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Vol. 5 Num 965 Fri. February 16, 2007  
   
Culture


Valentine's Day Concert


The finalist teams of the Project D Youth -- Lobdhi and Sobyashachi-- in association with djuice (Grameen Phone's brand targeted towards the youth) organised an open-air concert titled Valentine's Day Concert at the Bashundhara Convention Center on February 14.

Project D Youth (PDY), a collaborative venture of the Project Bangladesh Foundation and djuice, is an arena for the youth to work together to express their creativity, interact with their peers, highlight their potential, and give back to the community. The finalists of PDY are vying for the coveted goal of becoming the brand ambassadors for djuice. Lobdhi is a student from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Sobyashachi from Institute of Business Administration (IBA). The two finalists have been selected out of 773 teams after a five-month long rigorous teamwork.

The concert had a lofty purpose: to raise awareness at all spheres of national life about acid violence and raise money for the Acid Survivor's Foundation.

Both mainstream and some promising bands entertained the crowd. Among the bands that participated were Miles, Aurthohin, Shironamhin, Black, Yaatri, Roots, Stentorian and D Rockstars. The venue had a festive feel.

Popular band Miles performed their older popular numbers along with some new compositions. Songs like Chand tara, Jala jala, Jatiyo sangeeter ditiyo line, Firiye dao, November rain and others were applauded.

Popular band Shironamhin began their performance with Eka pakhi boshe achhey followed by some well-rendered tracks and carved a niche for themselves among the youth with their unique style.

Yaatri, a promising band which recently released an album, rocked the crowd with their performance. Songs performed by Yaatri included Amar Ekpashey Nodi, Mittha prem and Ekbar dekho.

Other bands such as Aurthohin, Black, Roots, Stentorian and D Rockstars performed a series of their hits and kept the audience on their toes.

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Elita and Sumon perform at the concert. PHOTO: STAR