Tuesday 22 March 2011

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS














Basketball is my favorite sport
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Just like I'm the King on the microphone so is Dr. J and Moses Malone
I like Slam dunks take me to the hoop
My favorite play is the alley oop
I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go,
Cause it's Basketball, uh, Mister Kurtis Blow

"Basketball" - Kurtis Blow (1984)

Anyone would be hard-pressed to claim that Hip Hop and the game of Basketball are only relative. The two can only be stretched so far to dispute all proof of how much influential similarities they have aside from what the DJ has on his playlist at the games; right down to what kind of gear fans bump on their feet (Nike Air Jordans). 
Here's a recap of what went down at Friday Night Lights Basketball game - Week II:

LAST Friday evening, basketball players encountered their fans in an evening of interactive fun and games.

This was not the usual Friday Night Lights you may have heard of — nothing to do with the famed American football series in the US. This was the Friday Night Lights at Wandegeya, YMCA basketball court.

With the main basketball season over, the Friday Night Lights involves basketball pros taking on fans in a series of brief and entertaining games as part of a greater goal to encourage skills transfer, sharing as well as interaction.

There was the hip-hop music to dance to and young and beautiful ladies dressed fashionably, as if headed straight to a night club. These added glamour to the event.

The ladies cheered the teams made up of tall and sturdy basketball players as well as their fans. Entry was free for the ladies while the men parted with sh3,000.

Teams won token prizes of cash and beer. The top prize was sh750,000 for the fan that could successfully make a centre shot and score.

This was quite a challenge for those that made an effort to make a winning shot from the centre of the court. At the end, no one made it.

Next week, the prize goes higher by 250,000 to become 1,000,000 for a fan who can make a winning shot.

While fans, especially the ladies, could not get enough of Klear Kut rapper, The Mith’s hip-hop performance, they may have found Rabadaba more entertaining.

He teased them with his dances and reached out to them to sing along with him.

If one did not understand the rules of the game, they at least got the cue when to cheer the best teams.

With many young people looking out for where to ‘happen’ on a Friday evening, they seemed to have found a new companion in Friday Night Lights. 


Friday Nights at YMCA redefined - The New Vision - Tuesday 15th March 2011.


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