Music and humour programme held
Mysuru :
St. Philomena’s College Alumni Association, Mysuru, had organised ‘St. Philos Milan-2015,’ a grand entertainment event, at St. Philomena’s College auditorium, Bannimantap, in city yesterday. The event featured a wide range of entertainment programmes comprising dance, drama, orchestra and comedy show.
The programme began with an orchestra by ‘Nav Ratans’ team led by Dr. S.K. Ghori, comprising Dr. P.A. Kushalappa, Venkat Prasad, Dr. Ganesh Rao, Dr. Snehashree Nirmal Kumar, Thyagaraj, Aftab Ahmed, Alfi and Abdul Kadir, a Nigerian. It was followed by the following programmes by the students of St. Philomena’s College: Linda and team performed a bollywood dance for the song ‘Barso re megha…’ Lingthong and team performed Manipuri folk dance. Shifa and team performed a bollywood dance for the song ‘Sheila ki jawani…’ Yeshi and team performed a folk dance of Arunachal Pradesh. Shirin and Angel performed dance to the song ‘Dolaare do…’ Tibetan students of the College presented Jabbawockeez dance.
Later, Mitra of Iran, a student of St. Philomena’s College, presented a video on ‘Nowruz’ — the new year of Iran. She expressed her happiness that Nowruz and Ugadi were celebrated on the same day this year (Mar.21).
Prof. Prabha, faculty, St. Philomena’s College, entertained the audience by staging a drama while Prof. Krishne Gowda entertained the audience with his humorous talk.
The highlight of the programme was a Nigerian student of the College Abdul Kadir singing hindi songs. He mesmerised the audience by his melodious voice. He sang ‘Kya khoob lagti ho badi sundar dikhti ho…’ and ‘Teri galiyan galliyan teri galliyan…’ for which the audience started whistling and dancing.
The nine singers were felicitated by Mohanlal Jain, a big fan of the nine singers.
College Principal Rev. Fr. Leslie Moras, in his address, said that the new indoor stadium-cum-auditorium, which is being constructed at the College campus, will be inaugurated in the month of April this year.
A lucky draw was held at the end of the programme where many people won attractive prizes.
Khadar Sait, an alumni of St. Philomena’s College, donated Rs.11,000 to the College.
Aftab Ahmed and Juhi Singh compered. Dr. Javeed Nayeem proposed a vote of thanks. A sumptuous dinner was served to all those present during the event that was a fund-raiser for the indoor stadium-cum-auditorium.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Monday – March 23rd, 2015