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Udom: Facing the Performance, Backing the Audience By Ini Ememobong
An orchestra is a compilation of different musical instruments played by various instrumentalists with the aim of making good music to the entertainment of the audience. A typical orchestra consists of four groups of related musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings (violin, viola, cello and double bass).
The leader of an orchestra is called the conductor or maestro. When performing in an orchestra, the conductor concentrates on the performance before him, he faces his instrumentalists and simultaneously backs the audience.
He must not be conscious of the size or feelings of the crowd, but absolutely certain of their expectations – an entertaining session. During the session, the conductor concentrates on the task of aligning the sounds coming from the different instruments to create musical harmony. Midway, some instrumentalists could skip a beat or miss a pitch, it’s his responsibility to cause a blend by other instruments. He concentrates totally on his performance all through the period irrespective of the cheers or jeers midway. At the conclusion of the Orchestra, he turns his back on the instruments and it’s players and now faces the crowd, expectant to receive his result, he is uncertain whether he’ll receive a standing ovation or a halfhearted applause or a complete boo. But one thing is sure, he has done his best and ready to take the blame or praise for his team.
Leading Akwa Ibom is just like an orchestra, with Governor Udom Emmanuel as the Maestro. During the session of his leadership, he must face governance and back the audience.
He must concentrate on the task at hand, aligning the various commissioners, aides, legislators and stakeholders to achieve the Akwa Ibom Project.
Intermittently, one or some of the players may derail and there may be need for cabinet reshuffle, redeployment, reassignment et al. He will now need to cause an overlap to cover up for the gap in order to keep the train of state on the rail. He must fix the puzzle of the past in order to create a picture of tomorrow. While he does that, he is uncertain of the result he’ll get at the end of the session, but he knows the people expect a wonderful performance.
Fast forward to 2019, when he finishes his first performance and faces the audience, we are sure the audience will be hailing and asking for another performance that should last till 2023.
But while the performance continues, the citizenry must show great understanding and patience, conscious of the fact that the beauty of an orchestra is only manifest at the end, not in the middle. We must behave like the orchestra audience, highly expectant of a scintillating performance worth all the money, energy and time expended.
Please enjoy the Akwa Ibom orchestra, with Udom Emmanuel as the Maestro and all of us in the audience.
Get ready to clap.
