Canuk to hand out special Old School compilation CD at its gala dinner

UK diasporans will be treated to a special collection of old school music at the forthcoming gala dinner of the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) on December 14 as they will be handed a one-off 26-track compilation that dates back to the 1980s.

Put together by London's DJ Deoba Authentic, the special CD titled Canuk Old School Music 2024 will be sold for £5. It includes some classic tracks from the 1980s and 1990s when many members of the Canuk member organisations were still teenagers and is as such designed to take them back to their secondary school and university days.

Tracks on the CD:

It's a Love Thing - Whispers

Don't be Cruel - Bobby Brown

Just Another Day - Jon Sucada

Wanna Be Starting Something - Michael Jackson

It's Not Right - Whitney Houston

I Wonder If I'll Take you Home - Lisa Lisa

Cool it Now - New Edition

Nutting Go Go - Notch

Call Me - Skyy

My Destiny - Lionel Ritchie

Believe - Cher

Footsteps - Francis Nero

Into the Groove - Madonna

Fresh - Kool and the Gang

Friends - Shalamar

Your Wish is My Command - Lakeside

Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious BIG

You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins

Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson

Love is a Wonderful Thing - Michael Bolton

She's Got that Vibe - R Kelly

Holiday - Madonna

Nightshift - Commodores

A Little Bit of Love - New Edition

Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder

Frankie - Sister Sledge

Toyin Balogun, Canuk's social secretary said: "We want to make this year's gala dinner the biggest, brightest and most entertaining ever, so are throwing all sorts of goodies into the mix. Apart from having an exciting mix of cultural entertainment, a sumptuous cuisine and an exciting raffle draw, we have decided to throw a few other things in like this special CD.

"Canuk has a large number of middle age people in its member organisations who were teenagers in the 1980s when the likes of Shalamar, Whispers, Kool & the Gang, Commodores,  Lakeside, New Edition etc were the bands topping the charts. This CD will hopefully take them back in time and enable them to relieve their youth again in their middle age."

Rose Graham, Canuk's publicity secretary, added: This year's event is going to have everything with  top music from DJ Seyi Chicago, cultural displays from the Tiv Union, Atilogwu dancers and Eyo masquerades and a sumptuous cuisine. We are aiming to make this the best Nigerian gala dinner ever in the UK.

"To get as many people as possible to attend, we have intentionally kept tickets at £50. Fortunately, Canuk has managed to attract a wide array of sponsors to back this year's events and their generosity has meant that we have not had to increase ticket prices to market levels."

Victor Aleva, Canuk's financial secretary, urged everyone who wants to purchase tickets to attend the gala dinner to do so by paying directly into the Canuk bank account. He added that they should do this pay making payments into the association's Lloyds Bank account with the sort code of 301553 and account number 00224400.