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The Sing Along 2006 edition was a treat for both children and adults
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EXCITING EVENING The Sing Along show
The Sing Along, has something of a legendary following in the city. We once met a pretty young lady, and my friends jumped on her excitedly. "Weren't you the zebra, who lost her stripes?"
The zebra, Jeeva the bear, the elephant with a small trunk, and a bunch of monkeys had all gathered again at the Music Academy recently for the 2006 edition of Sing Along. The show put together by adults and teenagers who thankfully didn't take themselves too seriously to wear funny clown clothes and masks, and make strange animal noises. But they did take the antics seriously enough.
The singing stayed cheerful till the end, the energy was high up there too. Props were delightfully innovative: The elephant was nothing but four feet behind a mask and under two bed sheets, and yet there was an audible gasp when the elephant lumbered onto the stage.
There was even a shadow puppetry. But the highlight of the evening was the phosphorescent snake. When the organisers courageously switched off the lights in the auditorium, there were a few squeals. But reassuring words and the excitement of what was come onto the stage kept the well-behaved audience in their seats. Worked out in the style of the Chinese dragons, the snakes wiggled and danced to the accompaniment of live music.
As for the audience, made up of as many little toddlers as parents, it was deeply involved. Mothers jumped up to dance with their children.
They sang, they clapped, and moved their hand when they were asked to. Who said children had been reduced to zombies by the idiot box? The rain of rhythm they recreated by beating their palms first with one finger, then two, then three, was magical.
MEERA MOHANTY
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