Experience with Sri.Ravishanker-Nadha Vaibhavam.
It was a memorable sunday. As a person who physically visited that place and enjoyed that serene atmosphere, experience the musical journey and as a father whose daugther was one among 5700, I was, indeed, lucky.
I normally do not go to gatherings like this because Iam allergic to crowd. I enjoy listening to good music by laying on an easy-chair or going to a nearby sabha.
Saturday, my wife who had accompanied my daughter for rehearsal with the same team, thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and insisted me to come on Sunday. So, I was there.
With 5700 musicians. 70% of them was less than 13 years from different schools in Tamil Nadu and other States like Karnataka, Andhra and Maharashtra, including Nagpur and Pune, creating proper logistics for all of them would have been possible only if it had been done by big Group or Government.
But Shri RRS with his sheer delegating power and Grace organised this. See some "impossibles" made simply possible "just like that"
a) 80-90 Pallavan buses arranged to pick the students and parents from the origin to destination and back
b) Krishna sweets provided food for all the students after the conert at their respective place. where they were sitting without unnecessary queue or
commotion.
c) Even bus drivers and assistant were given food.
d) The musicians were given snacks at the entry and also provided green bag to keep their chappals so-no confusion after the show.
e) There was a gap of 20 minutes after the 4th song so that the children can go to wash-room or have some snacks etc. In this meantime Tani avartanams and Shri Ravishankar's speech and honouring the big musicians who attended the programme.
Shri Ravishankar gave a soothing speech and made one point very clear- "when someone asked me whether it is possible to gave a musical gathering like this, I said why not possible if we have dedication and God's Grace ?". No wonder he succeeded in his attempt.
I could not stop wondering where video clips were shown, conducting a programme in colombo on 21st January, in the disturbed area, where some 28,000 persons were chanting Tevaram. Amazing. A person who conducted his Art of Living in Kashmir and Pakistan, nothing is impossible.
But, having got children togther in a particualr place and make them to sit for 3 hours togehter and conduct a programee requires lot of energy. Remember 1
Lac and odd crowd came to witness the function and no untoward incident or no continuous announcents except 2 (one child missing his mother and one person missing the camera.
Around 10,000 CDS were made with the songs and distributed to as many schools and also uploaded in a particular site so that those who could not get the CDs
can download. Only one rehearsal on the previous held in the same venue and Vijay siva's encouraging words, during the rehearsal. to the children after evey song was a delight to watch. For putting talam, he said "to put on one towel, if no towel, don't put" sort of.
Shri Ravishankar's 13 min yoga and his short speech for corruption free, health-fill India was a must for the crowd.
As Shri G.S.Mani pointed out- "we cannot get the sruti alighed with 4 people, keeping all the people together and singing a sruti-perfect programme
was because of divine's blessings thorugh Shri.Ravishankar. It is very true.
The songs
Sidhi Vinayakam- Dikshitar- Shamnugapriya
Anantamrita- Amritavarshini-Dikshitar
Nagumomu- Abheri
Mudhukare yashodha- Annamacharya
Venkatachala nilayam- Dasar
Ananda nadamAduvar- Neelakanta Sivan etc..
Thanks Almighty for giving me this opportunity...
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