The chance to be a singing sensation
P. SUJATHA VARMA
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The objective of this competition was to get children to master the language of music.
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PHOTO: V. RAJU
ANXIOUS MOMENTS: At the talent hunt
Children made a beeline to the conference hall of a hotel where a talent hunt launched by a private television channel to identify star performers for Little Champs, a reality show to create singing stars.
Aged between 6 and 13, the kids came with bubbling enthusiasm. Performing in the presence of a panel of judges and parents and other guests was itself an exhilarating experience for many. There was no prodding to get the children sing their hearts out.
Perfect pitch
Only that a few of them did some mismatching with the sruti and the laya. "Sruti (pitch) is the maata (mother) and laya (rhythm) is the pita (father), and so don't let the two go astray. Match your pitch with the rhythm of the song," encouraged "Khushi" Muralidhar and music composer K. Adisheshu, judges of the event. "Our objective is to encourage children to sing and master the language of music," they said.
Many among the 250-odd participants in the preliminary round were tense, while others were excited about the thought of singing in public. .
"Don't panic. Feel free and let the pitch rise to the maximum. I know you will do well," said a young mother to her eight-year-old son.
Chubby-cheeked Viswa Teja, a Std. II student, won hearts instantly by singing a classical song with remarkable ease. "You have a good voice. A little practice can take you places," said one of the judges, as the boy squirmed looking at his mother shyly.
Srinija, a Std. IV student from Nirmala High School, Vijayawada, was visibly relieved when the organisers announced her name in the list of 60 children short-listed for the next phase of selections in Hyderabad.
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