adminThe competition, which is organised by NACZ and Delta Beverages, is open to upcoming artistes who have not yet recorded their works.
Speaking to Chronicle Entertainment NACZ programmes officer for Bulawayo, William Nyandoro, said the door was still open for artistes to bring in their applications.
“We are calling upon artistes to submit their application forms to be part of this competition. The provincial finals would be held on 30 June,” said Nyandoro.
Last year the province was represented by Nyampi Stars at the national finals held in Harare.
Matabeleland South provincial arts manager, Nokuthula Moyo said preparations for the province’s competition were at an advanced stage with 10 groups having submitted their applications.
“Preparations are at an advanced stage and we chose the best groups to represent our province and raise our flag high,” said Moyo.
The provincial finals will take place at MaNkomo Beer Hall in Gwanda on 2 June. Groups that have made it into this year’s finals include Insiza Express Band, Reason Super Challenge, Yebo Yes Performing Arts, Big Brother Super Sounds, last year’s winners Motor Super Sounds, Tangs Pansi Band, Tsoepele Band and Danger Scorpions.
The Chibuku Road to Fame was launched in 2001 by NACZ in collaboration with Delta Beverages.
The main objective of the talent search competition is to promote young aspiring musicians to interact with established artistes as well as assisting them to record their music.
The Chibuku Road to Fame is a musical identification programme that seeks to give underprivileged groups a chance to record their first albums.
The programme helps promote the development of music groups through identifying groups with potential to produce recordable material and assist winning groups in documenting their works.
The competition has benefited quite a number of young musicians whose talent would otherwise have gone unnoticed.
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