Monday, November 17, 2008

AIR Vijaywada celebrates golden jubilee

Notwithstanding the overcast sky and continuous drizzle, folk artistes performed with verve and vigour at the golden jubilee celebrations of the All India Radio Vijayawada. Saturday night turned colourful with 'Pulivesham' dance by Sambikar Nageswara Rao and party, and 'Veedi Bhagavatham', narrating the social evils and its solutions, by Gosula Guravayya and party.. Popular 'Burrakadha' artiste Nazir of Guntur probably gave performances from every political dais. Now, his son Sheik Bapuji regaled the gathering at Annamayya Vedika, Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Brundavan Gardens. Folk songs were rendered by T. Pushparajyam and party and 'Pambakadha' was narrated by Gattupalli Yallamanda and party. All India Radio Station Director Mangalagiri Aditya Prasad said that this was one of the series of programmes being organised in Guntur and Vijayawada on the occasion of the golden jubilee of AIR Vijayawada by Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India. 'Janapada Sangeeta Mela' (a festival of folk music) would be broadcast over AIR on Vijayawada A on December 2 at 8 a.m., December 6 at 1.30 p.m., next day at 2.30 p.m. These broadcasts would continue on December 13 and 14 at 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. respectively.

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