Sally wows her audience
Sally sang Saawariya and captured the hearts of hundreds of music lovers at the Dorothy Winstone Centre on Saturday.
Aucklander Sally Stockwell, a Kiwi actress, was the only non-Indian performer out of the 28 taking centre stage in the Old is Gold Part 3 show in
Her song, Mohe Bhool Gaye Saawariya, was from the hit 1952 film Baiju Bawra, one of the all-time greats of Indian cinema. Sally’s performance drew a standing ovation from the 1000-plus audience and later many made the effort to congratulate her on delivering beautifully such a difficult number.
“What a generous audience,” an excited Sally, who was dressed in her first Indian outfit (salwar kameez) told Sandesh after her performance. “I am so overwhelmed by the response from the audience.”
Many in the audience told her to keep singing Indian songs in future stage shows. Sally, who has featured in the local soap
Sally, who now lives in Titirangi, said she had always been drawn to world music, and had a lot of Kiwi friends who sang European songs which contained a touch of another culture.
“So, although I have been generally influenced by friends, I fell in love with the freedom, the spirit and the heart of Indian music,” Sally told Sandesh in an earlier interview.
“The tone and quality is just so beautiful.”
Sally’s Indian stage debut was the highlight of a grand musical evening brought together by Amit Sengupta of the Mohammed Rafi Academy of Music.
The evening also featured another
All singers put in an outstanding performance. Although it would be hard to single out one particular star of the evening, great performances were delivered by Om Srivastav, Effat, Akhila, Rajesh, Peter Paul, Rohitesh, Chaitra, Simi, Simran, Vishnupriya, Sneha, Vina, and Vishnu.
The charity show raised more than $7500 for the Starship Foundation and Sengupta made a live presentation of the cheques to Starship executive Andrew Young, who was overwhelmed by the generous gesture.
So far, Sengupta, well known in the Auckland Indian music circles as the “guru”, has donated well over $20,000 to Starship.
An ardent bhakt of the legendary Mohammed Rafi, Sengupta puts on at least two shows every year. One down, one more to go this year. Watch this space.
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Sally sang Saawariya and captured the hearts of hundreds of music lovers at the Dorothy Winstone Centre on Saturday.
Aucklander Sally Stockwell, a Kiwi actress, was the only non-Indian performer out of the 28 taking centre stage in the Old is Gold Part 3 show in
Her song, Mohe Bhool Gaye...
Sally sang Saawariya and captured the hearts of hundreds of music lovers at the Dorothy Winstone Centre on Saturday.
Aucklander Sally Stockwell, a Kiwi actress, was the only non-Indian performer out of the 28 taking centre stage in the Old is Gold Part 3 show in
Her song, Mohe Bhool Gaye Saawariya, was from the hit 1952 film Baiju Bawra, one of the all-time greats of Indian cinema. Sally’s performance drew a standing ovation from the 1000-plus audience and later many made the effort to congratulate her on delivering beautifully such a difficult number.
“What a generous audience,” an excited Sally, who was dressed in her first Indian outfit (salwar kameez) told Sandesh after her performance. “I am so overwhelmed by the response from the audience.”
Many in the audience told her to keep singing Indian songs in future stage shows. Sally, who has featured in the local soap
Sally, who now lives in Titirangi, said she had always been drawn to world music, and had a lot of Kiwi friends who sang European songs which contained a touch of another culture.
“So, although I have been generally influenced by friends, I fell in love with the freedom, the spirit and the heart of Indian music,” Sally told Sandesh in an earlier interview.
“The tone and quality is just so beautiful.”
Sally’s Indian stage debut was the highlight of a grand musical evening brought together by Amit Sengupta of the Mohammed Rafi Academy of Music.
The evening also featured another
All singers put in an outstanding performance. Although it would be hard to single out one particular star of the evening, great performances were delivered by Om Srivastav, Effat, Akhila, Rajesh, Peter Paul, Rohitesh, Chaitra, Simi, Simran, Vishnupriya, Sneha, Vina, and Vishnu.
The charity show raised more than $7500 for the Starship Foundation and Sengupta made a live presentation of the cheques to Starship executive Andrew Young, who was overwhelmed by the generous gesture.
So far, Sengupta, well known in the Auckland Indian music circles as the “guru”, has donated well over $20,000 to Starship.
An ardent bhakt of the legendary Mohammed Rafi, Sengupta puts on at least two shows every year. One down, one more to go this year. Watch this space.
* SEE PICTURE AND VIDEO GALLERY ABOVE
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