SD Sharma
Chandigarh, September 5
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) band gave a musical performance at the Tagore Theatre here on Wednesday. This was the first such concert by the ITBP band in Chandigarh.
The 72-member ITBP band led by Maj Nazir Hussain VSM left the audience spellbound.
The band presented patriotic, theme-based filmy songs and western symphonies.
It included electronic , percussion, string and wind instruments, including clarinets, guitars, octopads, brass band pipes, tabla, xylophone — all played to perfection in perfect synchronisation.
The repertoire of western music compositions included various traditional martial compositions such as Hungarian dance, Over the waves, Faron Doll, Redez key, La Polma and Love story. The band presented Bollywood numbers such as ‘Chura liya hai tumne jo dil ko’, ‘Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan’, and a Kathak dance.
The chief guest, VP Singh Badnore, Punjab Governor, honoured the artistes, while RK Pachnanada, Director General, ITBP, presented a souvenir to the chief guest.
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