“KU had very clear concept of what they were presenting on stage. The vocalist had beautiful tone, their music was neat and clean, they were confident about what they were doing, and they knew how to utilize the stage during a live performance,” prominent drummer Dev Rana, one of the judges of the competition, said explaining what made KU take multiple titles.
Their cover performance of Vicarious by Tool and Sabdako Antyesti, KU’s original, with a power-packed stage performance were more than enough to get them going with the 1st prize of Rs 50,000, which was sponsored by the KCM Student Council.
Campion College bagged the second position in the competition and won Rs 20,000 sponsored by Café Kaldi. Everest II became another major attraction of the event as it stood third while they also shared the titles of Best Guitar and Vocal with Kathmandu University. Everest II bagged Rs 10,000 sponsored by Masturi Restaurant.
Fifteen colleges which succeeded passing the preliminary round held at the Godavari Alumni Association (GAA) hall in Thamel last week gave their best performances one after the other amidst a huge crowd, which was not expected by the organizers.
Golden International College started the performance which was followed by Pulchowk Engineering College, KVS, Little Angels’ College of Management (LACM), Campion College, Kathmandu University, Chelsea College, Dharan College of Management, St Xavier’s, Malpi International, Everest II, The British School, Nobel Academy, and RIBS.
Indeed KU and Everest II deserved all the waha waha and syabaas for they knew all the tidbits required in a live music performance. Both college bands were neat on performing.
They made sure that the stage was utilized properly without making it look overly done. Most importantly, they did not waste time on fixing sounds and equipments like many other performing bands did. In addition, they made sure that the vocals were not dominated by the music. In most performances by other bands, the music of the lead guitar, bass, rhythm and drums went so high that one could hardly hear what the vocalist was singing. The lyrics didn’t come out clear due to the disordered sound arrangements.
Nevertheless, the dozens of college goers inside the premise made sure that they enjoyed the event to its fullest. Many who came at noon, when the grand finale began, stayed till the event closed the curtains at 8 o’clock in the evening.
Quite as predicted, the crowd became difficult to control for KCM as the event progressed towards its end. The guest performance by Jindaabad was indeed electrifying. It was powerful to such an extent that many in the audience crossed the barricades and went crazy smacking each other, while some even went to make some moves on the stage. What else could have been better than Kutumba, another guest performing group, ending the show with an authentic Nepali musical touch? They made sure the tired metal lovers in the audience danced romantically to their soulful tunes of tungna, sarangi, dholak, flute, and madal.
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