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Now, the World Cup gets its album

BANGALORE: Sports and music transcend boundaries. To add to the cricket frenzy, MoneyGram International, a sponsor of the ICC World Cup 2011, has come up with a Cricket for Peace initiative across South Asia. The theme-based initiative is a multi-country, multi-language programme being conducted in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, the three World Cup-hosting nations.

MoneyGram International has invited music and cricket lovers across the three nations to create music compositions that depict how cricket can foster the spirit of world peace. Participants may write the compositions in any of eight Indian languages, Bangla and Sinhalese.

The selected amateur music groups will perform in the finale which will take place in Mumbai on April 1, a day before the World Cup final.

Performance

The Bangalore leg of programme, aiming to “foster the message of peace in the world”, saw five bands perform in the city on Thursday — Vertical Scar, Elysium, Chimera, Black Sun, and Altered Scales. One of these groups' compositions will be chosen for the Cricket for Peace album.

Elysium, from Mangalore, was the only one on the occasion to perform in a language other than English. “We chose to sing in Hindi because we want everybody in India to understand,” said Melwyn D'Souza, vocalist. “This sort of an event is an inspiration for us to perform. Cricket is hugely popular in our country; it's something everyone watches. So, it is a great platform for us to make ourselves heard.”

The finale

The finale will have a performance by a tri-nation band consisting of nine artistes from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The finale will also witness the launch of the album of some 12 songs, including the tri-nation song. The nine artistes will come together a week in advance to create the ‘Cricket for Peace' song — which will be multi-lingual and multi-ethnic in nature, blending English, Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese.

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