Is it time to write off the “Doctors and nurses” night?
The once most-sought-after night at Club Silk shocked everyone when it kicked off the year on a low key last Friday.
The club had announced on social media that the night would be reloaded. They promised masseuses and belly dancers. Most party animals were eager and so was I.
I wanted to see what it would turn out to be. So, a few minutes to midnight, I trekked down to industrial area.
As usual, the ushers were dressed in their nursing gowns ready to treat patients (guests).
Surprisingly, this time round, they were not serving the drinks in syringes. Interestingly, even among the guests, nobody turned up dressed like a patient, doctor or nurse like it has been previously.
The masseuses and belly dancers were nowhere to be seen until around 2am when I called it quits. The management of the club has not yet offered an explanation as to why they promised something that they couldn’t deliver.
For those who know the “Doctors and nurses” night, it was one of the most anticipated theme nights in Kampala. The night that happens every first Friday of the month had people borrowing doctors and nurses’ outfits from medical friends just to fit in with the theme night.
Nurses in action
It had some of the most jaw-dropping outfits. The night, a brain child of Club Silk publicist, Linda Mukasa, had Kampala talking. Other clubs like Amnesia even tried to replicate the idea but somehow they couldn’t pull it and decided to back out.
Whoever showed up dressed like a doctor’, nurse or patient would enter for free. They had ushers dressed like the nurses in those X-rated movies; the drinks were served in syringes.
Perhaps it is too early to draw conclusions about the waning popularity of the night yet whatever the case it’s back to the drawing board about some of these theme nights.