World class acts to perform for cause

Caption:   Mya

Caption:   Kevin Little

By MATTHEW VARI

Sunday, June 1, 2014 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)

PORT Moresby is set to host a pair of music superstars in the world, with American R&B superstar Mya, and Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall sensation Kevin Little to grace the shores of the nation’s capital next month on June 13 and 14.

The performance of both class acts will also feature the famous Solomon Islands group DMP, who will be the opening acts for both shows.

Both shows have been organised by EmStret Entertainment, with the support of Sapience Entertainment, NCD Governor Powes Parkop, for the Voices for Villages project, with all funds to go towards much needed development projects at Babaka Village in the Rigo District of Central Province.

The fundraising will cater for the building of classrooms for the local primary school, 12 bed health centre, bore water project, sanitation, and solar power- in an proactive approach to cater for the lack of development in vital services in the village.

EmStret Entertainment Co-Director Haroun Rashid said that it was a great initiative undertaken by the rural Central village to bring in much needed services that they have been deprived of for years.

“The village community has already raised K70,000 to date, which has been put up to organise this event,” Rashid said.

“Friday June 14 at Crown Plaza will be where a fundraising private dinner event will be held where pledges can be made for the cause with opening performances from DMP and Mya.”

“Saturday June 15 a public performance of both DMP, Kevin Little, and Mya will perform to a paying audience in a concert that is anticipated to be huge.”  

The philanthropic Mya has devoted her time and resources to various causes, even founding the Mya Arts and Tech Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing disadvantaged youth growth and opportunity through arts and technology education, in which she serves as the director and a teacher.

A Grammy award winning artist with 16 years in the entertainment industry, featuring in massively successful singles such as ‘It’s All About Me’, ‘Best of Me’, and ‘Lady Marmalade’.

Kevin Little is well known abroad and in the country for his 2004 worldwide hit ‘Turn Me On’, which reached number two in the UK, number 3 in Australia, and number four in the US.

Formed in 2002, Door Mans Project, famously known as DMP, the boys from the Solomon Islands have been a sensation since hitting the music waves in PNG and have been a mainstay on the playlists of many in the country, with hits such as ‘Gole’, ‘All My Life’, and ‘I Cry’.

With a target of a K1 million to raise the people of Babaka are serious in bringing about change to their lives through the star power in music that have captured many, and have called on all to support them and other villages to emulate the drive through entertainment agents like EmStret and Sapience.