SAAB comes up with musical charity

Members of Singtam Aaadarsh Associated Boys

SINGTAM, DECEMBER 31: Popular Rock band ‘Mantra’ from Darjeeling along with celebrity performers from Sikkim is all set to blaze the stage of Singtam on January 3. The program organized by Singtam Aaadarsh Associated Boys is free to all and will be held at Golitar Ground.

The program organizer had informed that some amount of fund collected from the program shall be donated to Orphanages as well as to the Old Age Home of the state. Shri Ugyen T Gyatso Bhutia, Government Chief Whip and MLA Tumin-Lingee, Shri Am Prasad Sharma, Area MLA cum Parliamentary Secretary, Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department and Shri BS Pant, MLA, Temi-Namphing will grace the occasion as Chief Guest and Special Guests, read the press release.

The celebrity artistes that will perform on the stage include Mantra Band with their popular nepali number ‘Gorkhali Ko choro mah’ (their first program at Singtam), Gangaa Mukhia, Geeta Sharma, Robin Mukhia (Sikkim Civilian Awardees 2013), Bijay Tamang, Prakash Sundas, Nirmal Tamang (Sargam Sikkim Finalists), Gagan Diyali, dancers from New Heaven Dance Academy and others. The theme behind the event is “Music for love, pace and communal harmony”. The release further says that the organizer would like to thank each individual who had made the financial support and provided strength in organizing the event.

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