Soar High Music Festival 2007

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Soar High Music Festival
- 29th of December 2007 -
- at Nagampal Kangjabi Lampak, Imphal, Manipur -

�Soar High Music Festival� - a tribute concert is being organised to pay tribute to the Rock Musicians of Manipur who have now left for heavenly abode.

The concert will be held on the 29th of December 2007, at Nagampal Kangjabi Lampak, it will start at 10 AM in the morning, and the entry is FREE.

Being organised by �Kshetrimayum Abungcha Memorial Trust�, this tribute concert will also mark the selection of four bands from among the bands that will be performing.

Six more bands will be selected from �Wake Up, Reach Out�, a rock contest that will be held on 5th January �08 at Thau Ground, Imphal (originally it was scheduled for 19th Dec �07, but postponed due to the Pourabi bomb blast).

Altogether, the selected ten bands will go for an extensive tour of Manipur and the North East. �A compilation album of original tracks of the selected bands will also be released�, said Momocha Laishram, Director of Folk Art and Cultural Guild (FACG), over the phone from Imphal.

The Dear Pioneers of Rock Musicians of Manipur, who have passed away and for whom the tribute concert is being organized are :

Mangcha	Magnetoz
Kaikho	Solo Singer
Subu Konsam	Runway Tracksr
Somo Ayekpam	Runway Tracks
Abungcha	Post Mark
Jessy Ralte	Dark Krusaders
Deepak	Hell's Angel
Rajesh Fonda	Hell's Angel
Sana Yaima	Lapps
Manoj	Ultra Vires
Pravin Raj	Eastern Dark/Tapta/Uttam
Dubby	Metal Teens
Shivananda	Red Devils
Mono	Born Free/Angellica
Sushil	Miracles
Jolly	Miracles
Angangcha	Miracles
Thangboi	Kill Roy
Tomba, Bode, Lenin	(Name of the band not known)
Lilabanta	Manager Cannibals

The headling acts for this tribute concert are:

X-Cannibals
Uttam Band
Guru Reuben Mashangva
Vivek Chongtham
Stepping Stones
Cygnus
Spoon n Fork
Angellica
Phung-ga
Cynide
.... more bands are expected to join in.

Rest In Peace

Also read:

God gave Rock 'N' Roll to you

PS: �Soar High�? These two words sound familiar? Yeah, it�s the song �Soar High� from Post Mark�s thrash metal album �Stamp on you�, released sometime in late 80�s. Perhaps it�s the first album by a Manipuri band, and has still been the one and only album so far. 20 years have gone by; it�s time we write more originals.

This news report is submitted exclusively for E-Pao, by Ringo Pebam, a software engineer who is based in Bangalore. He can be reached at ringo_pebam(AT)yahoo(DOT)com . This announcement was webcasted on December 27th , 2007

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