Media Release
Mangaluru, Jun 27: Konkani Natak Sabha (KNS) has announced its annual competitions including singing, elocution, poetry recitation, fancy dress, Voviyo-Verse (Konkani folk and traditional songs) and dance competitions.
Participants can take part in the competitions as individuals or groups by making their own teams. There are no restrictions this time around as the participants can belong to multiple parishes in a single group.
Considering a long time demand from the Konkani talents of various parts of Mumbai, this year, the KNS will conduct competitions in Mumbai supported by the Konkan Association Charitable Trust (R), Mumbai. The Mumbai competitions will be held on July 16 at Our Lady of Fathima Church Hall, Vidya Vihar West.
In singing, there will be three categories - solo, duet and group. There will be three rounds in the singing competition. The candidates who win the audition and the first round, which will be held in Mangaluru Udupi and Mumbai respectively, will get an entry to the finale. The grand finale will be held at the Don Bosco Hall along with an entertainment extravaganza hosted by KNS on September 17, 3 pm onwards.
It was in 1965 that KNS started a Konkani singing competition for adults and children. It is still popular to this day attracting a large number of elders, youngsters and children. The 55-year-old elocution competition has helped and given exposure to quite a number of children and youths to become good public speakers and anchors.
Apart from singing and elocution, KNS conducts, dance, writing and poetry recitation competitions every year. For 35 years, KNS has been hosting a fancy dress competition which is also quite popular among the Konkani speaking community in and around Mangaluru. Voviyo-Verse is a recently added competition which is stepping into its third year.
The final rounds of singing and the Voviyo-Verse will be exclusively telecast on Daijiworld TV in episodes. Daijiworld.com and Daijiworld TV are the media partners of the event.
For registration, entries and for more information candidates can login into www.konkaninataksabha.com or send an email to konkaninataksabha@gmail.com. Mobile: 8660148257 (WhatsApp).