Mangalore: 'Sangeeth Saanz' to mark centenary celebrations of Bendore Church

Media Release

Mangalore, Jan 9: To mark the week-long centenary celebrations of St Sebastian Church, Bendore the parishioners will host a centenary 'Sangeeth Saanz' on Thursday January 16 at 6 pm at the church grounds.

The show will present singers from Bendore parish of the yesteryears. The songs have been composed by eminent singers such as VJP Saldanha, Vally Vas, Harry Gerry Delima, Austin D'Souza and Claud Pais.

Sangeeth Samrat Henry D'Souza and Konkan Kalashree Claud D'Souza will enthrall the audience with their classic songs.

Comedian Dolla along with Leslie Rego will entertain the crowd with a generous dose of humour. They will also be joined by Rita Fernandes, Arun Noronha and Simon Pinto.

Clement Lobo, Munita Veigas, Anna D'Souza, Galdin D'Souza, Asha Menezes, Clarita, Renston, Archi Fernandes, Kiran Menezes etc
will be the main vocal voices for the show. Natya Vidhushi Shaila Kamath has choreographed a few dances which will be presented by CAL of Bendore and a senior group of the parish.

Music duo Pappan and Joswin will provide the music. Vernon D'Souza will be host the start of the event while the musical show will be compered by Leslie Rego. The highlight of the event will be that most of the artistes (except two musicians) are from Bendore
parish. They either reside or used to reside in the vicinity.

Fr Mark Walder will grace the occasion as chief guest.

Entry to the event will be free and the organizers are expecting a packed audience.