Konkani Show GOENCHO AWAZ in Toronto,Canada
A Review by Silviano Barbosa
What a fantastic show it was on Sunday, July 17th at John Paul II Polish
Cultural Centre at 4300 Cawthra Road, Mississauga.
For those of you who missed it, there is still another show next Sunday on
July 24th. Same place, same time, and tickets are still available at $25
as of now. For tickets call 905-471-0572
The entire cast of Goan Tiatrists who came mostly from Goa consists of :
1) The legendary Ms Antonette of Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn fame
2) The racy Goan sultry comedienne/singer SUCCURINE
3) The attractive, beautiful, young actress/singer Rosy Alvares from
Sangolda, the niece of the celestine legend C. Alvares
4) The hilariously gifted Goan comedian Agustin from Navelim
5) An equally famous Jacinto Vaz look-alike premier Goan natural comedian
John DSilva from Sao Jose de Areal (Nessai)
6) A talented actor/singer/director from Kuwait Jose Rod
7) A superb one-man band , musician Pravin from Margao.
8) Jr. Nelson from London UK, the son of the TrioKing Nelson Afonso
9) Tome Moniz from London.
The show started with the local group led by compere Marshall who translated
Oh Canada in Konkani.
Jose Rod started the programme with Ghantt. This was the showcase of Goa
of the yester era complete with a truck with Tiatro Tiatro aiz sanje with
handbills spilled all over the road. Nice piece of nostalgia there for the
expat Goans. And Antonette sang her most famous canto Jurament divn
fottoilo
from M Boyers Tiatro. Jose Rod sang about St. Francis Xavier,
Padre Agnelo and Padre Jose Vaz.
A skit about a young man in love who was about to go to Dubai was quite
tragic to watch. This was enacted quite naturally by Jose Rod, Rosy and
Antonette. A very well written piece by Jose Rod.
Succorine stole the show and the audience loved her sultry voice in songs
like Tisrekarn, Main chali
Jaddu and Barbie Doll. She looked just
fantastic and in top form and Succorine was called back in three encores
each time for her hit songs. That goes to show her powerful appealing
personality and her singing voice. Succorine came down the stage singing her
song wowing the crowd with her fenni from her bottle. Succorine , by the way
is the mother of that great Mumbai play-back singer, Abbey.
Antonettes unique voice is still intact. She sings with so much feeling
and affection. Antonette sang Divorce with her son-in-law, Jose Rod. Her
song Maecho Ugdass was a beautiful song written by Jose Rod and it wass
very mollifying to the soul, reminded me of my own mother. Another song No
Time was very pleasing to the crowd.
Jr Nelson sang there beautiful songs with his powerful voice, Viva
Portugalabout Portuguese Passport holder Goans, of which he said he was
one. He also sang songs Vasco de Gama and Bomb Blast in London. Tome
Moniz from London sang one nice song Niall.
Rosy Alvares gave her powerful performance in acting and in song and the
audience just loved her. Her songs Music which was very up-lifting
together with Sopon and the powerful Separation in a duet with Jose Rod
demonstrated her superior singing prowess.
Jose Rod in his all-round capacity of a writer/performer, a singer with a
fine voice and a doyen of creative ideas on the stage, especially with his
performance on the impromptu video in Mog won laurels from the
participating audience.
Last but not the least the overall extra-special credit of this show goes to
the dynamic comedy duo of Agostinho and John DSilva who wowed the audience
with their rib-tickling comedy in every item that they took part. Very
lively comedy and original too never seen before in these parts. Agostinho
excelled in his comedic performance of the Goa policeman, as a passenger on
the plane with black eye, and I cant remember so many other roles and his
language just brought laughter to his every rejoinder to John DSilvas
simple guy utterances like Mod mata re?. John DSilva showed his equal
talent of delivering dialogues in Bardez Konkani when he churned out all
those dialogues Tor tum maka sangxi
I cant remember all those jokes that
John and Agostin performed that sent the audience jumping from their seats.
They were fantastic.
The music man Pravin just played to his hearts content leaving the audience
gasping for more. But who will not be proud of a local young Goan sensation
by the name of Ben Fernandes, who played violin like a Master? And of course
we cant forget the drummer from London, Polly who played like a good old
Goenkar for this great Show that will be remembered for years. And all those
people who worked behind the scenes deserve an equal shabas from the
appreciating Konkani audience.
All participants gave the audience their moneys worth and more.
We are very fortunate to have these talented Goan Tiatrists among us. Hope
we get more of this Goan extravaganza in the coming months and years.
There is no doubt every one of the audience loved this show and so will
those of you who come next week. To appreciate the comedy, it would be nice
if you would know some rudiments of the Saxtti Konkani.
The dresses worn by the ladies in this show were fabulous, complemented with
their jewelry and shoes and shining outfits.
All of the actors and actresses gave out their best in making this show the
best of them all yet, in Toronto. We can hardly wait for the advent of that
another talented duo of Prince Jacob and Humberto in September hopefully
I also cant wait to see Wilfy Remimbus, another great Konkani superstar
singer from Mangalore & his Troupe in October in Mississauga
Silviano Barbosa
July 17th, 2005
Toronto.
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