I recently returned from a three day trip to Montreal where I hosted an event
organized by "Ishaka", a Burundian traditional dance group from Ottawa. This is
the second time that these ladies have asked me to be the MC of their
event.
The trip was also an opportunity to get away from the usual and get a
little bit of rest. The event was phenomenal. It was close to perfection. The
group's preparedness, their professionalism and their excellence made me feel
proud to be Burundian. I have hosted many events over the past years, but I have
never experienced anything like this. I had the opportunity to work with
backstage producers, sound engineers and stage managers...It was a blast!
The beautiful Theatre Outremont was full to capacity and the crowd was
really into it. The music and the dances were well performed by the young ladies
with their beautiful smiles. I could tell they were having fun.
As I arrived early to the venue for the rehearsals, I was moved to tears
while watching them perform a Burundian traditional dance over Bob Marley's song
"One love". Wow! It was something. When the real show was about to wrap up,
my good friends Nicolas and Kijanya performed a song accompanied by the famous
Burundian drummers. Man, I can't stop thinking about it. It was a great
moment.
From what I could see, these ladies took their passion very seriously. They
worked long and hard and asked for help when needed. Most of all, they worked
perfectly as a team with no ego involved; and if I am not mistaken, this is the recipe for success. Find a passion,
work hard, have fun while doing it, be humble to ask for help when needed and
shoot for excellence. Ishaka does it, and they do it so
well.
Thanks a lot ladies for your inspiration. You made my day
on Saturday!
Moral of the story? How about you tell me?
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What a game 7 for the Raptors!! Kahwi shot was out of this world. I am
still in shock.
But, let me talk about a game that happened a while back. Game 5.
As game 5 against the Philadelphia 76ers and our beloved Raptors ended with a huge victory from the local team, we headed down to the press conference location. The media people were lining up in front of the elevator and the length of the line was one of those I had never seen. We had to wait for the elevator to go down and back up at least three times before we could get in.
By the time we finally got in the elevator, the TV monitor inside the elevator was showing Serge Ibaka’ s press conference. Shoot, we were running late.
We finally got down, and as we were rushing to the conference room, I bumped into Toronto FC soccer superstar Jozy Altidore. He said hi to me and I said hi back. It was surreal. Then, in front of me, I saw this huge guy with tattoos all over his body. I didn’t know who he was, but he caught my attention. As it turn…
But, let me talk about a game that happened a while back. Game 5.
As game 5 against the Philadelphia 76ers and our beloved Raptors ended with a huge victory from the local team, we headed down to the press conference location. The media people were lining up in front of the elevator and the length of the line was one of those I had never seen. We had to wait for the elevator to go down and back up at least three times before we could get in.
By the time we finally got in the elevator, the TV monitor inside the elevator was showing Serge Ibaka’ s press conference. Shoot, we were running late.
We finally got down, and as we were rushing to the conference room, I bumped into Toronto FC soccer superstar Jozy Altidore. He said hi to me and I said hi back. It was surreal. Then, in front of me, I saw this huge guy with tattoos all over his body. I didn’t know who he was, but he caught my attention. As it turn…
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