TAG's Kantaram Competition
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Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) organized a competition of singing Konkani
songs-Kantaram on 20th March 2011. The competition was limited to
Kantaram such as duets, duos, trios, quartets and choral songs. TAG has
observed that in present day tiatrs, the singing of duets, duos, trios
and quartets is on the decline. In order to revive the use of duets,
duos, trios and quartets on the tiatr stage, this competition was organized.
In all about 55 singers participated in the competition which included 8
duets, 5 duos, 3 trios, 3 quartets and 5 choral songs, In the exciting
competition, the following singers won the first places in different
categories:-
In the duet category, the Duet entitled ‘Mhozo guneanv zalo’ sung by
Roque Dias and Bushan Rodrigues won the first place. Among the Duo
singers, Antonio X. Correia and Agnelo Fernandes grabbed the first place
for the duo ‘Kazar’. The prize for Best Trio was bagged by Marquis
Pereira, Filomena Afonso and Steffi Pereira for their trio entitled
‘Dotor, Nurse, Patient’. In the category of Quartets, Marquis Pereira,
Connie Pereira, Jack D’Souza and Anthony D’Souza lifted the first prize
for the quartet ‘Dhirio’ while the first prize for Choral song singing
was won by Nazario Pinto and Francisco Pinto for their song ‘Bharat Mai’.
The awards consisting of cash prize and a certificate were distributed
soon after the function at the hands of Francisco Noronha, President of
Goa Cultural Social Centre and at the hands of judges namely Socorro de
Santa Cruz, Anthony San and Mukesh Ghatwal.
Earlier Tomazinho Cardozo, President of TAG welcomed the gathering and
atated that Konkani ‘Kantar’ i.e. duets, duos, trios, quartets must
remain for posterity and hence the need to organize such activities
arises. The participants were paid a nominal allowance for traveling
besides providing them with refreshments.
Victor de Sa
Member Secretary
