Last night Umdomo WeSizwe, a singing and dancing group from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe entertained a capacity audience of 120 in our tiny village hall as part of their three month tour of the UK. The group of nine young men thrilled us with their deep musical voices as they sang songs of love, happiness and rejection mainly in their own language (not Shona - the other one which I can't pronounce or spell) but with two songs in English. They danced whilst they sang and between numbers there was humorous dialogue and interplay with the audience. The group brought no musical instruments, no sound systems or lights - it was just them, their manager and driver, making a total of 11 to be put up for the night. We took two of them and the other 9 went to various houses round the village. The photo shows our overnight guests leaving our house for their gig in North Somerset tonight. What hardworking young men they are.
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