Pics by Sunil Crasto
Doha, Nov 10: It was truly a memorable evening for Konkani lovers in Qatar on Friday November 8. Sonia, a versatile singer who was flown in to celebrate the World Goa Day first mesmerized the audience at Al Arabi Stadium and then at their gathering later in the evening at Al Andalus.
She weaved magic, rendering hit songs in four languages. After taking the Konkani speaking folks to a nostalgic past she swayed the whole crowd in the stadium, who had come to watch the Al Alhi and Al Rayan football match, with popular Hindi songs like Dhol Baaje.
Fittingly, the Konkani community were rewarded as Al Alhi beat Al Rayan 4:1, Al Alhi being their home team. Agnelo Rodrigues and Lance D’Souza provided the music for Sonia's show.
The crowd had a marvelous time as they participated in various activities during half time of the match.
Later in the evening they were again treated to some scintillating music by Sonia and DJ Glorio. The crowd had a good chance to commemorate the World Goa Day as they got a taste of both what Goans like most football and some good music.
The show was compered by Archie De Mello and a mega game was conducted by Delfi Fernandes. Simon D’Silva and GWA’s team thanked Sonia Shirsat and the sponsors Socorro Vaz and Milton Pimenta. Simon appreciated the crowd present and thanked them in abundance for patronizing and promised many more such social and sporting events in the future.