I remember the good old days when Saligão would participate regularly in the Mando Festival. There used to be days of preparation. I remember practising in Lourdes Convent & José Cordeiro's house for the show in Kala Academy.
There is nice video on YOU-TUBE on the Goan Mando, directed by Nicholas Sequeira. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxzvTZ7fDko ) We have Tarika & Suhail, George & Victoria Lobo and Dillon singing the melodies of the mando is sweet children's voices. The other day I saw Oslando's CD at a Music store… We have lots to tap and also lot of existing talent I will be glad to be a part of this revival. Regards, nicolas rosario de sousa tipri . casa tipri saligão goa india 403511 .. finance . engineering . planning On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Patricia Nazareth <[email protected]>wrote: > In my recollection of the Mando, and training for it, 2 people (groups of > people) stand out in particular....Mr. Jose Cordeiro and Richard, Nicholas, > etc They both did a superb job. If I remember correctly, the Saligao > troupes (both juniors and and seniors) almost always made it to the top and > came home with some kind of award. > > Glad to know there's talk about reviving the Mando, and perhaps bringing > back some of Saligao's past glory. > > Patsy > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[email protected]> > *To:* Saligaon Foxy news <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, February 15, 2009 1:57:16 AM > *Subject:* [SALIGAONET] Re: Mando initiative > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the > boot with the *All-new Yahoo! Mail > *<http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/> > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
