VGMA DELAYED BECAUSE OF AWARD PRESENTERS-

Many have expressed their displeasure about the
duration of this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music
Awards which came off at the Accra International
Conference Centre last Saturday.
The show which started around 10pm and ended
around 3.30am has been described by some people
as “boring”, citing its protraction as the reason.
Head of brands, communications and media for
Charter House, organizers of the event, has
blamed award presenters at the event for the
prolonged show. According George Quaye who was
speaking on Radio Univers’ mid-morning show,
Brunch2Lunch with Abrantepa, though the
presenters were given guidelines on what to do,
some did not stick to the orientation given by the
organizers.
“Even though those who were called to present the
awards were briefed to greet, mention their
names, call for the nominations to be shown on the
screens and present the award, those were the
moments some were advertising their brands while
others gave long speeches.
When we calculated the amount of time they spent
on stage, it accumulated to one hour twenty
minutes”, he noted.
Admitting that some performers exceeded the
time allocated to them, Mr. Quaye indicated that
it cannot be responsible for the protraction of the
show, stressing it was a negligible factor.
“Most artistes wanted to give their best so they
wanted to use their own bands. Changing the band
and equipment was one major setback for us.
During the rehearsals, it went well; but on action,
a few things happened. If you were watching on
TV, you could see we went for a long break. It
wasn’t deliberate. We were changing the band. It
was for a good reason but the coordination… We
were dealing with equipment. However, it was not
really due to the artistes performance which
dragged the show; rather the award presenters”,
he said emphatically.