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LOGMAS GAIN MOMENTUM

23/09/2020 08:38:00 BY DUDU DUBE

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MBABANE – May the best man win. This holds true to local artists who were nominated under the Lockdown Gospel Music Awards (LOGMA).

The Association of Christian Artists in Eswatini, (ACAESWA) a few weeks ago announced that they would be hosting gospel awards online dubbed ‘Lockdown Gospel Music Awards’.
The awards, which will take place this coming November were officially launched on July 11, 2020 at The George Hotel in Manzini.

The association’s Public Relations Officer, Nhlanhla Mathunjwa, yesterday officially shared the voting score board.
The nominations had public and technical categories.

The public category was decided by the public and were open to anyone who qualified, while the technical category is to be decided by the adjudication panel except for ‘The Most Downloaded Gospel Song’ category, which will be based on online statistics.

“We have been getting a positive response from the public. We had requested them to nominate their favourite gospel artists and they have been responding well. The current COVID-19 pandemic has pushed us to wear our creative caps and we will be having a great online show,” Mathunjwa said.

He went on to encourage people to continue supporting local artists by voting.
Mathunjwa also shared that prizes to be received by the winners would soon be shared.
“We are still finalising with our sponsors, but we will be giving away lucrative prizes for the winners,” he added.

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The voting lines are still open and people can send an SMS as follows: VOTE followed by ARTISTS CODE to 6677.
The voting process will be according to the category code abbreviations followed by the artist’s number, which are two digits.
It is worth noting that the awards will be held in partnership with the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture, Destiny Group, Old Mutual Eswatini, Premier Bakeries, Dem Dem Recording Studios as well as Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority.

One of the leading gospel group Amadodana aseA.M.E nominated under the category dubbed ‘Lockdown Best Amadodana Gospel Group’, expressed their excitement.
The Public Relations Officer, Sibusiso Baartjies, encouraged people to continue supporting them.

“We thank the lord for the love and support we are getting from the public. Last week we had 653 vote and this week we are standing at 934, ” he said.
Amadodana aseA.M.E began as a small group in 2009. They started off as a junior choir in the African Methodist Episcopal church.

The choir has been performing within the church until they recorded their first Album in 2018. Since then, they have been invited in and out of the country for their outstanding performance. Amadodana ase A.M.E were crowned lead choir for Amadodana Competions in 2018. The choir was also amongst the few that were chosen to partake in the current Amadodana Movement initiative.