The 1st Chilren Arts Festival

Hatimaye tamasha la kwanza la watoto la sanaa (The first Arts Festival) lafanyika. Tamasha hili limefanyika leo hii tarehe 17/12/2011 kuanzia saa 9:00am -4:30pm. Tamasha hili lilihudhuriwa na watu mbali mbali na maonesho yalifana sana. Yafuatayo ni matukio katika picha.

Watoto wa TCTC Tabata wakiimba wimbo wa Bob Rudala katika Tamasha hilo.

Watoto wa Shada kutoka Bagamoyo wakionyesha Sarakasi.

Watoto wa friends of Don Bosco kutoka Kimara-Suka wakicheza Mganda

Ukumbi wa Nyumba ya utamaduni ulivyolipendezesha Tamasha

Mwenyekiti (Chairperson) Akifunga Tamasha

Mtoto wa KAOMU High view Nursery and Primary school kutoka Mbagala akipokea zawadi.

Na hawa ndio walikuwa wanakamati wa Tamasha hili la kwanza

Tamasha lilibarikiwa na Uwepo wa Bob Rudala mwenyewe Pamoja na wasanii wengine kama Raza na Vitalis Maembe.

Bob Rudala

Vitalis Maembe akiwa na Chanjo ya Rushwa

Tamasha liliahirishwa kwa mategemeo kufanyika tena mwakani mwaka 2012.

Know WAAO

Watoto Arts Organization (WAAO)

WAAO

Watoto Arts Organization (WAAO) is an NGO which is situated at Migombani Street at Tabata Segerea, Ilala Municipal in Dar es Salaam-Tanzania. The word ‘watoto’ is a Kiswahili word which means children. The organization’s main purpose is to find, identify and expose young talented children in the world of arts. Moreover the organization also nurtures and shapes the children and their talents into the realm of arts. To do so the organization conducts trainings, workshops, seminars, exhibitions and public performances on Arts and culture. Towards the productions children are main target and proprietors under guidance.

WAAO Children in a performance

Activities at WAAO include Traditional dance and Choreography, Theatre/Drama (Storytelling included), Poems, Solo singing and Choir, Acrobatics and Gymnastics, Painting and Drawing, Sculpture, Designing and handicrafts.

Vision

WAAO’s vision is to be the leading organization in Tanzania then Africa towards developing the children and the youth’s talents in arts and culture.

Mission

To find, identify, realize and expose the talented children and youths and to further expose these children and youth into the realm of Arts and culture.

The way forward 2011

This year, from 15-17^th December, 2011 Watoto Arts Organization will be the main organizer of the 1^st Children Arts and Culture festival. However, the event will be expertise by volunteers from the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of the University of Dar es Salaam and Taasisi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni (TaSUBA) former Bagamoyo College of Arts.

The theme for the festival this year will be “Arts and Culture for peace, Security and Unity”. In this festival we will also celebrate the 50 years since Independence anniversary of Tanzania.

WAAO Children on a performance at Tabata Segerea

During the festival WAAO expects performances from other children groups who have already confirmed to attend and participate. These include Shada Group-Bagamoyo, Kaomu High View Nursery and Primary School-Mbagala, JUA Group-Bagamoyo, Mwembeni Primary School-Vingunguti, Mtema Lugodi-Bagamoyo, KAPE Group-Kariakoo and Tanzania Children Talents and Culture Organization from Tabata Segerea.

Theresia Gratta-The Director of WAAO

For more information about WAAO or the 1^st Children Arts and Culture festival please contact:

Theresia Gratta-Director WAAO at Mobile Numbers: 0715 985 251 or 0754 985 251

Or e-mail at: artswatoto@yahoo.com

Wende (Wande) short film

After a silence on the set and a standby, Gervas Kasiga who is the CEO and the director of Bona Fide films said action to a short film production going by the name Wende. With the production Gervas Kasiga who is also the script writer and the Director of the film had an aim to unite the coming up professionals in the field and those who have been for sometime but not yet popular for that case.

Gervas (On the right) directing Biko on location

When the script was ready, Gervas Kasiga joined hands with Shah who is the founder of Native Filmes. Shah's job was to start transforming the script into a shooting script and then help Gervas to look for the crew and the cast.

Shah (On the Camera) taking a short on location

Sometime in April, 2011 the Crew and the Cast met and did the necessary preparations for the production. The film was shot for 4days and taken to the Post-Production under Shah.

The Wende crew busy on location

Wende on location (Wende and the Baunsa)

Cast and Crew

Wende 1: Epiphania Kimaro, Wende 2: Imakulata Mkude, Wende 3: Doris Deonatus, The Rich man: Mashindano Livinus, Man with Chips: Biko, Baunsa: Rashid Abunaya

Make up: Alice Godfrey, Camera: Shah, Naamala Samson and Edgar L. Ngelela, Production Assistant: Happiness Mang'ondi, Assistant Director: George Goyayi Director: Gervas Kasiga.

Native Filmes Bona Fide films

Gervas Kasiga's way forward!

There have been question on what's up with Gervas Kasiga (Chuma/Junior): What is he doing now and what is the way forward after the Movie "Fake Pastors". So here is what's up? The artist who is the CEO of Bona Fide films has joined hands with Shah; the founder of Native Filmes and together joined hands with Edgar L. Ngelela in a short film production that is at its final phase.

Stay in touch with this blog get more info about the short film "Wande" which is Directed by Gervas Kasiga.

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