Ahead of her choir showcase Footprints, 32-year-old Dawn Cordo talks to us about the labour of love that is managing an enthusiastic children’s choir. Like mother, like daughter, we’d say. After forming the choir group Glee Hive in 1990, her mother Celeste Cordo has helped many young, restless talents find perfect pitch in the neighbourhood. Celeste herself would say she learnt from the best in the business growing up. Josic Menzie, for instance — the ace violinist who became one of the first Indian jazz musicians to play at the Taj Mahal Hotel.
Young choristers as young as five years old will take a walk down memory lane, and offer a window to a hopeful future through the 60-minute showcase this weekend. “Footprints translate to more meanings than one. We’re paying homage to the masters whose footsteps we follow, while reminding
listeners of the footprint they leave behind for the next generation,” Cordo reminds us.
ON April 12; 7 pm
AT St Andrew’s Auditorium, Bandra West.
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Echo-friendly tunes
Blanche Viegas’ stellar career spanned seven decades. PIC COURTESY/VIEGAS FAMILY
Staying true to the theme, the performance will double as an activity in reducing guests’ carbon footprint. A collection station at the venue will gladly accept pre-loved clothes that will be recycled by city-based recyclers, ReCircle.
It’s all choir
Jini Dinshaw founded the Bombay Chamber Orchestra in 1962. File pic/ATUL KAMBLE
Choirs are not all about Western Classical music.
Take a look at some unlikely tunes that the group has turned into choir arrangements.
>> No One Is Alone: Rock ballad by Stephen Sondheim from the musical Into The Woods
>>Let it Snow: A classic holiday jazz song by
Dawn Cordo
Dean Martin
>> Shake the Papaya Down: A popular children’s song by ABC Kids
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>> Blanche Viegas
>>Jini Dinshaw
>>Josic Menzie
>> Melville Rebello
>> Ivy Fernandes
300 kg
Waste collected and recycled at last year’s edition
