Finals of Yaya Ind-Ya Mayaya all India Konkani dance contest on May 19

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, May 16, 2013: The grand finale of  ‘Yaya Ind-Ya Mayaya’, the first All-India Konkani dance contest  will be held at Kalangann onMay 19, Sunday.

The contest has seen participants from seven centres of four states and has been  jointly organised   Jagotik Konknni Songhotton, Mandd Sobhann, Konkani Prachar Sanchalan and Nach Sobhann. The contest is a fund raiser event for the  activities of the organizations at the regional, national and international level.

 

 

The  semi-finals will be held  on May 18 from 6.30 pm. Ronald Colaco, NRI entrepreneur will be the chief guest at the award presentation ceremony. Newly-elected MLA of Mangalore South  J R Lobo will be the guest of honor.

A total of 14 teams in  group and duet categories were shortlisted in auditions held at Goa, Udupi, Mumbai, Kasargod, Bangalore, Honnavar and Mangalore in January/February 2013.  Top five teams will make it to the finals and winners will walk away with prizes worth over Rs 5 lakh. The judges for the semi-final and finals will be Pramod Alva, finalist of national reality show ’India’s Got Talent’ and Ocean Kids choreographer, Ramesh Nair, dance director and choreographer, Chethan Salian, dancer, director, choreographer from Mumbai.