Monday, November 27, 2006

Cultural Day: After the Band

(Part Three)

ISM's set is finished ... they're breaking down their setup ... and the master of ceremonies announces that there will be plenty of other entertainment and even a little game played throughout the evening.

At various points throughout the evening, he'd come out and ask a question (like the old TV Game Show, "Let's Make a Deal") if anyone in the audience had some sort of article of clothing or object ...

The requested items ranged from a yellow scarf/kerchief, red handbag, green cap, pink cap, a 1-Rupee note, a 1,000-Rupee note, a sock with only one hole in it ... and so forth. Anyone who had the article was to get on stage to show the audience, and then they could claim a prize (a wrapped present of some kind). I didn't have any of the objects called, so I didn't win a prize ... oh well.

The next act was a duo who rapped (this is the best description I can think of ... it was actually more of a cross between rap and R&B vocal flourishes with some chanting thrown in for good measure) ... in a sort of 'challenge' where each would do a quick vocal bit, then the other would match it ... going back and forth between the two as an entertaining 'one-ups-man-ship' performance. The crowd went wild with it!

 

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