Namaste all,
Looks like we are going to have our next Samaroh on Aug 15th at Usha’s place. Naresh has kindly agreed to be the MC again.
We missed some of you in the class today; you missed an intense Vataapi and Gaayiye ganapati practice session and you also missed a delicious pineapple upside down cake baked by Romilla.
We discussed the solos we will be presenting from within the syllabus. Here is a list of songs taken so far :
Yaaramita : Poonam and Manju both will sing separately. Manju will sing the whole song, and Poonam will sing only the Pallavi and the first stanza.
Sharada Bhujangam
Mukund – both verses in Raga Kalyani
Srinivas – either Bheem palasi or Sindhu Bhairavi (still deciding between the two)
Dashavatara is being presented by Mubeena, Usha and Kala as follows :
Mubeena : Opening Sloka, Meena, Kacchapa, Sukara and Narahari roopa
Kala : Vamana, Bhrigupati, and Rama avatars
Usha : Haladhara roopa and Buddha avatar
Kala : Kalki
Final Sloka : All of us as a group (Dasa vidha roopa)
Lalita Lavanga :
Aparna : Ragas Hamsadhvani and Hamsanandi
Romilla : Sindhu Bhairavi and Brindavana Saranga
Please remember that the following songs are being sung in groups only :
- Vakratunda and Agajaanana
- Vaatapi Ganapatim
- Gaayiye Ganapati
- Bhavayaami in 3 sub-groups
- Shanti Mantras
For those of you who have not attended the class today, we had an interesting practice session for ‘Gaayiye Ganapati”.
The whole class was split in two groups – Siddhi groupand Riddhi group – and wherever there was a line which needed repetition, we took turns. For example, the first line ‘Gaayiye Ganapati’, jaga vandana’ we all sang together twice. The third time, only the Siddhi group sang that line, and the Riddhi group sang the line ‘Sankara suvana bhavani ke nandana’ and then the Siddhi group repeated it. Then we all sang the opening line ‘gaayiye ganapati jag vandana’ together.
We again took turns in singing the line ‘siddhi sadana gaj vadana vinayaka’ – since it repeats itself 4 times.
And finally, in the last stanza, the third and fourth time when we sing ‘maangta tulasi das kar jore’ without any Aalaap, we took turns.
If this is all confusing, please forgive me. The Siddhi and Riddhi group members would be decided by Romilla.
Bhavayami allocation :
Ranjani group will open the song this time with Raga Saveri, and they will also sing Raga Poorvi Kalyani
Kalyani group will sing Mohana and Mukhari Ragas
Saveri group will sing Natti Kuranji and Dhanyasi.
Madhyamavati shared by all groups
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks and see you all Sunday
Annu
