VARDA ARTS

After Varda Arts got officially registered, our first stage show with an orchestra was at IFM Hall.. We tirelessly practiced for two months.. The Chief Guest was Hon. Alnoor Kassam.. and the show was a Super Flop..!!! The amplifier that we had hired blew in-between our performance! We apologized to the audience but they kept shouting, booing, mocking, laughing and left the hall.. Seeing us disgraced, Hon. Alnoor Kassam consoled us by his encouraging remarks while our considerable efforts for the show were rolling down through our eyes in tears forcefully.. Critics had warned us not to venture in the music industry but to find a job instead.. We faced many failures and taunts may be rightly as music was not considered as a job in those days.. Against all odds, we gradually continued performing free as to be known at a time when we did not own our own microphone.. Though it took long hard working years of patience, struggle and perseverance to attain our goal, but our strong determination finally paid off.. Rome was not built in a day! This proverb and this story may be a source of encouragement to the younger generation.. In the first two pictures, Varda Arts being honored by the then President of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi and then sixth Sec General of OAU (Organization of African Unity) Dr. Saalim Ahmed Saalim during shows!