Afrikaans songwriters, singers, musicians, bands, record companies and anyone else related to the industry can all look forward to the inaugural Ghoema 2012. The newly introduced independent Afrikaans music awards will take place at the Carnival City Big Top Arena in Brakpan.
The general public will be able to attend the show which promises to showcase the likes of Jay, Lianie May, Juanita du Plessis, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Nicholis Louw and Ray Dylan. The show will start at 20h00 on 11 March 2012 and tickets can be purchased from Computicket at R80 per person.
The Awards seek to honour players in the Afrikaans music industry for their contribution and performance excellence during the past year. The brainchild of Barry Pretorius, the Awards are to be managed through the Ghoema Music Trust. The trust is to be administered by trustees and previous winners.
The Ghoema Awards have been named after the original Cape Malay slaves whose rich and colourful heritage found expression through music and live performances as Cape Minstrel troops.
According to Pretorius “The Ghoemas are completely independent and not aligned to any person or organisation and so can fairly represent the entire industry. We hope to someday be as big a force in music as are the Grammy’s and SAMA’s.” Afrikaans performers of all genre’s and music styles are welcome to be part of the Ghoema Awards.
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