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Campari’s ‘Dare To Mix Festival’ Amazes PH Residents
It was an amazing night of mixology in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s Garden City last weekend at the Port Harcourt Mall as the annual Compari’s ‘Dare to mix festival’ stormed the city with the daring spirit of campari fans and mixologists who took delight in creating bold cocktails, hit the city after a successful Lagos edition in 2016.
The night featured an array of delightful cocktails, Canape’s comedy and amazing performances by 2 Baba, DJ Jimmy Jaff, Harrysong, Duncan Mighty and Kelly Hansome.
Some of the special cocktails include ‘Campari Senator.’ This special mix of campari and beer is every beer lovers favourite. The best part of this delightful cocktail is that it can be made with absolutely any beer brand and the result is excellent.
‘Campari Orange’ like the name implies is a mouth watering cocktail gotten from the mix of campari, orange, juice and ice. There is also the “implication Shakerato” and “Campari champman.”
It could be recalled that on his visit to the campari house in Milian last year, Campari Ambassador 2 Baba Idibia learnt how to make some interesting campari cocktails so much so he came up with one himself. He called it “implication shake rato. The special mix of campari, a little Vodka, some lime ice, the best thing to take as the mixing continues.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
