tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46772313986417147952024-03-13T10:34:22.995+05:30A Musical Twist to LifeWas introduced to music and singing very very early in life. I probably "began to sing before I could talk."
This blog puts music into every aspect of life - with a generous dose of nostalgia.
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Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-19086106575419112452021-11-12T19:58:00.003+05:302021-11-13T09:19:48.387+05:30The Wedding Season 2021<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> The Wedding Season has begun!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQhip1xTsU1NE5GBQK-fms3SNsOK55DQJgjY6nf-vcCxgC9WkzQUc8kpz7Ivrd4HH-A0YRYLw47OJ9wGcCs5OPlfegMMOb2AWCu4QquD3XTuaL2zWa-9vEcik_bzg9lQ1pdijJuIOLqv7/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="860" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQhip1xTsU1NE5GBQK-fms3SNsOK55DQJgjY6nf-vcCxgC9WkzQUc8kpz7Ivrd4HH-A0YRYLw47OJ9wGcCs5OPlfegMMOb2AWCu4QquD3XTuaL2zWa-9vEcik_bzg9lQ1pdijJuIOLqv7/" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br />After a washed out wedding season in 2020 and the first half of 2021, young couples are looking forward to better celebrations in the current season that is just starting.... thanks to the prospect of life returnng to normal - at least in India. In fact, this last Sunday, I witnessed not one, but TWO weddings in my local parish. With some of the regulations still in place, I was requested to provide music at the Church service for both these weddings. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I couldn't help remember my teenage days, when I was part of this choir group that used to sing for weddings - mostly at Don Bosco's Shrine (Matunga) and Our Lady of Dolours Church (Wadala)... sometimes we got requests to sing at some other churches as well. I once landed for a wedding at Our Lady of Fatima Church Sewri and noticed many familiar faces.... turned out to be the wedding of one of our parishioners there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Coming back to the music, a favorite song at the Entrance of the service was <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://youtu.be/eel7KPJFbP0"><span style="color: red;">"The Wedding (Ave Maria)" - by Julie Rogers (1964)</span></a></span></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eel7KPJFbP0" width="320" youtube-src-id="eel7KPJFbP0"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><p>And after the nuptials, a favorite would be <b><span style="color: red;">"<a href="https://youtu.be/h0pA7zVUMWI"><span style="color: red;">Song of Ruth (Wherever You Go)</span></a>"</span></b>. The lyrics of this song are from the Bible - the book of Ruth 1: 16-17. In fact the song is not a dedication for marriage. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h0pA7zVUMWI" width="320" youtube-src-id="h0pA7zVUMWI"></iframe></div><p>The Book of Ruth opens with the death of Naomi's husband and their two sons in a foreign land. Naomi decides to head back home and tells the daughers in law to return to their maiden families. This song is Ruth's reply to Naomi. And rightly so, as the story goes on, Ruth returns to Bethlehem with Naomi and eventually remarries. She is listed as an important Biblical Woman - the great grandmother of King David. </p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><p>The song we sang for the current weddings was <span style="color: red;"><b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/wOOExeODQIA"><span style="color: red;">But I Wish You Jesus</span></a>" by Scott Wesley Brown </b></span></p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wOOExeODQIA" width="320" youtube-src-id="wOOExeODQIA"></iframe></div><br /><p>And for the Finale - was a beautiful song from <b><span style="color: red;">The Seekers</span></b> - again from the 1960s - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBaO6ro1CUc" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;">"I'll Never Find Another You"</span></a>. I really enjoyed playing this song which has been adopted by the Marriage Encounter Program as its anthem. The Program orients couples to prepare for marriage and after the wedding to strengthen their commitment. I've uploaded my rendition (cover) of the song on my YouTube Channel. Inviting you to subscribe if you like it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m7y-ffyrraQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="m7y-ffyrraQ"></iframe></div><p>I hope you liked it.... If you are a musician, you may be able to benefit from another <a href="https://youtu.be/8Rr8NUvQvy4">video </a>I've posted for the song, with the chords of the song.... Do share your feedback. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading the blog.... I hope you liked the music.</p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Sunil Pinto - Compere, Musician, Singer, DJ, Music Trainer, Voice Over
Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-72746663693784003152020-06-21T21:31:00.003+05:302020-06-21T21:33:32.636+05:30Getting back - Fathers Day and World Music Day 2020<div><font face="trebuchet">I never realised that it has been such a long time since my last blogpost here. Thinking of getting back to it, today seemed to be a good day to start with the celebration of World Music Day and also Fathers Day in some parts of the world. </font></div><div><font face="trebuchet"></font><br /></div><div><font face="trebuchet">This blog has been about sharing my experiences of growing up with music. And the credit for introducing me to the world of music right from my early years goes to my Dearest Dad. From the very earliest posts on this blog, I have paid rich tributes to Dad and his efforts in making us a musical family to reckon with. As we celebrate Father's Day today, it made sense to me to list down some of the Dad songs that have appealed to me over my lifetime.</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet"></font><br /></div><div><font face="trebuchet">During our growing up years, we participated in and attended many singing competitions in the locality. And this soulful dedication to a Dad was put up by many a guy about seven to eight years my senior. </font></div><div><b></b><i></i><font face="trebuchet"></font><br /></div><div><b><i><font face="trebuchet"></font></i></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7QfdvyvXaZg" width="320" youtube-src-id="7QfdvyvXaZg"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My dad was really proud of my musical pursuits in my teens and twenties - on radio, band and with instruments. Used to play this track by Boyzone regularly on FM in the late '90s. The original recording though is from Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) in 1970. This song is also recorded by Rod Stewart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnDyghexlz4" width="320" youtube-src-id="BnDyghexlz4"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Being a dad myself right now, I'm pleased to be able to pass on the wonderful gift of music that Dad nurtured in me and all my siblings. I'll sign off with a recent rendition of a song that won me a trophy at the age of seven and had my Dad absolutely thrilled. I performed this just last month on a video broadcast on the office network. This song has passed down with both my sons having sung it as well. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-9dK-hQrr90" width="320" youtube-src-id="-9dK-hQrr90"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Will be back with more musical updates right here. But for now, here's wishing all the dad's reading this post "Happy Fathers Day".</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjIwPUOV97JlvbDQjxAuBVvPyLUnjDHtyC1QlPJnOhTW_Mg97-h9RqFmjRys4hgWpBAeFWYRGJjkgx0cIx7imht3J0mMmZvCrVxsk0uauFbx6DfKZqLTDEaVUTNtUas39YJeW2CCFUR81QvLOStJ7kHUc3EI_Fkyw9n2zsevh_IqTXXpz-_2XXd3bM2bLWfLJE=s320" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjIwPUOV97JlvbDQjxAuBVvPyLUnjDHtyC1QlPJnOhTW_Mg97-h9RqFmjRys4hgWpBAeFWYRGJjkgx0cIx7imht3J0mMmZvCrVxsk0uauFbx6DfKZqLTDEaVUTNtUas39YJeW2CCFUR81QvLOStJ7kHUc3EI_Fkyw9n2zsevh_IqTXXpz-_2XXd3bM2bLWfLJE=s2048" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Sunil Pinto - Compere, Musician, Singer, DJ, Music Trainer, Voice Over
Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-80370305577841592952019-01-14T23:00:00.003+05:302019-01-15T06:05:38.439+05:30Fun with Maths<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's Exam time at home... My elder son currently doing his Prelims before his tenth standard board exams.... and the younger one in Grade Four. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And as I opened up the <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Economic Times</a> this morning, <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/teachers-must-be-allowed-to-innovate-be-creative-manjul-bhargava/articleshow/67483577.cms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this article - Fun With Maths</a> just jumped out at me....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Manjul Bhargava </b>is the first person of Indian origin to have won the coveted Fields medal in Mathematics for this path-breaking work in Number Theory. This professor of Mathematics at <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Princeton University</a> discusses various issues with the Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I asked the students of the MBA class I take about Mathematics the other day, only around 10% of them said they like it. Most of the others detested it. Years ago, I recall another MBA graduate in my office struggling with basic Arithmetic. Maths is an integral part of our everyday life. From waking up to the alarm clock... to train timings... to the price we pay for breakfast... it's all about Mathematics. We work with sheets and charts.... and get a salary at the end of the week or the month.... for which we need to know our numbers right... Yes indeed, <b><i>That's Mathematics.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You liked that song by </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Tom Lehrer... </i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">we'll get him to give us a lesson a little later on. But first we'll do it very easy... ABC is as easy as One Two Three...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, the number 'three' reminds me of this song, a song my uncle Denzil used to sing... back in the day, <b><i>Jake the Peg (Rolf Harris). </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That version did not have my favorite verse of the song.... the one about counting.... on fingers and toes...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are you ready for the Maths lesson with Tom Lehrer.... on the <b><i>New Math</i></b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Didn't that song make Maths fun.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I put some thought into it... and recalled that I knew to read the time at age 5.... I learnt my tables in regular school.... and in class VI when I opened up a chapter on Bills and Receipts, I instead said <b>Rec-i-pes</b>, and had the entire class burst into laughter.... I was fairly good at Maths through school... though I slipped up when it came to Maths in college.... My Stats teacher in First Year B.Com was quite a terror and predicted based on past experience that more than half the class would end up struggling to Pass. I put my head down to it, and did extremely well. In B=School, I was actually coaching some of my weaker batchmates on Statistics... which made me one of my closest friends in the batch, that I'm still in active contact with. Working in data has been an absolute treat and the current trend of analytics absolutely amazes me.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I could go on and on.... which my stories on numbers.... but I'd rather just leave you with this song on advice for life... a sure formula to get the maximum out of life.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P.S. I've got another post on this blog on Maths... in fact the very </span><a href="https://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2015/05/music-and-math.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">first one</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.... Check out </span><a href="https://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2015/05/music-and-math.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Music and Math</a></div>
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Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-28532177730246108772019-01-06T23:33:00.001+05:302019-01-06T23:47:07.200+05:30HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2018 for me took me to a lot of new places. While ten years ago (2008) was the year I did the most international trips (from Dubai to London, US and Canada), 2018 was a year of a different kind of journeys... My travel in 2018 was all within India and related to work and learning. During this year I visited Gurgaon, the foothills of the Himalayas (in Dehradun) and the serenity of the Gandhi ashram along the banks of the Sabarmati river (in Ahmedabad). While the first trip was part of an official assignment, the latter two trips were related to sharing knowledge and education - the first at <b>UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Services) </b>and the more recent to <b>MICA - The School of Ideas</b>. Before we take off on the year 2019, let's take a little <b><i>Sentimental Journey.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That song first released in the year 1944 (that's 75 years ago)... That's a year during World War II. And while there was death looming all over, the year also saw births of some really famous people. Among them Erno Rubik (inventor of the Rubik cube), officials like Ban Ki-moon (former Secretary-General of the United Nations), Rudy Giuliani (former Mayor of New York city). But before them all, on the first day of the year, in the little town of Mangalore was born a wonderful teacher of Maths and Science (who spent over 25 years in St. Anthony's Girls High School Chembur), but a great teacher on the values of life to her six children (me and my siblings). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Living in my childhood home at present, everyday I come across someone or the other who has been touched by my mum. Last week I was traveling by bus to work and happened to meet another student. The previous week one of her superstar students conveyed their regards to my mum to my wife when she visited an event organised by the alumni. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-radio-days-and-nights-remembering.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">My Radio Days (and Nights) - Remembering Saturday Date</span></a> (2018)</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During my days as a Radio Jockey on All India Radio, my best constructive critic was none other than my dear Mummy. Though not an authority in music, she shared some interesting inputs to help me improve my clarity and diction on the show... and across life. Now 30 years later we've had an interesting reversal of roles.... While I've spent a fair amount of time teaching (what she did for over 25 years), while she had her moment in the sun as a guest on <a href="https://www.planetaudio.org.nz/susegad-danpaar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susegad Danpaar</a> on 104.6 FM</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Earlier today, my siblings in Auckland got together to celebrate her birthday with some of her new friends in the land where she now resides... Saw some glimpses of the get together, a celebration of her seventy five fantastic years. Saw some glimpses of the party including some of the toasts raised by my siblings, paying tribute to her commitment and dedication over the years to give us the very best. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We thank the Lord for our Mummy, who truly called the shots to make our family and each of us - her children - what we are today.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> of my </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i>Pistol Packing Mama</i></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Woah! it's already November.... I heard the Calendar Song after ages - it used to be a regular on Saturday Date in the late ' 70s and early '80s. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the nineties, when satellite TV invaded all of our households, this November song was on everyone's lips.... <b style="font-style: italic;">November Rain</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While Mumbai recorded it's hottest ever November day yesterday, the Met Department has forecast some November Rain next week.... Let's wait and see... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Konkani connection with September comes from the way Monti Fest is celebrated in Mangalore. Monti is Konkani for Mount... and so the celebration of Monti Fest is the celebration of the Feast of the Mount... or the celebration of the birthday of Mother Mary. However the Birthday celebrations in Mangalore is combined with the celebration of the harvest. In our growing years, the usual Inland Letter formats in India were replaced by enveloped letters in the month of September containing a few ears of blessed corn. The blessed corn we received was mixed in with milk or a sweet and consumed with a Thanksgiving prayer. Further the celebration includes the Novem meal including an odd number of vegetarian dishes (five, seven, nine...) along with rice with the dessert of waran (payasam). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While I attended a Konkani church service for the first time in Chembur, it was a perfect connection to my roots. But even more special on Saturday 8th September was to hear my mother tell the world (definitely the whole of Auckland) about Monti Fest on the radio - <a href="https://www.planetaudio.org.nz/susegad-danpaar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susegad Danpaar</a> on Planet FM 104.6</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The other Konkani event for me this month was the nomination of my son from school to participate in an inter-school Elocution Competition organised by the Goan Institute in Mumbai. While my son participated and was shortlisted among the last 15 in the senior category in the English Elocution, the highlight of the competition was the Konkani Elocution. In the age where the Konkani language is dwindling, this initiative truly saw some great performances paying rich tribute to Goa and Konkani in poetry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Chief Guest to the wonderful afternoon of poetry was Dr. Elaine Charles, a renowned Mumbai educationist who shared her A to Z of public speaking. Among the special guests at the Elocution Competition was <a href="http://odilmedeira.com/index.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Odil Madeira</a> - a prominent writer and speech and dramatics trainer from Mumbai. She was honoured even more by the fact that quite a few students recited pieces written by her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Goan Institute is committed to encouraging talent and development among the Goan community and besides handing over trophies to the Goan kids who performed at the competition also felicitated Goans who excelled in the recent Xth and XIIth Standard exams. Was really privileged to see one of my parishioners get a scholarship at the event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Goan community has a long history with Mumbai. The area where the Goan Institute is located in Dabul around the Kalbadevi area of Mumbai (close to Metro Cinema and St. Xaviers College) has been home to Goan Clubs or koods which became home to Goans migrating to Mumbai looking for job opportunities. Check out this interesting documentary about Goan clubs in Mumbai.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And the last of my Konkani interactions of the month was with the Indian Express Film Club at the screening of the Konkani movie 'Juze'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The film depicted the realities of life in the villages of Goa and the fight for survival of a young teenager against oppression and other challenges of life. An excellent film put together by a young director was an eye opener that however much progress has been made, life continues to throw up challenges for one and all that we have to win over in our quest for survival. The movie set in the remote villages reminded me of the stories I myself have heard about the challenges that various family members have faced in their journey of life and how they made their choices. Among others I recalled visits to relatives homes in Mangalore where there was no electricity in their houses in the 1970s and the 1980s. I seriously wonder what the progress has been in the villages that they lived over the years and how much progress they have seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">Konkani to me has been my 'Mai'-baas or the language of my Mai (meaning mother, we affectionately addressed my maternal grandmother as such). Since she only spoke in Konkani and other Mangalorean languages (Kannada and Tulu), we had a compulsion to speak to her in Konkani. However after her passing away, I lost touch of the language. My wife's family though are strong proponents for the Konkani language and she stays in close connect with Konkani by her participation in the Konkani choir (which is led by a young 20 year old girl). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">I am thankful for the reminder to my mother-tongue and look forward to many more interesting interactions in Konkani going forward. Over the years, I've enjoyed some of the very best of Konkani music and have had my own opportunities to sing in Konkani during my days in the Mumbai band circuit in the 1980s and 90s. Signing off this post with this medley of traditional mandos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just penned my 250th post yesterday... I realised that only today... And a very special day at that... Cause today's a day to celebrate the person who has by far the most mentions on this blog... That's my <span style="color: blue;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Daddy</u>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Sammy Kaye </i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">released that song in 1941 within a year of when my Daddy was born. Going back to this blog, it began as a simple submission at a Digital Marketing class I was taking to enhance my skills. <a href="http://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2015/05/music-and-math.html" target="_blank">Music and Math</a> celebrated the things my parents loved - a love I inherited from them from my very early days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Moving forward, this blog provided me an outlet to share my love of music with the world. As I moved on to the second post, I recalled wonderful times learning singing with Dad... recalling our first few songs that also happened to be </span><a href="http://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2015/06/green-songs-from-past.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Green Songs From the Past</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Exactly three years ago to this date, as we celebrated my Dad's first birthday in absentia, happy memories made their way to this blog in <a href="http://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2015/08/laugh-aloud-75-times-over.html" target="_blank">Laugh Aloud... 75 times over</a>. My dad could add joy to absolutely any situation... He'd bring sweetness even to the most boring day.... He was an absolute <span style="color: blue;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sugar Daddy</u>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Attended a party for my Aunt's 80th birthday a few weeks ago... and had a lot of people tell me I look closest to my Dad in the family. But the best thing I inherited from my Dad was the gift the music and the same choir voice.... <span style="color: blue;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Daddy Sang Bass.</u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And as I follow his practice of leading the singing in church at the morning Mass, this is one hymn I'll probably be singing tomorrow... one that reminds most people around of my Dear Daddy... <span style="color: blue;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">God Will Make A Way.</u></span></span><br />
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Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-8983290227556336992018-08-12T19:24:00.001+05:302018-08-12T20:54:20.419+05:30Playing The Piano... Throwback<a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=4677231398641714795" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The school year had just begun. And my mom shared with us a conversation that occurred in the staff room that day. My mum's fellow teachers were discussing our musical talents and then raised a pertinent question to my mum, "Your kids are so talented, they all sing so well... but how come you haven't encouraged them to play any instruments?" The music teacher of the primary section was within earshot... and made an offer that couldn't be refused... She said "Send one and I'll teach a second one for free!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What's today called the classic #Buy1Get1 offer in a completely different setting. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was nominated to avail of this offer along with my sister, a couple of years younger than me. M</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y two older siblings had gotten their opportunity to learn the guitar, and they were in high school (Xth and VIIIth respectively). Was that the reason? Or did it have something to do with the fact that the music that played on the cassette player at home often had me squatting on the floor playing the sofa-piano. (Not quite an air-guitar, but I'd often pretend like the black rexine sofa was a piano, and move my fingers on it with great expression).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every Thursday morning and Saturday evening, my sister and I would walk over the 10 minutes to the music lessons. A few months later, when we got a cycle, I would ride and my sister would be running behind.... What a hilarious sight that would have been. That wasn't anything like this <b><i>Bicycle Piano.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While one of us was at our class, the other just sat there reading comic books mostly from Disney including the Mickey Mouse and Donald Ducks... and a host of other stuff. Piano and Cartoons... do they have anything in common?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over the next two years I moved through the music books from <i style="font-weight: bold;">John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano... </i>but there was one little challenge... where to practice? We did not own a piano at home... nor could we afford one. The closest we got to hiring one, turned out to be a disaster, when we could hardly get the piano out of the house of the person renting it... let alone the challenge of possibly getting it up two floors in our narrow stairway. And that was it....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But then we spotted this... the piano in a case... owned by one of our young keyboardist around... who carried it along for all the events in the school and the parish.... the Yamaha Portasound PS3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I progressed through college, the airwaves of Akashwani came calling over, where I joined a group of singers from R.A. Podar College to perform for the youth show, YuvVani that gave way to more opportunities at the station including the role of an RJ and many more Youth Shows - including a Christmas Special with the Wedding Choir I was part of with friends from St. Joseph's Parish Wadala and even one with my family... That's when I could not be satisfied with just the guitar... cause my fingers were itching to play on the Grand Piano there...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While I've never mastered the piano to play anything like the pieces I've included here, I've always looked for the chance to work out my music. The couple of years in the Bombay Band circuit exposed me to a wider repertoire of music, and more songs to work out. Though I was just a crooner in the band, I'd continue to try to work out the music on my personal time. Being the only person playing an instrument among my siblings posed the challenge to work out the difficult songs they often chose... all of which contributed to expanding my musical horizons. But the public stage for my musical skills came at the weddings of each of my siblings when it came to working out music for the choir. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But my knowledge of music especially theory saw new light after I moved to Dubai. My first real investment was in music.... The Yamaha PSR740, which got me started on music programming on the keyboard itself, and subsequently on the Cakewalk Music Creator getting midi files ready for performances as a one-man band at many events there. Also participation in the choir and subsequent charge of the children's choir at St. Michael's Church, Sharjah gave me the opportunity to move my music to a new level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I attended the funeral Mass of <b>Mrs. Sheila Britto </b>earlier today, I thanked the Lord for the gift of this kind and gentle lady who nurtured the the talent of music in my life. As we sang 'Thank You For The Music", I was truly thankful for the first teacher who taught me to play music. Here's a little tribute to her in music. </span><br />
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Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-16981260960386511062018-07-25T00:02:00.000+05:302018-07-25T09:45:41.504+05:30Birthday Bumps to Big Sister<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When you come from a big family like mine, you have a birthday practically everyday. But then there are some birthdays more important than others. And this is one of those weeks. Just two days ago, I carried a post to my Aunt who completed the <a href="https://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2018/07/around-world-in-80-days.html" target="_blank">Enormous Eighty.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The birthday wish today goes out to someone much nearer and dearer. A person whom I’ve learnt such a lot from - a dear Big Sister. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since they say“Don’t ever ask a woman her age”, I’m not going to do list of songs from the year of her birth. Being a music blog, it surely seems more appropriate to steer through the various songs she’s sung over the years. This was the family Anthem in 1985-86. We even sang it on stage at a couple of weddings...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being a family of six children, we usually got grouped as the elder three and younger three. In days before satellite TV or even National TV, we spent a lot of time together as a family. I remember one particular Saturday morning or maybe a holiday when Mum was doing the chores, the elder three of us were seated on the sofa in the front room while Dad had his guitar in hand, as he taught us a song that his Pinto family did so very well. <b><i>Greenfields.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not to the Greenfields, but to the brown mountains of Khandala.... That's a trip a remember taking with Sarita, a few days before her engagement... For the first time ever, we headed out without pre-bookings or reservations... We just walked down to the nearest State Transport Bus Stop and hopped into the first bus that was headed up there. After a gruelling journey of four hours we reached our destination.... St. Mary's Villa at Khandala where we met the ever vibrant Rev Fr. Robin Selwyn... who graced the wedding a few months later with a beautiful song - <b>True Love... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While I remembered that trip fondly a couple of months ago, when along with the wife and kids, we made a getaway to St. Stanislaus Villa in Lonavla going up those very same hills. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My big sister and I made one more bus journey through the Western Ghats soon after my SSC examinations, when just the two of us travelled for a month-long vacation to Mangalore. We spent the first week of that trip with my Mum's sister in the convent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On my previous visit to Mangalore, some seven years earlier as well, we (the entire family) had spent our first few days of vacation at the Bethany Convent in Kulshekar where my aunt - the same one - was posted. And that's where Dad taught the three of us this song... <b><i>Green Green Grass of Home</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My next visit to Mangalore after that memorable trip with my sister was a good twenty-six years later for a family wedding. My sister had made many many trips to our hometown in the interim, by virtue of having in-laws in that wonderful city.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She's in another wonderful city now... the city of Auckland... and she has a wonderful lawn around the house.... While she has the green grass around home, I'm get to enjoy the wonderful rains at home... right here in Mumbai.... and watch this island (Mumbai) turn into a stream. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And the rainy days remind me of her 21st birthday, when we all had her friends who had recently graduated from St. Xavier College get together for a party at our house... only for a couple of them to be stranded at our place for a couple more days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The rains of Mumbai have a special calling. How happy we'd feel during the one odd day of the year while in Dubai, when the heavens opened up there... What's your favorite season... Here's some more nature to think of... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have you ever noticed that for every song about loving relationships there are two about broken ones. Sadly, that song was not the only one in the repertoire. Others that made it there included <b><i>Killing Me Softly...</i></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a few years later... <b><i>Everybody's Somebody's Fool.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Growing up as the eldest of six, Sarita was extremely shy and soft spoken, a little nervous as well of taking on new things... But with every new stage in life, that fear diminished. From a shy school girl, to the average teenager she put in her heart and soul in everything she did... a perfect example for us two boys who were next in line at home to follow... Nominated the first ever Catholic Leader in her school was one point of recognition. Many years later she nearly single-handledly managed the Summer Camp at the parish including a host of events for a whole month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And life brought her a whole new string of opportunities right after she met this incredible man that was just made for her. Anil and Sarita have perfectly complemented each other over the past 26 years of marriage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When marriage took her to the foreign land to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, it was over to the two of them to set the foundations for their lives. They both excelled in everything they took up. In the first year of their marriage, the spent a lot of time making music together while performing in the band - Deja Vu, where she would have performed this song - <b><i>Simply The Best.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The years have seen the both of them soar to great heights and excel in whatever they reached out to do. From being supportive and encouraging to all their siblings and families, achievement in their jobs and careers, and caring and nurturing two sons - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6agLNMD6F3LXPmOVUrPDw" target="_blank">Keith</a> and Karl - to be the wonderful youngsters that they are... and talented as well. I'm quite sure when she looks back down the road of life, this song would definitely be a secret to success... <i><b>I Have A Dream.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looking back on the years of my big sister, that's what I see... The determination and hardwork that she's put in to be just </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i>PERFECT.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During our growing up years, we watched a tele-series about the journey of Phileas Fogg and Passepartout as they went around the world in only 80 days. This blog post is about another journey... one of 80 years and going strong....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was the month of July 1938 when Howard Hughes did the world tour not in 80 days but in just 91 hours. A few days later, another flyer (Douglas Corrington) took off from NY to California but landed in Ireland.... Both these flyers became famous, thanks to their <b><i>Pocketful of Dreams.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While US President F.W. Roosevelt was commemorating Peace at Gettysberg, things were very different in Europe... But who cared, it was the time to enjoy the <b><i>Summertime. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And on a sunny or maybe rainy Friday in July, there was a burst of life in the Pinto family. as they welcomed the newest addition to the family, their second daughter and thanked God by naming her <b>Jeanette </b>(meaning God is Gracious). And I'm sure she <b><i>Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Growing up, she nurtured her many talents, among them the fantastic sense of music and <b><i>Fascinating Rhythm.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The clear voice of Ella Fitzgerald and jazz style had a clear influence on this family of music as they included this next song on their </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Family Anthem - A-Tisket-A-Tasket. </b>I have wonderful memories of there </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Having grown into a lovely lady, she met her man who among things shared the same meaning in the name - John Fernandes. He was and still is her <i><b>Bei Mir Bist Du Shein</b>. </i>And they further enjoy the love of their four wonderful daughters and their families, including five talented grand-children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Life was not just about singing and dancing, it had a lot to do with putting on hard work, at home and Punjab National Bank where she gave her many years... <b><i>Nice Work If You Can Get It.</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you like like that song, you should check out Fred Astaire's</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XFu6tdx5nA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drum Dance </a></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">version of the song. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over the years, she's kept her love for music alive through her long association with the Holy Name Cathedral choir where she's been one of their main soloists. I remember attending one Maundy Thursday Mass at that church, due to proximity to work... where she sang the solo during the Washing of the Feet... and a little later during the same service was ordained as a Eucharistic Minister in the parish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In my own experience, I have been fortunate to have this wonderful aunt, who's forever concerned about everyone around her - near or far alike... and never hesitant to reach out a helping hand to anyone in need... no matter what.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Time to wish this wonderful aunt of mine.... a very happy 80.... And many many more....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No... I did't spend the entire rainy week watching the collection of <b>The Godfather </b>movies (by <i>Francis Ford Coppola</i>) ... nor was I snuggled up reading the <i>Mario Puza </i>novel...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My week started last Sunday morning at Our Lady of Visitation Church in Nerul, Navi Mumbai where we celebrated the Eucharist followed by the Baptism ceremony of <b>Abygail Sequeira</b> - my newest godchild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As the week progressed, we happened to look back to some video recordings we had on our PC over the years. And we recalled and watched one from ten years ago, at another baptism ceremony of another godchild of ours - this one was in the Summer of 2008 in New Jersey, US. The boy - Joel - Kristel's sister's son, was christened during the trip we made to the US and Canada that year. He's growing up as a <b><i>Beautiful Boy.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are blessed with two wonderful boys, who are our pride and joy.... And talking of boys, this song often comes to mind about "Daddy's little boy... he's playing with his toys..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Who are godparents anyway? Then general reference of a godfather is of someone who provides financial support or influence. But the real meaning of a godparent is one who witnessed the baptism and guides the spiritual formation of the godchild throughout their life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My godparents, Franklin and Nancy were close friends of my parents before they were married. Through me growing up years, they always showered me with the best of gifts - the tricycle at three, the cricket bat, the books - including the biggest joke book ever ( a favourite with my kids). My godfather even proposed the toast at my wedding. They are currently retired in the US, and I wish them the very best of health and well-being. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">The week which started out with a special event and blessing to be a Godparent wound up with another special Godparent moment... as my eldest godchild celebrated her 25th birthday on Friday the 13th. A smart intelligent girl that she is, I wish her a fabulous future and success in all her endeavours and in life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">As I thank the Lord for the tremendous blessings that He has showered on me and my family and all our near and dear ones, I'm happy to share a beautiful <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lullabye </i>that goes out to all the lovely and happy children that have brought and continue to bring joy to us all. </span><br />
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Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-52747400040928177142018-06-03T23:59:00.000+05:302018-06-03T23:59:38.828+05:30Smooth Flights of Jazz<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Had a nice relaxed Sunday after a crazy hectic week at work - the pace is rapid especially at the end of a month and the beginning of a new one. What made the past week even more chaotic was the need to fly to Delhi on official business right in the middle of the week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm not a frequent traveler... but this flight took me back in time. While it brought to mind the many trips I've made around the world, it took me on a musical journey. As I settled down in my aisle seat, the music that filled the air was soft, pleasant and relaxing - exactly what you would expect from Smooth Jazz</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While it was around this time that I was attracted to this wonderful genre of music, I think the earliest influence of Smooth Jazz to be touched me was back in the studios of All India Radio, where a guest DJ (or RJ) on YuvVani - the bi-weekly youth show played <i><b>Morning Dance (Spyro Gyra).</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The guest DJ was a senior of mine from college, back in the day when we had only three main stream to pursue - Commerce, Arts and Science (within which Engineering and Medicine were the most aspirational). Things are different today with lots more options to choose from. In fact, just last week, NMIMS (the B-school I studied in and currently serve as a guest faculty) launched the <b>NMIMS School of Performing Arts.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">This is the first ever venture in India towards a degree in Music, is what I understand. But there's the whole wide world of talent out there for talented musicians to <b><i>Rise (Herb Alpert).</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">While we'll have to wait and see for what the future holds, I'm looking back once again. Just the couple of weeks ago, when I reminisced about about completing 30 years since my first ever show on All India Radio in my post - <b><i><a href="http://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-radio-days-and-nights-remembering.html" target="_blank">My Radio Days (and Nights): Remembering Saturday Date</a></i></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">. In fact was well pleased that this post registered well over 700 Pageviews... Thanks to all... it <b><i>Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione).</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I was inspired to write this post by the music I heard on the flight I was travelling in. Talking about flights, a week ago a TAP Air Portugal flight from Amsterdam to Lisbon made an emergy landing at Porto. The delay prompted <b><i>Ray Chen</i></b> to pull out his Stradivarius violin and entertain his fellow travellers. Check this out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you remember where you were on a hot May Saturday night like this - 10 years ago? What about 20? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thirty years ago, on a Saturday night like this, I was sitting in the studios of All India Radio Mumbai spinning the records (as the Radio Jockey or RJ) doing my first ever <i style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday Date</i>, the very very popular Pop request show at the station. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We literally grew up on the show. I remember listening as a small kid trying to catch familiar names especially around family birthday times. Listening to all the famous songs of the 1970s including ABBA and Boney M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'd just finished my HSC (Grade 12) and was doing a summer assignment on a bank audit in April, when I received this letter in the <b>Government of India Service </b>yellow envelope offering me the opportunity to present <b>Saturday Date. </b>The previous letter (the first), I had received from the Radio Station was to do a Sports update on their youth show, which I had ignored. Was this really an invite to host <b><i>Saturday Date</i></b>. Could it really be possible? Visited the radio station and met the undersigned, a wonderful lady called Ms. Sarla Mirchandani, who put me directly on to training at using the studios at the station. After a few guidelines on how to do the show, there I was live on the <b><i>Radio Waves</i></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Earlier in the week on a sunny afternoon, I did my first show as a casual announcer introducing a piece of classical music. And in preparation for the <i style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday Date</i>, was handed over a bunch of postcards, inland letters and other envelopes for me to browse through so I could make note of the requests that were lined up for the show - maybe a 100 or more requests to browse through and organise. What did you write <b><i>In Your Letter?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over the next few months, I was a regular at the radio station - hosting music shows in the afternoons and evenings including many more editions of <b><i>Saturday Date </i></b>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Music On Parade </i>on Wednesday night. As I got around in college in my first year of B.Com, people shared their feedback on my shows. Or passed on requests to be aired on the next show of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday Date </i>- a popularity I soon enjoyed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over the next few years, my knowledge of music grew by leaps and bounds as I explored different genres of music. Anytime I was free after college, I'd take the train over to Churchgate, and walk into the Akashvani Bhavan to go to the music library where I could spend many hours exploring the vinyl records or just <b><i>Listen To the Music.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The radio experience is what eventually made me explore compering at weddings and other occasions... that gives me great joy even today. As I look back at the years and all the wonderful experiences and opportunities I've had to entertain in these thirty years, I just look up towards heaven and say <b><i>Thank You For the Music.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I woke up this morning recalling my experience on radio, 30 years back.... my mum made her own personal appearance on radio today on <i><b><a href="http://www.planetaudio.org.nz/listen/susegad-danpaar/konkani-music-and-community-news/378987" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susegad Danpaar</a> </b></i>on 104.6FM in Auckland, NZ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Woke up this morning and the first post I saw was this one from my batchmates from B-school (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) - Congratulations to Venkatesh Maheshwari.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This month marks 65 years that Mt. Everest was first conquered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I paid tribute to this conquest with my post on this blog entitled <a href="http://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.in/2016/05/aint-no-mountain-high-enough.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Ain't No Mountain High Enough</a><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b><i>- </i>also a song.... check out the post for more songs about #Mounta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That video was from the credits of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Sister Act 2. </i>But did you know that there is a 2015 film called <i style="font-weight: bold;">Everest. </i>Check out this track from the OST. </span></div>
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There are several approaches to climbing Everest.</div>
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Some are easier than some others, none are easy.</div>
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This mountain is littered with discarded equipment</div>
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The cold here, at the top of the world,</div>
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Like a million acupuncture needles.</div>
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The air is so thin</div>
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For those who reach the top</div>
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They stand where Mallory and Irvine stood</div>
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We are addicted to the adrenaline rush.</div>
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We climb Everest because it is there.</div>
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We climb Everest because we must.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you remember this ad for the NECC (National Egg Co-ordination Committee) encouraging us to eat eggs. <b><i>Meri Jaan Meri Jaan</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fried.... Boiled.... Poached.... Or were they <b><i>Scrambled</i></b>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's the soundtrack from the NBC sitcom featuring Kelsey Grammar as Radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane... enjoyed a few hilarious laughs from the series. Just one of the things we look back on about yesterday...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes... "Yesterday... All my troubles seemed so far away".... Ooh... that sound like a Beatles' song, doesn't it.... Here's some trivia about the song... it actually started as 'Scrambled Eggs'... This one's guaranteed to get you some laughs....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Speaking of eggs, my mind races back to the all the weddings I've attended as a young boy... In those days before the buffet became a standard, dinner used to be served in plated meals... and the most colourful thing on the plate was this half of a boiled egg where the yolk (yellow) was replaced with a mixture including mayonnaise smoothly piped into them. The dish is called 'Devilled Eggs' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's Easter Sunday today.... and you possibly enjoyed your eggs with chocolate or marzipan... or filled with little chickens. Or possibly you liked the bunnies.... Maybe you enjoyed an Egg Hunt with the kids.... If you did, are you <b><i>'Putting All Your Eggs In One Basket'.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Most of us would have said this rhyme <b><i>Hot Cross Buns</i></b> as little children... but did you know possibly 99% of Hot Cross Buns are sold on only one weekend of the year.... and that weekend for 2018 is this one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's the week of the Easter Tridiuum and the beginning of the festival of Passover... and the Bible and the Torah have many many reference to bread.... from unleavened bread eaten with the Passover meal, manna in the desert.... the bread baked by the widow for Elijah.... and many many more types and varieties of bread.... Have you ever heard of <b style="font-style: italic;">Shortenin' Bread</b><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span><br />
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Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-37099769902898208162018-03-25T22:11:00.000+05:302018-03-25T22:16:01.442+05:30The Mission Music<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Around once every three years, during the liturgical season of Lent, we have Lenten Missions at our parish - OLPS Chembur. I guess the same applies to most parishes around the world - while some would have it more frequently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And this is the time, we are called to look into our lives and watch where we are walking. Living in Mumbai, one needs to be extra careful about where we place our steps. But this week that passed was more about gaining the inspiration on how to take the <span style="font-style: italic;">Walk of Life </span>- not the <i>Dire Straits </i>type. Actually, was referring to the <b><i>Footsteps Walking With Me</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's this beautiful story that I heard about the Footprints in the sand... Got a nice version of this in a <i style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Ridge Mountain Gospel </i>album that I haven't managed to find online. Here's a different version of the same story in the voice of <i><u>Cristy Lane</u></i> - hers was possibly the first Gospel music cassette I remember us owning for her most famous rendition of <b><i>One Day At A Time. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It doesn't matter whether we are walking on the sands of the beach or on the concrete of the footpaths, or more importantly on the figurative streets on the journeys of life. And talking of walking, my mind races back to this 1954 operatic rendition by <i><u>Mario Lanza </u></i>in <i>The Student Prince - <b>I'll Walk With God</b>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes the road may seem too long and difficult... but then the only way out is to surrender our lives to the hands of the master contractor... who can construct roadways through the wilderness or rivers through the desert... and as the Bible says - walking ground in the middle of the Red Sea... <b><i>God Will Make A Way.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That song has a deeper meaning for me.... Everytime that song is sung at our parish, I have a host of people I meet after the service... reminding me that this was one of Dad's favorite songs.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I sit here penning this post, my mind races back to Palm Sunday, four years ago, doing the finishing touches before relocating back to Mumbai. And what a journey it has been for me and the family over the last four years.... God has been with us, every step of the way.... through all the trials of life, with God making His Way in our lives... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I sign off on this post... I wish you all the touch of the Almighty in this coming week as we journey with Jesus on the Way of the Cross, in to the tomb and then to the glory of the Resurrection. <b>Have a Blessed Holy Week.</b> </span></div>
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Visit my website: www.sunilpintoentertains.com</div>Sunil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757801633586189832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677231398641714795.post-60422618380120095422018-03-05T22:02:00.000+05:302018-03-05T22:02:17.254+05:30Turn To God... with Songs of Joy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Had a wonderful long weekend... Thanks to the festival of colour Holi falling on a Friday.... A weekend that had its fair share of work and relaxation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Got back to this blog after a long break.... I also managed to find some time to spend time working out some music on my keyboard.... and the first songs that came to mind were religious songs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Flashed back to 2012, when I was invited to help out with the Children's Choir in my then parish - St. Michael's Church Sharjah. I used to spend at least an hour or two, coaching enthusiastic young musicians on the liturgical music to be played the next week... and what a satisfying experience it was. Moving to Mumbai, I almost immediately got involved in the liturgical music of the parish, with further opportunity to be part of the Music Ministry at the parish CCR </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Catholic Charismatic Renewal) </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">group.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also in Mumbai, I encountered a different mood of Christian music.... Christian Rock from India... that's made waves around the world through performances at World Youth Day events over the years. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My first encounter with this genre was at a workshop on <b style="font-style: italic;">Praise and Worship Music </b>conducted by </span><a href="http://www.lennysoares.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><i>Lenny Soares</i></b></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - a singer, composer and worship leader who led the gospel band <i style="font-weight: bold;">'By Grace' </i>to World Youth Day gatherings to Sydney in 2008 and Madrid in 2010</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A few months later, at a wedding I was compering, I met a friend that I used to play in the band back in the early 90s - <b>Samir Viegas </b>- who introduced me to <b><i>Macklin Lacerda</i></b>, the lead singer of <b><i>Open Secret. </i></b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was interesting to note that we shared a lot in common. Besides having sung and played with the same wedding choir that I was part of during college days, we also shared a common place of work - <b>FCB Ulka Advertising </b>in Mumbai. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This Lenten Season - <b><i>Open Secret</i></b> have lined up a series of 11 concerts in and around Mumbai - check out for the venue most convenient for you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On 25th June 2017, I along with my kids were among the thousands of people who assembled at Shanmukananda Hall to celebrate 25 years of a Christian Youth Movement - <b>Jesus Youth.</b> I encountered the movement during my stint in the UAE, but had little or no idea about the calling of this movement. While Jesus Youth volunteers were always around supporting all the events in Church, only in India did I realise the proportions of faith that this movement drives. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After a Celebration Eucharist con-celebrated by the Archbishop of Mumbai, His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias and a host of other Bishops and priests, the gathering broke into a festival of music and song, with the <i><b>Rexband</b></i>. Music from the <b><i>Rexband </i></b>has regularly featured at our parish Sunday School events with our children performing dances to their songs like this one - <b><i>Rise Up and Dance.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The music continued on the next weekend... This time it was <b>Country Music </b>at the Neighbourhood Winter Festival organised at the Carter Road Amphitheatre... The artiste, none other than Keith Pereira, a young country star from New Zealand (making his first musical appearance to Mumbai). Was a privileged member of the audience as part of the artiste's family (he's my nephew). Took a trip back memory lane to some of the songs I've enjoyed listening to and singing through the years.... <i>The Eagles, Garth Brooks </i>and more.... but the best was the finale.... <i>Country Roads. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not just me... my two sons as well... as we set out at 6.00am to the park... The ground where I've run, jumped, bounced and kicked for twelve early years of my life. That's the St. Anthony's Society Ground adjacent to my school, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Chembur, Mumbai... </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The same ground where over a 1000 students would assemble on a Saturday morning in our whites for exercises, to the call of our PT Sir or sometimes even our School Principal. The ground where more than fifty of us would run after one football for 30 minutes and you were lucky if you got one touch on the ball. The place where we would sit and chat during our recess break.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">Not just someone... but more than 850 people... from the age of three to eighty-three (was there anyone older?) who got together for a common purpose. To run for a cause... a cause connected to my Alma Mater, as we set out on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/855055604658463/permalink/866096360221054/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>The OLPS Run 2017</b></a>... There were children, their parents, alumni and many many more others who assembled there in the given zones as they set out to run.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">The #OLPSrun was an event to celebrate the <b>Diamond Jubilee</b> of the school where I and thousands of others have learnt from ABC and 123 to the laws of Physics and Chemistry, the theorems of Geometry, the problems of Maths and Algebra and knowledge about the world around us in History, Geography, Civics. We even learn Art and Craft... and lots more. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have you ever considered that in a boy's school, there are far more women teachers than men. As I stood around the ground, greeting the people I've met, one lady came up to me and greeted me with a big smile, with the words, "How's your mum?". While she looked so very familiar, it took me time to recognize her as one of my many teachers from over 30 years ago. While nearly all of my school teachers are retired, there was this energetic lot of present teachers who were thoroughly enjoying the occasion and the call to run...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As the run was flagged off, there was an absolute burst of energy.... Students in their uniform running, the rest in their OLPS t-shirts specially designed for the occasion running, jogging, walking - it just doesn't matter, as long as it is fun. Met some old friends, made some new ones... reminisced about old days, but best of all celebrated the first place out of home I knew. Thought of my teachers - a few of them present, some far away... Thought of the friends, I ran in the lawns with, and played some strange innovative games with... Thought of the fun times we had, and some times not so much fun... Thought of the times we ran to school (especially in the morning) and times that we ran back home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And as I look back at yesterday, I look forward to another beautiful Sunday six weeks from now - <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1864802740204188/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diamond Jubilee Celebrations</a> </b>of the school that we all loved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'Twas the First Sunday of August two years ago, and I spent some time writing a blog post to celebrate #FriendshipDay - <a href="http://sunilpintomusic.blogspot.in/2015/08/happy-friendship-day.html" target="_blank">Happy Friendship Day</a>. The next few days got me a host of connections on Facebook and Twitter from a host of old friends - from school, colleges, work places and just other people I met someplace sometime. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Over the past few weeks I've had the opportunity to connect back with friends in school to work towards the celebration of OLPS DIAMOND JUBILEE ALUMNI REUNION as my school (and now the school of my kids) celebrates 60 years of existence. And as I reminisce of the years gone by while enjoying the thrill of being back in Mumbai, I thought I'd share my favorite friendship tunes from the Hindi movies...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back in the 70s, there was also this powerful song that compared friendship to faith and life.... ZANJEER - <i><b>Yaari Hai iman Mera Yaar Meri Zindagi </b>(Friendship is my Faith, My Friend is my Life).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last Friendship song for this post, was released in the year 1999 (takes me back to my RJ days at AIR FM) and featured in the school film - <b><i>Rockford - Yaaron Dosti.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So once again, wishing all my friends (schoolmates, college friends, colleagues at work, students, neighbours, associates, acquaintances and just everybody around...), a VERY VERY HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY... It's great to be connected. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As a child, I usually associated Parent's Day with December - that's when we used to celebrate it in school. Parents and Prize Day was actually our Annual Day when we, students, put up some talented performances for our parents to enjoy (and be happy about)...</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> from One-Act Plays, to Dances (Traditional Dances - snake dance, tribal dances - as well as from Around the World) to an array of songs (a performance I always was a part of). While I remember singing for a Christmas Play while in Grade 2, I also recall the many plays on mythology performed on the same stage (discussed in the print column </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/devdutt-pattanaik-ramayana-in-olps/17326190" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Devlok</a></i></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> authored by my batchmate </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/devduttmyth/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Devdutt Pattanaik</a>. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As we put up these pereformances, we had one question for them... <b><i>Do I Make You Proud?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The observance of Parents Day in July is actually to celebrate the feast of the St. Joachim and St. Anne (that actually falls today - July 26th) - the parents of the Mother of Jesus - whom we affectionately honour as Mother Mary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the music trivia lover, the most famous version of that track would be unmistakably the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKvnQYFhGCc" target="_blank">Jimi Hendrix</a> performance at Woodstock in 1970. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So whether your a native American or one of my many Indian friends who live there, here's wishing you a Happy Fourth of July. Yes, Happy Independence Day. <b><i>God Bless America.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While looking for videos for these songs, I chanced upon an interesting compilation of the <i style="font-weight: bold;">Top Ten Most Patriotic Songs</i> from <b>Watchmojo.com</b></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Sunil Pinto - Compere, Musician, Singer, DJ, Music Trainer, Voice Over
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Have you ever seen a Purple Train? </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mumbai has got a lot of colour nowadays... and its going to get even more in the coming years... with the Mumbai metro proceeding in to develop the next phase really fast... though one wonders when the Monorail will be extended to the proposed network. I'm sure we'll also see some purple trains...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While we have to wait and see how things move ahead, yesterday was a <b>Purple Train </b>day at the North Shore Scenic Railroad in Minnesota, US - the reason? Celebrating a musical birthday. The birthday of Prince - who gave us <i style="font-weight: bold;">Purple Rain</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I shared this post last year on #PrinceDay, the invitation to locals to wear purple...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While most conversation about Prince tends to be about his Purple Reign, I can't help but notice one more colour (or actually a non-colour) on his palette. Have you come across <i style="font-weight: bold;">Cream</i>.</span></div>
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