Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 24: Nirvana Academy, a Cultural club today organized a guitar competition for the “Golden Guitar” Festival at Auditorium, Government Women College, Parade, here.
The fest was held in different categories of Guitar music in which more than 70 participants from Jammu region took part.
The participants showcased their talent in the competition by performing regional, Indian as well as popular music on guitar, which drew appreciation from the audience. Gautam Kotwal lead guitarist of Mythya band and P S Wazir Golden Guitar Awardee/Retd. Army officer adjudged the guitar contest.
Participants from schools, colleges and other institutes showed their skills on guitar by playing leads and chords.
Participants from Strings, Aarohi Kala Sangeet Vidyalaya, Banyan International, Heritage Strings – School of Rock, Guitar Head, Rhythm Music Institute, Jodhamal Public School, Heritage School and K.C International School were also awarded.
Festival was inaugurated with the spell bound performance of Al Hana Babar followed by instrumental guitar solo, duet and group competition.
Prominent among the others present on the occasion were RC Puri Secretary IRCS, Hemu Karki Teacher AOL, Pradeep Dutta, Vikrant Dogra, Ashutosh Dubey, Vikul Gupta, Naresh Sharma, Kuldeep Kumar, Anish Mattoo, Sahil Sharma, Subhash Dey Golden Guitar Awardee, Sham Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Richard Teji, Anmol Amla, Meenakshi Sharma, Nishant Vaid, Amrit Paul Singh, Avnish Sharma, Vikas Bawa and Happ.
Tanuja Chehhar Chetteri anchored the programme.
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