Covering music festivals held across Bangalore city calls for a cool temperament.
The vagaries of the city's traffic and the far-flung colonies stretch your energy.
We were headed to Raja Rajeswari Nagar, a sprawling green colony located off the Mysore Road.
From Jayanagar to this place is a good 45 minutes by a smart auto in the peak hour time.'
That was nicely done. But locating the venue of the annual Sri Ramanavami Music Fest here took some turns.
In the open air stage and ground here of the BEML Colony, is a huge pandal and a garish stage.
Its is 8 pm and violinist Jyotsna Srikanth stands and plays the violin to lead an ensemble of some form of fusion music for this occasion.
The pandal is fairly full. Clearly, the residents here have a nice wash after work, enjoy the tiffin and stroll down for the concerts. They seem to like their music and they support the hosts well.
After all, staging a nine day music fest for Sri Ramanavami costs close to a few lakhs of rupees and the attendance is what makes sponsors loosen their purse strings.
Outside the pandal, we meet up with a few members of the Raja Rajeswari Nagar Cultural Association - H R Radhakrishna, president, AR Shiva Swamy, secretary, Brinda Madhusudan, adviser and dancer Padmini Sreedhar.
This fest is their big one; they host concerts in the colony every month and have mini fests at times like Navaratri.
They work alongside the Sree Ramaseva Mandali opf Chamarajpet ( " to adjust the dates of travelling artistes so they perform one evening at the Fort School and come to the colony the next evening") and they seriously look to host big names if they can afford them.
The Fest closes on Tuesday, April 10 with a dance feature based on 'Ramayana'.
And Padmini tells us dance gets a bigger audience. "They like the drama, story and spectacle,"she says.
Contacts - Radhakrishna - 28600215; Shiva Swami - 9901773400.
The vagaries of the city's traffic and the far-flung colonies stretch your energy.
We were headed to Raja Rajeswari Nagar, a sprawling green colony located off the Mysore Road.
From Jayanagar to this place is a good 45 minutes by a smart auto in the peak hour time.'
That was nicely done. But locating the venue of the annual Sri Ramanavami Music Fest here took some turns.
In the open air stage and ground here of the BEML Colony, is a huge pandal and a garish stage.
Its is 8 pm and violinist Jyotsna Srikanth stands and plays the violin to lead an ensemble of some form of fusion music for this occasion.
The pandal is fairly full. Clearly, the residents here have a nice wash after work, enjoy the tiffin and stroll down for the concerts. They seem to like their music and they support the hosts well.
After all, staging a nine day music fest for Sri Ramanavami costs close to a few lakhs of rupees and the attendance is what makes sponsors loosen their purse strings.
Outside the pandal, we meet up with a few members of the Raja Rajeswari Nagar Cultural Association - H R Radhakrishna, president, AR Shiva Swamy, secretary, Brinda Madhusudan, adviser and dancer Padmini Sreedhar.
This fest is their big one; they host concerts in the colony every month and have mini fests at times like Navaratri.
They work alongside the Sree Ramaseva Mandali opf Chamarajpet ( " to adjust the dates of travelling artistes so they perform one evening at the Fort School and come to the colony the next evening") and they seriously look to host big names if they can afford them.
The Fest closes on Tuesday, April 10 with a dance feature based on 'Ramayana'.
And Padmini tells us dance gets a bigger audience. "They like the drama, story and spectacle,"she says.
Contacts - Radhakrishna - 28600215; Shiva Swami - 9901773400.
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