THE BLANKETS AND WINE
EXPERIENCE: A SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES EVENT WHERE MUSIC MINGLES WITH NATURE!
Picture an afternoon
near the Windsor Resort in Kiambu , Kenya
Strewn gloriously
across the garden are colorful Maasai shukas, vitenges, kikois and blankets.
A very cosmopolitan
crowd with bottles of wine, flasks of tea and the odd Tusker seem to be the
beverage of choice.
On the stage is an
Afro-soul artiste the music is enveloping, the conversation intoxicating and
for the first time you realize everyone seems so relaxed. Welcome to the
Blankets and Wine (B&W) experience.
The idea of B&W
began as a conversation nearly a year ago in the Nairobi
One of her friends,
Emukule Ekirapa, after listening to her for a while made a suggestion. “Let’s
carry our own shukas, a picnic box, let’s make it a little out of town. Let’s
make it about music, but let’s make it about relaxation as well. Let’s create
an invitation where you pay for the music but then you could bring anything
else that you feel would increase your experience of the music. Let’s make it a
Sunday, wholesome, family- friendly experience.” Just like that, Blankets and
Whine was born. Muthoni put together the first B&W on November 2nd,
2008.
Plans are afoot in
November 2012 to enhance the B&W experience by creating a second stage
built on the artificial lake.
-NB. Blankets and
wine is held every first Sunday of the month at Tayana Stables next to Windsor
Source: THE STAR NEWSPAPER , KENYA
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