Dear Ida, you are right - it was Clara who trained us when in Lourdes Convent to participate in the 10th Mando Festival Keep up the good work Diego Allwyn
--- On Tue, 17/2/09, ida dsouza <[email protected]> wrote: From: ida dsouza <[email protected]> Subject: [SALIGAONET] Re: Mando initiative To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 17 February, 2009, 5:32 AM #yiv640427594 .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv640427594 { font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Well Done Diego- Keep up the good work you are doing with the little one's in Saligao. Seeing that short clip brought back happy memories of the first kids mando group of young Lourdes Convent kids that Clara and Uncle Tettu (Richard's dad) had trained to take part at the mando festival's that had just started during those years. We had an opportunity to take part in the Mando Festival's along side the adult groups in Mapusa and Panjim. If I remember vaguely we did win one of them. It would be nice to see a picture if anybody has one with them. That would be a good source of inspiration to these little kids that sing so well. Good luck with the project. Ida D'Souza London > 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 > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
