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Rogans Kings Club fêtes Uncle Charlie Ade

Uncle Charlie Ade at 60

Members of the “Club of honorable and respectable men and ladies”, on Saturday 15 August 2015, honoured their Doyen, Charles Ade alias Uncle Charlie, with a sumptuous party in celebration of his 60th Birthday, at the club house situated at Carrefour Emia Yaounde.
    Organized at the behest of the Club President, Sir Enoh Kenneth, the very informal ceremony featured life music sung by some members of the club and guest artistes that were invited for the occasion.
    There was also much to eat and drink, and members could not be indifferent to the specially commanded water fufu and very tasty tanchot soup garnished with particulars of goat meat and snails (nyamangoro). 
    The ready supply of choice wines (chateau D’Arcin Haut Medoc), and exquisite whiskeys (Johnie Double-black, Cointreau, Remy Martin etc.) made for intense but very responsible drinking and dancing.
    Addressing the Birthday Boy on the occasion, the club president, Sir Enoh Kenneth, first praised God almighty for protecting Uncle Charlie Ade up to the age of 60. Like Oliver Twist he asked God to grant Uncle Charlie many more years on earth, so that some day he should also celebrate his 100th Birthday (Centenary), why not?
    Sir Enoh Ken presented Unkle Charlie with a symbolic bottle of Passport Scotch Whisky and prayed him to drink it wisely and responsibly for, it is his passport and visa to 100 years from club members.
    Enoh Kenneth seized the opportunity to remind Uncle Charlie that at 6o he must not take things for granted; he must continue to ensure his better half, Ma Ade enjoys marital bliss. He advised him to make good use of Dr. N’nemnock’s prescriptions if necessary.
    Then Sir Enoh Kenneth thanked club members for their exemplary magnanimity and generosity in sponsoring and organizing Uncle Charlie’s Birthday party.         He urged members to continue with the same good spirit and to always be their brother’s keeper, saying it is the essence of coming together in a club.
    Speaking earlier, the Queen of the Club, Lady Derika Nku Nfor, who worked tirelessly to ensure success of the evening, hailed Uncle Charlie for honoring club members by accepting to share the fun of his 60th birthday with them.

    Lady Derika proceeded to singing a Special Birthday song for Uncle Charlie who, electrified by the beautiful lyrics of the song, could not help embracing and ‘faroting’ her in appreciation.
In his response to the kind words from the Queen and President of the Club, Uncle Charlie Ade first expressed his very special thanks to club members for offering him the birthday party. He said he could not remember when he last celebrated his Birthday because giving his at times very busy itinerary and the drudgeries of life, his Birthday would come and pass without him realizing.
    Uncle Charlie said by doing him the honour of organizing his 60th Birthday, members of Rogans Kings Club have demonstrated the sheer love and consideration they have for his person.
    “It is all the more gratifying and heart-stopping because it has happened in my life time. Some people only wait until when you are dead then they pretend to show how much they loved you. But you of Rogans Kings Club have demonstrated that I am truly dear to you,” averred Uncle Charlie, who expressed his deep appreciation for the wonderful gesture and said it will remain indelible in his heart for the rest of his life.
     Serious dancing and boozing marked the rest of the evening as Lady Derika  and Mr Ojong Stevo, took turns to entertain club members and guests with old-timers. They parodied Ekambi brilliant, Emile Kange, Eboa Lottin, Dina Bell, Ngea Laroute, Henry Njoh, Richard Bona and more, to the utter appreciation of club members. And there was ‘farotage’ agogo.
    Then Mr. John Kefua alias Papa JK du Cameroon would also burst in intermittently to do his trademark mimicry of Ekambi Brilliant.
    But the climax of the evening was when the wife of Uncle Charlie made an unannounced but spectacular entry into the club house. Her triumphant entry was greeted by a hilarious welcome from club members.
    When eventually she took the floor to address the club, she could not conceal her utmost joy for the exceptionally warm welcome that greeted her surprise entry. Almost bursting into tears of joy, Madam Ade finally put her act together; she sang Marthe Zambo’s “Avec Toi” for her better half Uncle Charlie. The entire club later joined her in chanting the chorus:
    « Avec Charlie j’ai decouvert une vie nouvelle…….Avec Charlie j’ai decouvert l’amour et le bonheur………. Avec  Charlie je suis si bien!