Hmm! good! Reminds me of my school days when we practised for the operas but nobody trained us for the mandos. Good luck to one & all & of course kudos to all involved. Annette > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:22:18 +0530> Subject: [SALIGAONET] Mando initiative> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> > > At Lourdes Convents' pre-primary's parents day, five year olds put up> a cute performance in the mando (along with other items. These days,> the school goes out of its way to be inclusive and ensure that> everyone gets a chance to go on stage, which is both good and morale> boosting.> > I managed to get a sneak preview of the young mando performers> practising, before I had to head off to Britto's for some alumni> discussion, in connection with their Britto Community College> initiative. (This is a school-linked initiative which offers> short-term courses, to build skills and promote hobbies among just> about anyone. It doesn't rely on governments for official affiliation> and recognition, but rather adopts the informal route to build skills> and make sure -- over time -- that the market recognises the quality> of its trainings.)> > Coming back to the mando, it was really nice to see the initiative> taken by the teachers, parents and musicians.> > Diogo (Diego/Digax) Fernandes, as you all would know, is a Lourdes> Convent alumni of the 1970s, and ever willing to help. He plays the> ghumot, as you see in the video> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrOh-oqplnw> > As we chatted briefly, Diego remembered the mando trainings that used> to happen in the 1970s, mainly at Nicholas-late Fidelis-Richard's home> (next to mine), at the initiative of their late dad Tertuliano> ("Tertu" for short). Uncle Tertuliano was a kindly man and a good> musician to boot, as I remember him. He, his family and the other> musicians ran The Merry Makers, a prominent group around even those> times when Johnson and His Jolly Boys held a monopoly over band> performances in Goa.> > Maybe it's time for those interested in Saligao to push for building a> mando group that can take part in the annual festivals. The mando> festivals are growing in Goa, and attracting new interest....> > Congrats to all those who put in the hard work, not overlooking the> teachers and nuns specially (and also the musician-guitarist, who's> not in the video, because he was busy performing while we stole the> rehearsal :-)). FN> -- > FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com> M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://twitter.com/fn> On Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/people/Frederick-Noronha/502514643> > _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
