Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
were next in line to experience their favourite artistes perform live on stage
during the Coke Studio season two campus concerts.
The concert which held on Friday, October 10th
saw a large turnout of music loving youths troop to the car park of the
school’s Sports Complex to see music stars – Dammy Krane, Orezi and Reminisce.
They also had the opportunity to cheer on their local school artistes who put
up exciting performances and got a chance to perform alongside these stars.
The concert, according to Brand Manager, Colas,
Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Olufemi Ashipa, is an extension of Coke Studio that
delivers the music experience directly to the core demographics. “It’s about
strengthening our relationship with these teens”, he noted. Speaking on the
outcome of the concert at the Ile-Ife institution, Ashipa said, “The atmosphere
at OAU was tremendous. The turnout was more than we anticipated. Even the
change in weather did not deter them from watching all the artistes perform.
This goes to show the level of connection we established with them”, he said.
The concert started with a competition to select
the top three upcoming artistes from the institution to perform with the stars.
At the end, Damilola Babatunde, Olamide Oladipo and Olusola Bakare emerged
winners, and had their once in a lifetime opportunity to perform with Dammy
Krane, Reminisce and Orezi respectively.
The concert shifted gear when Dammy Krane took to
the stage to perform his popular tracks including “My Dear” and “Amin”. Orezi
followed up closely with his line up of songs and a spontaneous competition for
the famous dance step “shoki”. Rapper, Reminisce, brought the concert to a
befitting end by performing his popular tracks including “Kako bi chicken” and
“Daddy”.
A third year student of Local Government Studies,
Charles Duduyemi, said he was happy at the inclusion of his institution on the
tour. According to him, a show of this calibre and magnitude was rare for them
to experience. Echoing similar sentiments, Ademowore Susan, a second year
student of Psychology expressed her gratitude to Coca-Cola for bringing Coke
Studio to infuse the much needed fun and excitement on campus.
A one-of-a-kind music experience, season two of the
Coke Studio Concerts kicked off in September and has toured major campuses in
Nigeria including Lagos State Polytechnic, University of Benin, Abia State
University, University of Lagos and most recently, Obafemi Awolowo University
with some of Nigeria’s biggest music artistes.
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