{"id":275670,"date":"2011-02-07T22:19:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T22:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51366"},"modified":"2011-02-07T22:19:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T22:19:04","slug":"hi-life-festival-rocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/07\/hi-life-festival-rocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi-life Festival Rocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_31240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31240\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-31240\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/08\/amakye-dede-latest-album-in-december\/amakye_dede\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31240\" title=\"amakye_dede\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/amakye_dede.jpg\" alt=\"Amakye Dede\" width=\"280\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amakye Dede<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHandkerchiefs bled with sweat; voices  strained from shouts; muscles overstretched through the dances; and yet  patrons at the Hi-life Festival 2011 on Friday at the Alisa Hotel  Poolside wanted more.<br \/>\nIt was a blend of indigenous and  contemporary hi-life music by the nation\u2019s best and for close to nine  hours patrons were just warming up &#8211; no signs of fatigue. Soon it was  1:30 am Saturday and fans wanted more.<br \/>\nOne star after another;  one hit track after another, Kofi Nti, George Jarah, Oheneba Kissi,  Felix Owusu, Kwabena Kwabena, Nana Ampadu and the \u2018seeeeerious\u2019 man  Amakye Dede served a delectable collection of hi-life tracks which were  too hot for butts to remain seated.<br \/>\nAnd when owners of those  butts with different shapes and sizes got onto the dance floor there was  no turning back; the atmosphere was electrifyingly \u2018seeeerious.\u2019 The  floor was choked. Couples danced and touched; singles did same and  swapped contact numbers in addition.<br \/>\nNever mind some of the  dances were offbeat &#8211; the shouts and gestures made up. George Jarah was  majestic. The Sophia track got patrons singing along but the ashikele  fever swept through the crowd like the \u2018kelewele\u2019 aroma.<br \/>\nKwabena  Kwabena had the fans \u2018cursing and praising\u2019 him with equal measure  because his opening rendition got the couples very close, tight on the  dance floor, in fact, just noses apart. His voice angelic, soul  searching, the one couples needed for bonding and to spark the passion  in their bedrooms, but hey they were on a dance floor at a public place.<br \/>\nThe  singles loathed, loved and looked around the dance floor, dancing or  pretending to and hoped for God\u2019s sake they will get a dancing partner  at least for the opening tracks. And when \u2018Aso\u2019 came, the slow rhythm  changed, the singles could dance along with or without a partner.<br \/>\nNana  Ampadu was phenomenal. He may have lost the energy to age but  definitely not the skill or the voice. He brought back fond memories for  the few who were his age but the many who were in their 20s and 30s  could not help but give hi-life music a pride of place in Ghana\u2019s music  industry.<br \/>\nHis was a total performance. He ad-libbed when he had  to and sing his old track when he had to, all within a perfect danceable  rhythm the dancers could not resist. His rendition of \u2018Argatha\u2019 was  just something else. Then came the moment! Abrantie Amakye Dede like  wine which gets sweeter with time, dazzled the crowd.<br \/>\nHe was  \u2018seeeeerious\u2019 just like his accolade and got patrons in an emphatic  celebration mood. \u2018Emaa p3 sokoo\u2019 he blared into the microphone and the  crowd in sumptuous unison responded \u201csokoo ne emaa p3.\u2019 The crowd was  carried away; the fun was amazing but the clock ticked fast and soon the  Festival was coming to an end.<br \/>\nFans had squeezed the sweat from  their handkerchiefs after hours of dancing and were prepared for more  but i guess everything that has a beginning has an end. Hopefully the  Hi-life Festival led by Mark Okraku Mante and powered by Joy  Entertainment will put together another Hi-life fiesta on March 6. 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