FAR AWAY PLACES 🎭

 

What if we could write a letter to our loved ones, who have journeyed on?

What if they could reply?

What if there was some way or someone, who could deliver those letters back and forth, between heaven and earth?🤔

These imaginary situations and scenarios, have been very creatively woven into the Storyline, of the play called 'The Far Post', which is set in a 'Post-Office', at a Border. A play by 'Dur Se Brothers', that is Written, Directed and Performed by Yuki Ellias, together with the Choreographer and Co-Performer of the show, Tapas Boro, and the innovative use of masks and puppetry.🎭

Yuki is a well-known name in the world of Theatre - Acting, Directing and Teaching too, but she is also an old college batchmate and friend from Xavier's; and I was just 'So Proud' from beginning to end, as I watched her in action, performing on that stage at the Prithvi Theatre, on the 26th of February '25.🤗❤️

The Play is a story of two enemy soldiers, killed in battle; who embark on a journey into the after-life, with the help of an endearing 'Postman Aunty' and her pet Goldfish.🐟

It is a 75 minute play, which kind of reminded me, of a Charlie Chaplin 'Silent Film', because there are very few dialogues in it. But despite that, the audience was completely engrossed and focussed right through, because of so many fascinating things, happening on stage.👏👏👏

The wonderful acting by Yuki and Tapas, was supported by a great backstage and technical crew. The smooth and seamless transitions by the two actors, with the masks and puppets and the switching of characters, the choreographed movements, the effects created by the Sets, Props, the perfectly synced Sound and Lights,(including a little shadow-play also); and most of all, the lovely background Music and Singing too, all collectively added so much to the performance.🎶

I loved that the Folk Fusion Band 'SOFIYUM' from Gangtok, Sikkim, played some soft and melodious music and songs in this play, 'LIVE', while the two actors (playing various characters), took the story forward. All the songs are in the Lepcha language, with English sub-titles. It was lovely to hear the multi-talented Yuki, joining the band, in singing a couple of songs also.😊

I was fascinated by a lot of things in this play; and I could see, that the rest of the audience was, as well. This very 'Unique and Different' play, in a Language that we do not know or speak, had the audience reacting in many ways, right through, with smiles, laughter and even a few tears. 

When Performers use their Talent and Creativity, to think 'Out of the Box' and do something, which is so 'Unusual and Innovative', the result is always a very 'Interesting Experience'.😊✨️❤️

EVERGREEN LOVE SONGS 🎶❤️

 

Have been listening to different Goan Musicians, Tammy and Roy, Jonathan and Nashvin (Music Fever Co). and Xanisha and Croydon (XaniCroy), singing 'Live' in Goa, over this past week.💕

Apart from the Konkani and Portuguese songs, which I enjoyed listening to, all of them also had a few lovely English songs, in their respective set-lists.😊

These are three of the songs which they sang, that I really liked.

I THINK THEY CALL THIS LOVE 🎶❤️

- Elliot James Reay

MAKING MEMORIES OF US 🎶❤️

- Keith Urban

AND I LOVE HER 🎶❤️

- The Beatles

(Videos shared from various YT pages.)

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY 😊

(A couple of very short FB Memories, from 2020 and 2013, on this day, 19th February.)

What a beautiful thought!

A reminder to keep touching lives and hearts, in little ways everyday.😊

'Every day is beautiful in its own way'.

A message worth pondering on, from my favourite cartoon characters.💕

P.S. I LOVE YOU 💕🎶

'Let's Play the Game of Love'.❤️

We live in a 'Pretend, Make Believe World', where nothing is Real, and 'Truly' what it seems to be, anyway.🤷🏻‍♀️

Thankfully, we don't have to actually be in Love, to listen to a 'Love Song'.🎶 We can still enjoy the beautiful 'Songs about Love', even in the midst of, all the crazy and stupid 'Games People Play', all around us. 

L-O-V-E 💕🎶

- Nat King Cole

TRULY 💕🎶

- Sonial Saigal and Beven Fonseca (Lionel Richie)

REST YOUR LOVE ON ME 💕🎶

- Bee Gees (Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton John duet)

DANCE WITH ME 💕🎶

- Caleb and Kelsey

PRETEND 💕🎶

- Nat King Cole

(Videos shared from various YT pages.)

FAR BEYOND THE STARS ✨️💖

 

When the only people who really 'Loved' us Unconditionally, who truly 'Cared' and who were 'Always There' for us, are all now 'Somewhere Out There', beyond the blue; songs with lyrics like these, make a lot of sense to us.✍️🎶

Whether we sit quietly by the ocean, staring out at the 'Horizon', to where the 'Blue Skies' appear to meet the waves; or whether we're just looking up at the Moon, on a dark starlit night. Songs like these, just make us feel like 'Our Loved Ones' up there, still communicate with us, from 'Far Beyond the Stars'.✨️ 

Even if, it is only our over-active 'Imagination', at work; sometimes, it is these silly 'Illusions', which we create for ourselves, that actually get us through each moment of 'Our Solitary Journey', through this 'Life', and take us, from one day to the next.🤷🏻‍♀️

'Far Beyond the Stars'

My Soul is longing to go;

There beyond the Sun,

To a 'Better Place', I know.💖

Through the darkest night,

I can see, the Heavenly Light,

Far away, 

Beyond the Stars'.✨️

TALKING TO THE MOON 💞🎶

- Bruno Mars

YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART 💖🎶

- One Voice Children's Choir 

(Phil Collins, Disney's 'Tarzan')

(Videos shared from different YT pages.)

ON 'REPLAY' MODE, FOR LIFE. ✨️💖

 

(An old FB Memory...I wrote this 6 years ago, on this day, 11th February, 2019.

The years keep passing by, almost in the 'blink of an eye'. The Memories, they remain.✨️💖

'Family', and especially a 'Mother', can never be replaced. No one, can ever take her place, in our lives.😢)

For 5 months now, my mind has been on 'Re-play' mode. The smallest things trigger off a memory. A scene, a sound, an object, an event...Little things transport me back in time, in a matter of moments. 

I keep re-living the last few days with you, the long struggle we went through together and I keep wondering 'What if?'🤔

If only I could actually turn back time...

If only things had turned out differently... 

There is so much I miss about you Mama, every moment of every day.😢❤️

I just wish you were still here. ✨️💖

(The Pictures are from various places on the Internet.)

I'LL BE HERE...YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THAT. ✨️💖🎶

 

Two 'Uplifting Songs' to listen to, whenever anyone needs to hear words like these.😊

When the only people, who used to say words like these to us often, once upon a time, are far, far away, up in those 'blue skies' today;💖 and whenever there's no one else to say 'Comforting Words' like these to us anymore, just listen to songs like these on 'Repeat Mode'.🎶✍️

It's what I do, and it works like 'Magic';✨️ at least for a little while.🤷🏻‍♀️

I'LL BE HERE (Song Lyrics) 💕🎶
- Colbie Caillat and Sheryl Crow

Low, when you're feelin' low,
And you just don't know where to run to;
And broke, if your heart's been broke,
And you feel like you're all alone.

If you need something to Believe in,
If you're lookin' for,
A Light to Guide you Home,
Just look inside,
Your Light is shinin',
Brighter than you know,
You should know.

I'm never gonna let you down,
Always gonna build you up;
When you're feelin' lost,
I will always find you, Love.

Never gonna walk away,
Always gonna have your back,
And if nothin' else,
You can always count on that.

When you need me, I will be here,
I'll be here
I'll be here
I'll be here.

Laugh, I will make you laugh,
If you ever feel like cryin';
Close, I will hold you close,
You won't be alone anymore.

If you need someone to 'Believe' in,
If you're reachin' for a Hand,
To Guide you Home.
Just take my Hand,
And I won't let you go,
'Cause you should know.

I'm never gonna let you down,
Always gonna build you up,
When you're feelin' lost,
I will always find you, Love.

Never gonna walk away,
Always gonna have your back,
And if nothin' else,
You can always count on that.

When you need me, I will be here,
I'll be here
I'll be here
I'll be here.

If you need something to 'Believe' in,
If you feel you've reached the end of the road,
Don't be afraid, I'll always Guide you Home,
You should know.

I'm never gonna let you down,
I'm always gonna build you up,
When you're feelin' lost,
I will always find you, Love.

I'm never gonna walk away,
Always gonna have your back,
And if nothin' else,
You can always count on that.

When you need me, I will be here,
I'll be here
I'll be here
I'll be here.✨️💖

COUNT ON ME (Song Lyrics) 💕🎶
- Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans

Count on me, through thick and thin,
A 'Friendship' that will never end;
When you are weak, I will be strong,
Helping you to carry on,
Call on me, I will be there
Don't be afraid,
Please 'Believe' me, when I say,
Count on me.

I can see, it's hurting you,
I can feel your pain,
It's hard to see the sunshine, through the rain;
I know sometimes it seems as if,
It's never gonna end,
But you'll get through it,
Just don't give in.

'cause you can,
Count on me, through thick and thin,
A 'Friendship' that will never end;
When you are weak, I will be strong,
Helping you to carry on;
Call on me, I will be there,
Don't be afraid;
Please 'Believe' me, when I say,
Count on me.

I know sometimes, it seems as if,
We're standing all alone;
But we'll get through it,
'Cause Love won't let us fall.

Count on me, through thick and thin,
A 'Friendship' that will never end;
When you are weak, I will be strong,
Helping you to carry on;
Call on me, I will be there,
Don't be afraid,
Please 'Believe' me, when I say,
Count on me.

There's a place, inside all of us,
Where our 'Faith in Love' begins;
You should reach to find the 'Truth in Love',
The answer is there within.

I know, that Life can make you feel,
It's much harder than it really is;
But we'll get through it,
Just don't give in.

Count on me, through thick and thin,
A 'Friendship' that will never end;
When you are weak, I will be strong,
Helping you to carry on;
Call on me, I will be there,
Don't be afraid.

Please 'Believe' me when I say
Count on me
Count on me
Count on me
Count on me
Count on me
Count on me
Oh yes you can
Oh I can
Sure you can
So glad I can count on me
Count on you girl.✨️💖

EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY 💕🎶

 

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) 💕🎶

- Gaither Vocal Band

HOLDING ON FOREVER ✨️💖🎶

'Why do Fools fall in Love?'🤔

Just because, this is the week to share 'Songs about Love'; and also because, there are a few 'Love Stories', that really do last 'Forever'.✨️💖

MY LOVE 💕🎶

- Music Travel Love feat. Anthony Uy 

MY LOVE 💕🎶

- Westlife

MY LOVE (Song Lyrics) 🎶

An empty street, an empty house,

A hole inside my heart;

I'm all alone, the rooms are getting smaller,

I wonder how, I wonder why,

I wonder where they are;

The days we had, the songs we sang together,🎶 

And oh My Love, I'm Holding on Forever,

Reaching for the Love, that seems so far.

So, I say a little Prayer,

And hope my Dreams will take me there,

Where the skies are blue

To see you once again, My Love.

Overseas, from coast to coast,

To find a place I love the most,

Where the fields are green,

To see you once again, My Love.❤️

I try to read, I go to work,

I'm laughing with my friends;

But I can't stop to keep myself from thinking, oh, no.

I wonder how, I wonder why,

I wonder where they are,

The days we had, the songs we sang together.🎶

And oh My Love, I'm Holding on Forever,

Reaching for the Love, that seems so far.✨️

So, I say a little Prayer,

And hope my Dreams will take me there,

Where the skies are blue,

To see you once again, My Love.

Overseas, from coast to coast,

To find a place, I love the most,

Where the fields are green,

To see you once again.

To hold you in my arms,

To promise you my Love,

To tell you from the heart,

You're all I'm thinkin' of.

I'm reaching for the Love, that seems so far.✨️

So, I say a little Prayer,

And hope my Dreams will take me there;

Where the skies are blue,

To see you once again, My Love.

Overseas, from coast to coast,

To find the place I love the most,

Where the fields are green,

To see you once again, My Love.❤️

Say a little Prayer (My sweet Love),

Dreams will take me there,

Where the skies are blue (whoa, yeah),

To see you once again (oh My Love).

Overseas, from coast to coast,

To find the place, I love the most;

Where the fields are green,

To see you once again, My Love.✨️🎶

(Videos shared from various YT pages.)

YOU AND I 💕🎶

 

One of my Favourite Musicians posted this song, a couple of days ago. 

JUST THE TWO OF US 🎸🎶

- Gabriella Quevedo (Guitar Instrumental) 

JUST THE TWO OF US 💕🎶 (Lyric Video)

- Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers

(Videos shared from different YT pages.)

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING ✨️💖✍️

 

I spent a few hours today, with one of my closest friends from DB.  Was nice to have Lunch with her, on the 'Feast Day' of St.John Bosco.😊

The two of us joined the school together, way back in 2004; and over the years, we became more like 'Family'.💖

I miss a lot of things about that wonderful place, which I always called 'My Second Home'. But most of all, I miss the long conversations, that we used to have, about anything and everything.

We do meet occasionally, but it doesn't compare with seeing one another, every single day. 

Thankfully, I will be meeting her again tomorrow, together with all my other colleagues. It will be quite an awesome 'Reunion', to see everyone again, after an entire year.💕

Since this has been an extremely 'Nostalgic' week for me, with DB being in my thoughts, quite a lot; I also remembered, how I actually landed up being a Teacher at DB.

It really wasn't my 'First Choice', although it eventually became, the 'Only Place' that I ever worked in.🤷🏻‍♀️

Having studied in two 'Jesuit Instituions' during my College years, my first preference was a Jesuit School in Bandra. My Mum was quite pleased with my choice, because she had been a Bandra Girl. Her brother had studied in that same school as well; while she and her sisters, had studied in the school, just across the road.

The job was mine for the taking too, because a Teacher was retiring that year, (who coincidentally also shared the same name as me). I remember the Principal telling me, that one Lynette would be replacing another, if I decided to join them.😊

However, it had just happened, that a few days before that Interview, (in the place where I was born, and where I lived, for the first few years of my life); I had also very casually, met one of the Supervisors from DB, on a train ride back home from College. Her daughter had been a childhood friend of mine; and when she heard that I was doing my B.Ed; she told me to apply at DB also. 

So, even though I was more keen on joining Stanislaus; just because of that 'Chance Encounter' that day, I still applied at Don Bosco.😊

Looking back today, I guess that 'Unexpected Meeting', was just supposed to happen that day.💕

Since I had grown up with lots of childhood friends, who had been DB boys, I used to hear a lot about their 'Fun School'. I also had a couple of friends, who were Salesian Brothers, and I had always enjoyed, Interacting and Communicating with them. I think, because of all those 'Old Connections', joining DB, didn't seem like a bad idea to me either.😊

So, I told the Principal of St.Stanislaus, that I had also applied at Don Bosco; and since it would cut off the time of 'Commuting to Work' everyday, I would probably consider that, if I got in.🤷🏻‍♀️

The Principal in DB at the time, (who will always be my 'Most Favourite' Principal ever, and who also celebrates his Birthday today, on the Feast of Don Bosco), was more than happy to have me join them.😊

And so, I ended up becoming a part of the 'DB Family'. It was a decision, that I truthfully made, mainly to avoid travelling very far everyday; since I had done more than enough of that, during my 8 years in College and University, and it was quite exhausting.

Something that I decided to do, purely for 'Practical Reasons', ended up being the 'Most Wonderful Decision of My Life', because I spent an 'Extremely Rewarding and Fulfilling, Two Decades of being a Teacher', at DB.🤗💞

18 long years, when I was 'Blessed to Be a Blessing', to countless young children. Something, that not everyone, gets a chance to do, during their Lifetime.✨️💖

I often feel, that I would have enjoyed working in a Jesuit school too; since they had made my own College and B.Ed. years, the 'Six Best Years of my Student Life'.❤️ 

But the Salesians, are pretty good at making the whole 'Teaching-Learning Experience', very enjoyable, for the Students and the Teachers too.❤️

More than anything, they encouraged 'Creativity and Innovativeness', which is what I Loved most about the school. I got innumerable opportunities, to use and develop so many of my 'Talents, Gifts and my Creativity', both in and out of the classroom; for which I will be 'Forever Grateful' to them.❤️

Days like today, always take me 'Down Memory Lane'; and this walk, turned into quite a long 'Marathon Walk'.😄 But I guess, there's nothing better, (every once in a way), than looking back on the 'Good Times' and the 'Happy Memories', that we've had along Life's Journey; and very Gratefully, 'Counting our Blessings'.✨️✍️

(I just found this picture somewhere on the Internet and thought it matched this 'Extra Long' post beautifully.)😊

UNFORGETTABLE, IN EVERY WAY ✨️💖

 

I spent a couple of hours, with an old DB Teacher Friend today. She now lives out of Mumbai, and was here just for a day.❤️

As I was talking to her, it 'got me thinking about' those extremely 'Close Bonds and Unforgettable Friendships', that I have shared with so many, many people, connected to the DB Family.✨️

Since Don Bosco was a neighbouring School and Parish, for most of my life, I've had Batchmates, who studied in the school, even when I was a student myself; and I interacted with many others, as part of Deanery Youth Activities or the Choirs, when I was in the Youth Group, or when I was singing in the Parish Choir.

Later on of course, since I worked in the School myself for nearly two decades, I made innumerable friends, from the extended Salesian Family everywhere, because of the school.

These 'Friendships and Connections', were not just in my own School, but in various 'DB Institutions', all over the city, across the country, and in other parts of the world as well.💞

Each one of those Friends, will always remain 'Extra-Special', even though I hardly meet most of them anymore, except very occasionally.🤗💖

Two of my oldest and probably, the first Salesian Friends I ever made, way back when I was a student in school, were Fr.Isaac Arackaparambil and Fr.Glen Fernandes. Both their Families, still live in IC.😊

They had only just joined the Salesians back then, and were studying at Don Bosco Lonavla, We met during the 'Vacation Bible Joy' in the Parish, when they came home for their holidays.

It is fun to listen to this video again, just a day before the Feast of Don Bosco. If any Friends from IC or the Salesian Family everywhere (Priests, Teachers, Students and their Parents), happen to see this post someday, I'm sure they will enjoy watching this. 💕

WHEN DREAMS LIVE ON AND ON...✨️🎶

 

Don Bosco in our Hearts, we'll always sing,😊

The Melody, you taught our hearts to sing.🎶 

Towards the end of January each year, almost every DB Institution has a very Festive atmosphere. Everyone is either preparing for the Feast Day Celebrations on the 31st, or for their Annual Days, because a lot of DB Schools and Colleges, have it at some time around this week.

I've been seeing many posts, from Friends in different DB Institutions, sharing all the preparations and the festivities. It made me feel extremely 'Nostalgic'.

So, I went and listened to a lot of the DB Songs that I've discovered, over the last two decades. These are a few of my Favourites.💖

DON BOSCO IN OUR HEARTS ✨️🎶

LIVE THE DREAM ✨️🎶

HYMN TO DON BOSCO ✨️🎶

FRIEND OF THE YOUNG AND POOR ✨️🎶

(The videos are from various YT pages.)

BITTER-SWEET MEMORIES 🎶

 

(A FB Memory from last year, on this day, 28th January '2024.)

In a week, that has left most of us friends, completely lost in thought, and bewildered by how 'Uncertain' life can be, this concert put together by Winston Fernandes, in Borivali on the 26th of January, 2024, added some Music to all our lives. 🎶

'Pulse' is a group of mostly friends from IC, some of Winston's students, and this time, a few guest performers also. 

They were doing this concert after a very long time, and since almost everyone is busy with work, meeting for a lot of practices was tough too. They did a great job though and everyone who was there, enjoyed the evening.👏👏👏 

Like both Winston and Karen said, during the course of the evening: We owe our love for the old songs, to our Parents. They are the ones who first introduced us to Music, that was popular, well before we were even born. 

It was nice to hear 'Pulse and Friends' singing songs across many genres, and especially a lot of the older evergreen melodies, that most of us love.😊❤️

Winston Fernandes (The brain behind the event, Vocals, Keyboard, Guitar, Voice parts arranger and lots, lots more)

- Savio D'Silva (Lead Guitar) - One fabulous Musician

- Roshan Thomas (Bass Guitar) - I was a 'Proud Teacher' as I watched Roshan play, because he is also one of my students from DB.

- Jeetvan and Suwellyn D'Cunha (Drums and Rhythm)

- Ryan Menezes (Keyboard)

- Bimal Chatterjee (Guest Musician - Alto Saxophone)

- Karen Rai Kingsellers, Melissa Serrao and Johncie Correia (Vocals)

- Trevor Loyola and Carmelita Fernandes - Guest Vocalists

The group did a 'Special Dedication' during the Concert, with very heavy hearts, to one of our dear friends (who is also a part of 'Pulse'). She lost both her husband (who was our friend too, and had only recently turned 50) and his mum, 6 days apart in the same week. In fact, his mum passed away on the day of the concert itself. We have no words to express how we feel, but we all share the pain of the Family.🤗❤️

(What an unforgettable few weeks those were, last year in January!😔

Two days ago, on Sunday the 26th, 2025, which was exactly a year later, we sang a couple of hymns, at both the graves of our friend and his mother,  together with many of our old Choir friends.

Time - It gallops along...

The Memories - They remain.😢)

THE CENTRE OF MY JOY 🎶

 

I heard this song, which was posted on the Gaither Music YT page earlier today. I liked it. So, thought I would share it.

THE CENTRE OF MY JOY 🎶

- The Collingsworth Family

(SONG LYRICS) 🎶

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy, 

All that's good and perfect comes from You.

You're the heart of my contentment, 

Hope for all I do;

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy.

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy,

All that's good and perfect comes from You.

You're the heart of my contentment, 

Hope for all I do;

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy.

When I've lost my direction, 

You're the compass for my way;

You are the fire and the light, 

When nights are long and cold;

In sadness, You are the laughter, 

That shatters all my fears,

And when I'm all alone, 

Your hand is there to hold.

And I sing, 

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy, 

All that's good and perfect comes from You. 

You're the heart of my contentment, 

Hope for all I do; 

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy.

 

You are why I find pleasure, 

In the simple things of life;

You're the music in the meadows and the streams; 

The voices of the children,

In my family and my home;

You are the source and the finish,

Of my highest dreams.

 

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy.

All that's good and perfect comes from You;

You're the heart of my contentment, 

Hope for all I do; 

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy.

You're the heart of my contentment, 

Hope for all I do;

Jesus, You're the centre...

Jesus, You're the centre of my Joy.🎶

ALL THAT JAZZ 😊🎶

 

I saw this song yesterday, shared by a singer friend on her page. I don't know the person who composed and sang this song; but I thought it was so, so sweet.😊

If you read the description on this YT video, it will tell you, that Radha Thomas wrote this one for her 3 year old grandson.💕

He is probably just learning the letters of the Alphabet. So, she thought of gifting him a 'Jazzy Alphabet Song', that would give him an Education in Jazz Music and Musicians.✨️🎶

What fun to have a Grandmother, who does really cool things like this, for her Grandson. He may still be too young to understand every word in this song; but he will still pick up the tune and he will love the great video for sure.😄

What a 'Special Gift' this is! I'm sure he'll love it even more, as he grows up. He will definitely learn a lot about Jazz Music and Musicians, at a very young age, because of this song.💖

THE JAZZ ALPHABET SONG - B IS FOR BEBOP 🎶

- Radha Thomas

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY 😢✍️

 

Each time a loved one,

Leaves us Forever;

It's another reminder,

To hold on, Never.

For no one really stays,

The Journey ends, One Day;

This Life, just a stop-over,

Soon onward, on our way.

When, Where and How,

Only Heaven knows;

Young or old, early or late,

Someday, everyone goes.😢✍️

(Last year, on the 20th of January '2024, an old friend, who had just turned 50, disappeared from our lives Forever...Six days later, very sadly, his mum passed away too.😔

It was an extremely difficult time for their Family, to lose two loved ones in just six days. But that week, left all of us friends, feeling 'Completely Lost' too.💔 

We didn't meet and talk often, because I hadn't been singing with the Choir, for quite a long while; but we'd been friends for many, many years. Connected by our Choir, we had shared numerous happy times and memories - Choir picnics, get-togethers, sing-song sessions around the piano and lots and lots of delicious home-baked cakes.

A few weeks before he passed away, we had all just happened to meet, after a long, long time, at a Christmas Street Festival, when the singing duo Reena and Lindsay, sang in the Colony. 

The picture we took, at that event, is one that I will always cherish.💖 I'm so glad I took that photograph that day. Sometimes, we never know, when it may be the last time, that we may meet and talk to someone, or 'Smile for a picture, Together'.)😢

NOSTALGIC TIMES 😊🎶

(A FB Memory from this day, four years ago, 20th January '2021.)

 

The most beautiful selection of songs of all time. Live music from a wonderful ancestral home in Loutolim, Goa; with some amazing Goan musicians.😊 

Selwyn Menezes on the violin is just so talented; and his amazing skill as he played that violin, made all the songs sound so magical. ✨️🎻 

Siddharth Cota on guitar and vocals and Arvind Menezes on percussion (that is his awesome house in the background).

Together with Anika Noronha and the one and only, Carlton Braganza.🎤🎶

JUKEBOX JAMMIES - NOSTALGIA, GOA 🎶

(21st Anniversary of Nostalgia - Part 1)

20th January '2021 - Loutolim, Goa

The first part of the celebration of '21 years of Nostalgia' with Margarida Tavora, was one of my favourite JJ shows, because of the lovely songs (including many all-time Favourites), which they played and sang that day.💖

JUKEBOX JAMMIES - NOSTALGIA, GOA 🎶

(21st Anniversary of Nostalgia - Part 2)

20th January '2021 - Nostalgia, Goa

The Celebration continued later that same evening at 'Nostalgia', Raia Goa. 

Beginning with some 'Live music' from some very gifted musicians in Goa, including Brian Bones on Bass, Edwin Fernandes on guitar, our very own musician from IC, Uncle Rockson Rodrigues on Keyboard and vocals❤ and Tony on drums.

If you missed Part 1 of the celebrations from Loutolim a little while back, make sure you watch the previous live video that I shared.That was truly awesome!💕

This is Part 2 from Nostalgia; with Anika Noronha and Carlton Braganza.🎶🎤 

Ending with the awesome Selwyn Menezes on violin and Siddharth Cota on guitar and vocals.😊

If you didn't watch these 'Nostalgia' sessions back then, four years ago, listen now...Part 1 especially, was just so awesome.✨️ I guess, because it had many of my favourite songs, and that violin.🎻💕

CHIQUITITA AND FERNANDO (ABBA) 🎶

20th January '2021 - Loutolim, Goa

FERNANDO (ABBA) 🎶

JUKEBOX JAMMIES # 139 

(From another earlier JJ session, at Fernando's Nostalgia, Raia Goa.)

Just thinking about the Things we used to do.😊

Those were the days, my Friend;

We thought they'd never end.🎶

NOW AND THEN 😊🎶

 

(An old FB Memory, from 5 years ago, on this day, 19th January '2020.)

 

The 'Beatles Tribute Concert' by 'Silly Point Productions' at St.Andrew's Auditorium today, (5 years ago, back in 2020) was really enjoyable. 

A fabulous live band and four energetic performers, Hormuz Ragina, Sarosh Nanavaty, Naquita D'Souza and Arish Bhiwandiwala, who are all very, very good.👏👏👏

They had the audience singing along and dancing too, as they performed so many of the Beatles Classics with so much enthusiasm. I would definitely love to hear them all sing again.🎶💕

Those who missed their shows so far, the next one is on 15th March, 2020 at the NCPA. If you enjoy the Beatles songs, DO NOT MISS IT.😊

(This was one of the last concerts I went for, before the pandemic forced all performances and shows to be cancelled. Their next 'Live' show scheduled for March that year, sadly didn't happen, till a few years later.)

BROTHERS TICKLING THE IVORIES 😊🎶

 

Two talented Musicians, that I greatly admire and have loved listening to, for close to three decades, playing a few beautiful Piano Duets.💕

Ben and Bosco Fernandez are two extremely talented Pianists, (originally from Bombay, and later moved to Auckland, NZ) who come from a family of Musicians.😊

Sharing some of the lovely duets, that they played together recently.

LA PALOMA 🎶

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE 🎶

CIRIBIRIBIN 🎶

TOP OF THE WORLD 🎶

- Carpenters

(Videos shared from the Ben Fernandez Music YT page.)