Music Competition for Children

This is just the second year for Nadasurabhi  to conduct a  carnatic music competition for children. The details of the event were announced well in advance. It is for children aged between 8 and 15 years. The response was so overwhelming with more than 60 registrations, that the event was split into two halves Senior and Junior batches, based on age. Two sets of independent judges evaluated the performances. The seed idea about the competition was from Sri.Vishweswara, a long time associate of the organization and a keen music lover. Sri.Visweswara also came forward to sponsor not only the three trophies for each batch of winners, but also more than a dozen additional consolation prizes. This was done in memory of his wife Smt.Shaila Visweswara. Besides these, Nadasurabhi also gave gift vouchers for Rs.750, 500 and 250 respectively for the three top winners in each of the batches. Also, all participants were given special participation certificates, with their names printed, a small individual gift and Nadasurabhi Annual Souvenir.

The first part was the competition for the Seniors. It started at 10.A.M. on 15^th May 2010 at the Indian Heritage Academy, Koramangala, the entire event was completed at around 1 P.M. The winners were:

Kumari Sneha Simon- First Prize Kumari Manasa.S.- Second Prize Kumari Abijna Rao- Third Prize. Kumari Sowmya.S.- 1st Consolation prize Kumari RachitaM.Prasad- 2nd Consolation prize Kumari Smruthi Rajmohan- 6th Place Master Abhinav Venkatesh.N - 7th place Kumari Srilakshmi.V- 8th Place Master Sumanth.R.- 9th place Master Srinivasan.K- 10th place

The afternoon session for the Juniors started at 4 P.M. and went on till 7 P.M. at the same venue. The winners were:

Kumari Aditi.B.P.- First Prize Master Sai Shreyas- Second Prize Kumari Shreegowri Bhat- Third Prize Kumari Manasa.S.- 1st Consolation prize Kumari Mahima Adwaita- 2nd Consolation prize Master Janardhan.S.- 6th Place Kumari Malavika Rajmohan - 7th place Kumari Vaidehi Narayanan- 8th Place Kumari Jyothsna Hebbar- 9th place Kumari Divya Kirani- 10th place

There was all round appreciation for the meticulous planning and efficient professional execution of the entire event, without any hiccup, by the executives of Nadasurabhi.