C-minor Concert
C minor rock concert
“Riverboat” Once Again Calls For Peace and Reunion through Musical Concert
Despite of turmoil presently prevailing in the state River Boat once again organized its annual rock concert entitled “C’Minor” on 27th May, 2010 at B.O.A.T. to bring peace and harmony in the strife torn state of Manipur with the main objective to promote rock music in Manipur since 2007.
The Concert was organized by RIVER BOAT which is an event management team comprising of young music lovers committed to bring change in the conflict state of Manipur.
This concert is held under the theme “Reminiscence of western music in Manipur” to trace the roots of the advent of rock music in Manipur as well as to instill a sense of peace and harmony among the youths through music. The concert featured ex-members of the erstwhile bands like Phoenix and Cannibals among others. It may be noted that ‘River Boat’ had earlier organized ‘A Minor’ and ‘B Minor’ under different themes which received critical acclaim.
As the state continues to reel under chaos and confusion making people go through immense hardships, the event management team ‘River Boat’ once again came forward with an effort to bring peace and tranquility through music. Titled ‘C Minor 2010′ as a successor to ‘A Minor and B Minor’ which River Boat had earlier organized successfully, the musical concert was organized under the theme “Reminiscence of western music in Manipur” and featured various personalities who initiated the movement of rock music in Manipur.
The eminent artists featured in the concert gave an enthralling performance to much delight of the admirers of rock music of the state. The artists who were featured in the concert once formed bands like Phoenix and Cannibals who introduced live rock music in the state and the concert gave a rare chance to the people to watch them perform again.
Huge audience irrespective of age turned up to witness the concert in which rock legends of the state including Sando, Jagdish, Vivek Sharma, Vivek, Nutan, Momocha, Ringo, Ziangam, BK, Bobby, Paras etc brought back the good old days in the musical evening.
Meanwhile the show added another dimension by the performance of the in-house band of River Boat with Bulo, Boss, Naresh, Rabi and Bungo. A vive of peace ran throughout the concert while different artist on the show expressed hope that music can bring a profound change in the turmoil state of Manipur.
The performances of the artists were received with lot of applause from the audience and according to the audience even though the artist had been staying away from music for a long time, their performances were tight as ever. The concert also gave a scenario of rock music from the early days to the younger generation and one of the significant aspects of the concert is that the organizers, performers and audience all share a common desire to break the monotonous everyday’s existence and yearn for peace.
Apart from it the concert was more enthralled by the Tangkhul Rock Star father and son duo Guru Rewben Masangba and Saka who play soft songs giving message to the state for peace and unity and fight against the hatred among each other and comes the most eminent and popular drummer of the state Momocha who played drum with his entire body make a remarkable performances and left the audience with SHOCKED.
Nevertheless the concert confirmed that music is a authoritative medium to bring peace in the state apart from lessening the tension that had become a part of everyday’s life in Manipur.
Courtesy: Borun Thokchom