Pop Idols winner, Anke Pietrangeli, together with runners-up Poseletso Sejosingoe and Jacques Terre Blanche, played to an enthusiastic crowd of over 3,500. The show was staged by digital broadcaster DStv and entertainment channel M-Net, which broadcast the Idols series.
Sound was provided by the PA hire division of HK Audio distributor Devan Audio Engineering, Devan Pro-Audio, which has been operating from Harare since 1984. Devan chose to use four HK Audio self-powered, long throw projector systems, with two full systems flanking the stage and two as side-fills, giving a total power of 10kW. Additionally, six HK Audio F.A.S.T. flexible active stage monitors were used on stage.
According to Devan's CEO Peter van Deventer, there were some challenges to overcome: "The venue is a brand new, large indoor auditorium and the acoustics were bright and very reflective, especially off the back wall. We set the stage Projectors to a short throw configuration, as we did with the side fills to minimize slap-back off the back wall. During the first half of the evening the live band took to the stage, with the Idols and their respective backing tracks taking over for the second half.
The concert raised 35 million Zimbabwe Dollars for Rotary Zimbabwe's Adopt-a-Grandparent Fund.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
