kings |
The dummy cheques had the names and total prize money for the top three contestants in this order: -
Winner - Oludasa Michael Olawale N25,000 (Twenty-five Thousand Naira)
1st Runner-Up: Balogun Yusuf Gemini N15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Naira)
2nd Runner-Up: Okpara Oghenesuvwe "CP Kings" N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira)
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| Miss Lara Simeon presents 1st Runner-up cheque to Balogun Yusuf while SOS Curator, Bankole Kolawole (extreme left) looks on |
The event
came to a close with red carpet interviews amid dancing and networking,
as members of the audience got refreshed with delicious snacks, pet
drinks as parting gifts at about 5:40pm.
Thanks for reading.
Bankole Kolawole
Authorized Signatory
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| L-R: Mrs Iquo Diana-Abasi presents Winner's cheque to Oludasa Olawale |
Thanks for reading.
Bankole Kolawole
Authorized Signatory
PS: *Poetry Alive*; a theatre arts
company that specializes in performance poetry around tertiary institutions in
Nigeria have indicated interest to mentor and manage a number of
shortlisted poets(contestants) at SOS POETRY SLAM 3.0, details shall be
communicated in due time.
For enquiries on
sponsorship and related matters, contact SOS on WhatsApp: +2348127745061 or
soundofsagesgmail.com
Twitter/Instagram:
@soundofsages
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