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The karaoke championship has crooners going gung ho with popular tunes
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BAILAMOS, WHEN you say nothing at all and Hero filled in the night air as crooners battled it for the Great Karaoke Championship at Bottles & Chimney recently. For most of the participants this was probably their first singing experience, post college. Barring few, such as Dino, a rocker from Phillipines on a visit to the twin cities and other lead singers from the local bands, other were rookies with the mike, but did a good job as they sang Celine Dion, Enrique and even Creed, minus one tracks.
"This is the first time that I am participating in a karaoke event," says Pratima, a commercial pilot. Ditto for Bharadwaj, a hard rock buff from Chennai who chose MLTR's Sleeping child, "because it is easy to sing," he observes.
More than singing well, the event spelt fun with golden oldies from Carpenters to contemporary Christina Aguilera selected by the finalists from the karaoke collection. "This is not a voice hunt. Karaoke is fun, especially when you are singing in a group. Thus the parameters were, appearance, presentation, voice, range, clarity and more important how much fun one is having while singing," says Sanjay Chimnani, partner Bottles & Chimney. The contest found Usha Sriram and Avik walking into the audiences' hearts with Celine Dion's All coming back and Bon Jovi's Bed of roses.
The event saw a fresh crowd at the pub, with a lot of foreign nationals who were more than happy to join together for the anthem We are the world. And for those who missed the musical train, the place takes a karaoke hue every Tuesday and for the Hindi songs buff, new software to support Bollywood karaoke discs will be a new attraction at the pub. Till then Hotel California could be a good bet.
SYEDA FARIDA
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