Both Kiglon and Shooting Stars have a duty to preserve the integrity of the game, and a Premiership they might want to return to in the
future, and that
is why they should give it their best shot, even in a losing cause, come tomorrow
afternoon.

Michael Jackson had many iconic moments during a life in which he bewitched the world with a golden voice, which turned us into his obsessed fans, and outrageous dance routines that took the game to a whole new level of excellence.
From his first appearance on television, when he led the Jackson 5 as a mere 10-year-old at the Miss Black America pageant in 1969 at Madison Square Garden, to his appearance wearing a one bedazzled glove and military jacket at the Grammys in '84, he has always different.

But many believe his breakthrough moment, the one that really stands out, came on March 25, 1983, when he performed the Moonwalk, for the first time, before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California at the 25th anniversary of Motown.
Michael was performing his hit song, Billie Jean, when he plunged into his Moonwalk dance routine, creating an illusion as if he was being pulled backwards while he was attempting to walk forward and then capping it all with an amazing spin, bending his knees at the end and then rising up on his toes.

That performance alone, according to seasoned music analysts, took Michael's superstardom to a whole new level as fans gasped in awe at how he was able to pull it off and, when NBC broadcast it on May 16, the world embraced what would become a signature dance routine in the ‘80s.
Musicians have this extra-ordinary power to influence our lives, either with the way they dance as Michael Jackson did on that unforgettable day in March '83, or through the melody of their voices when they sing to save lives as they did in the USA for Africa project that gave us the smash hit, We Are The World, in '85.

I'm a music fan, and my friends will testify to that, and I have tried to sing in a live band, too, when I had one too many as I tried to release the emotions that had been wrecked by the trials and tribulations of that penalty shootout drama when Manchester United won the Champions League in Moscow, even though my hoarse voice barely passed the test.
But I have always believed that the majority of our music critics don't give our artists value for money for their creative genius and while the sportswriters try, as much as possible, to bring out the genius in some of our players, the celebration of our musicians, as genuine superstars, by our media is usually very muted.

For a country that has been blessed with such artistic giants like Oliver Mtukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo, Stella Chiweshe, Simon Chimbetu, Biggie Tembo and Leonard Dembo, to name but just a few of the heavyweights who are truly world-class, you feel not much has been exerted in terms of celebrating the greatness of our music and its artists.
We haunted Tongai Moyo, right into his grave, taking every opportunity to slander him with this and that story of his homelessness, or whatever it was, rather than celebrate the very fact that every day that passed by with him still alive, in that condition that he bravely fought, was a blessing.

Only when he was gone, after a brave fight that would have made even Mohammad Ali proud, did we see the value of his music and his brilliance as an artist that deserved respect for the way he moved from the shadows of a Dembo copycat, at the very beginning, to a man with a style that he could call his own.
But the fans, who are what matters in this industry, know what is good and what is not and you only have to see the way that Alick Macheso has turned into a cultural icon in this country to realise

that the influence that these guys have on the people is probably bigger than what the critics believe.
And in the last couple of weeks, we have all seen the power of our musicians, in terms of their influence, as the Zorai Butter dance craze, which was started by Macheso, becomes the signature dance of the drama that is unfolding at our football stadiums.

"Rugare vanhu vaMwariwe-e-ee, Zorai Butter Zim and Mzansi," screams Macheso on his official Facebook page.
"Hanzi asipo anodya sipo, nezuro tanga tine chaunga pa Andy Miller, Showground, Harare. Nhasi tiri muno mu Karoi pa As You Like, mangwana nzira kwetsu takananga Chirundu, paChirundu Hotel.

"The Chirundu show will be our last show muno munyika yechiberekerwo before crossing Limpopo. Ticha rwufuridzazve takananga paMzansi apo."
The sight of the Dynamos players, doing a rendition of the Zorai Butter dance routine, as they celebrate a goal, and their adoring fans also following in unison in moves that look as if they were choreographed, has become one of the lasting images of a very good year for the domestic Premiership.

Left arm outstretched, right arm being swung from an angle into contact with the left, then the move, as if the right arm is applying something, like a lotion or butter, on the left, from the finger tips right down to the shoulder.

Every step of the arm's journey being coloured by a movement of the hips - yes, as best as I could, that's how to describe Zorai Butter.
It looks like an amateurish and miniature version of the All Blacks Haka, without the frightening warlike faces that accompany the pre-match dance ritual of the world rugby champions, spiced with a feel-good touch that makes it quite attractive.

And, when performed by a group of players doing it in unison, and at a rhythm that corresponds with what their fans are doing in the stands, it creates quite a spectacle.
Viewers of the SuperSport 9 channel across large parts of Africa, who tuned in to watch the Dynamos/Motor Action league game broadcast live by the pay-per-view channel, fell in love with this dance routine when Dynamos celebrated their first goal and inundated the social media sites with chats about this crazy style of celebration.

Then on Tuesday night, after Knowledge Musona had scored the equaliser for the Warriors in their friendly international against Bafana Bafana, they all trooped towards the Vietnam Stand and, as if on cue and blending with their fans, plunged into the Zorai Butter dance routine. Tapiwa Kapini had done a solo performance of the Zorai Butter dance at the National Sports Stadium after the 3-0 victory over Liberia but, on Tuesday, with the entire team doing it in unison, it turned into a spectacle and, what had until now been a Dynamos trademark goal celebration routine, had gone national.

Well done Alick Macheso!
In case the music critics haven't told you already, in a period where your second wife Tafadzwa has made more news than the quality of your music and your dance routines, get it from me right now that you are just a genius and even those who hated you, for what you are, can't ignore you.
Zorai Butter!