Big welcome for new students
DEFYING GRAVITY: Kalawa Jazzme Record’s latest find, Dr Malinga, does his trademark jump while performing at the CPUT’s First Year Welcoming Event.
Thursday, 07 February 2013
The Department of Student Affairs and Support Services gave this year’s first years a warmest welcome to CPUT which they are bound to remember for years to come.
This week, the department hosted two events on Cape Town and Bellville campuses which saw performances by some of the biggest musicians who are making international headlines and dominating airwaves on radio and television stations across Southern Africa.
MAESTROS: Micasa band performs songs from their album Micasa Music, which scooped the Best Dance Album Award at last year’s South African Music Awards, to the delight of thousands of CPUT students.
Besides the well-travelled Cape Town band Hot Water, other major attractions were the multi-award winning Micasa as well Kalawa Jazzme Records’s sizzling hot newcomer, Dr Malinga.
Micasa performed songs from its album Micasa Music, including the hit These Streets, which scooped the MTN Record of the Year at last year’s South African Music Awards.
Dr Malinga, of the hit song Via Orlando fame, bedazzled the crowd on both events with interactive performances filled with energetic and acrobatic dance moves that left the thousands of students asking for more.
Hectic Nine 9 presenter Laurian Nortjie and Expresso presenter Danine Naidoo, a CPUT alumna, directed the programme and interacted with the crowd by giving away prizes to the students who volunteered to perform popular songs and dance moves.
Apart from the support services departments and student societies running information stalls during the events, there was also a big screen showing an array of support services available to CPUT students.
The events were sponsored by Cell C, Mountain Dew and Chefs.
By Kwanele Butana
Written by CPUT News
Email: news@cput.ac.za
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