Pics by Meryick D'Silva
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SHS)
Mangalore, Apr 24: The packed crowd at St Agnes Special School grounds on Thursday April 24 rose with elation listening to the songs of distinct genres sung by the popular singers of the band ‘Rhythm of Love’, in a beautiful setting with the soft light of the rising moon adding more beauty to the atmosphere.
The event 'UnSeen, a Musical Rendezvous' was organized by Music Cube, a music school and instrument store, as fundraiser for NGO 'Music for Change', which teaches music and dance to blind children of Roman and Catherine School for the Blind and special children at Chetana Child development centre. The funds would enable the NGO to send music and dance teachers to schools for physically, mentally, and financially impaired children on a regular basis making music a part of their curriculum and enable them to buy the required instruments for the purpose.
The event was inaugurated by releasing a balloon that was tied with the logo of the NGO by the chief guest, assistant manager of Karnataka Bank Renuka Bangera. Addressing the gathering she wished luck to the band.
The band performed Bollywood numbers, soft rock and hard rock that immersed the gathering in an ocean of music. The band comprised as many as nine performers - Srinivas as the lead singer and Amabelle Moras, the lead female vocalist who stunned the young music lovers in the audience, Ashish Palanna, Joswin D’Cunha on guitar, Duane Frank on drums, Steven Frank on keyboard, Likhith Shenoy on percussion, Paston on bass guitar, and Sweethin Hartman on saxophone and rhythm guitar. The band had the music aficionados swaying to the beats of music all through the evening.
On the sidelines of the event, Amabelle speaking to daijiworld said the event evoked a huge response with maximum number of tickets being sold out. "We are looking forward for a full house to enthral the crowd with our talents," she said. She has travelled all the way from Dubai to perform in the event, as the money collected through the ticket would be utilized for a good cause. The band has been performing stage programmes from two-and-a-half years, even staging shows for charities.
"The work done by the NGO is extremely laudable. Hence the band's enthusiasm to perform today is double today, so that we can help the NGO in whatever way we can," she added.