State elections and music concerts

The organisers of the music festivals that run into May this year are working on rescheduling of a couple of music concerts.

The reason is the Karnataka state Assembly elections to be held on May 4 and 5 this year.
Since some of the venues are school and college compuses that are polling centres, the change in the concerts schedule has become inevitable for these hosts.

Senior advocate V. Tarakaram, secretary, Sree Seshadripuram Ramaseva Samithi says, "We begin co-ordinating with the artistes and accompanists from December and we were done much before March. But, both the artistes, senior vocalist O.S. Thiagarajan and the Harikatha exponent Seetharama Munikoti understood the situation and agreed to perform on May 9 and 10 respectively."

They chose to perform the traditional Sri Rama Pattabhisheka that is usually celebrated on the last day of the festival, on May 1, since it is a public holiday.

So, make sure you check the daily newspapers for change in schedules on May 4 and 5.