Feelings On Cleveland Aradhana- A Rhyme

[manakkalsriram]

Cleveland Flowing With Divine Music
Where We All Go Aesthetic

Vidwans Being Treated With Royal Respect
Where There Is Nothing To Suspect

It Is In No Way Inferior To The Thiruvaiyaru Festival
And To Make It Possible In A Distant Land Is A Thing To Marvel

Vidwans, In Various Ways, Display Their Musical Feat
The Output Being, Rasikas Enjoy A Delicious Treat

Vidwans, Young And Old, Moving Together With Unity In Cleveland
Rarely Do We See This Oneness In Our Own Motherland

Vidwans And Rasikas, We See, In Plenty, Of Different Era
The Atmosphere Flowing Like Niagera

Vidwans Idamirundu Sangathis Udirndadu
Auditorium Adirndadu.

Sundaram, The Hero And His Team Make History
That Too In A Place Beyond Our Territory

We Find True Rasikas Of Rasikas.org Worldwide
Which Is Doing The Music World Great Pride

[srkris]

Haha.... nice one.

[Sam Swaminathan]

Good one, Sriram....so much of hidden talent !!

[cmlover]

Bravo!
"Clevelandil MaNakkaalkaL geetha mazhai pozhindaar
RasikarkaL manakkaal thiRanthu manam kuLirnthaar"

[arasi]

Sriram,
mrudanga oliyoDu kaviyum! (with rhythm, rhyme too!)

tAn tALamolikka, tandai sangati udirkka,
SrIkaNTanum diDak kuralil gAnam Seyya,
rasikar tiraNDiDa, engO piRanda oru tuLiyAm
sangIta vETkai ulagu pugazh Cleveland
vizhAvAi, sundaramoDu, naNbarum
anbarum uzhaittiDa, tazhaittE nilai peTRadE!

[cienu]

Excellent Poem Sriram and wonderful responses from CML & Arasi .

[cmlover]

Nice work Arasi! Can be sung beautifully in Kedara GowLai as a viruttam

[Ramnath Iyer]

Sriram,
that was very nice metrical writing ! you seem to have lot of talent (apart from the obvious one ).
CML,
concise and 'kuraL' like !
Arasi,
nice one too ! looks like it will fit to Adi talam !!

cheers
Ramnath

[manakkalsriram]

Thanks for the appreciation. I am happy that my feelings had tempted our cmlover and arasi to bring out their wonderful expressions showing their vast experience.

[beginner]

'C'level and 'D'level Languages...

'D' Level is New One - Related To Music

[rajeshnat]

Sriram,
When I had a call with you, you were mentioning about what your dad sang at cleveland . I particularly like you to throw more light on the song list and especially rAgamAliga with lyrics (please)of your periappa Shri ManakkAl varadarAjan . Looks like if your dad is half unknown in carnatic circles , your periappA is almost full unknown. By the way at the age of 85, your dad singing nagumOmu is a truly daring venture. You can make the post in your dad's thread http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=276

[PUNARVASU]

If it is CTA(Cleveland Thyagaraja Ardhana) we know it is (a) GOOD FRIDAY
If it is CTU(Chicago Thyagraja Utsavam) we know it is a memorable MEMORIAL DAY
I do not know what it is when it is LABOR DAY-for
I do not live in the U.S.A
All I know is that, for us, who live in Chennai, Bengaluru,Mumbai, Hyderabad ,Delhi
Or any place where CM thrives
Every day is a THANKSGIVING DAY
Yes, we are indeed thankful for all the cuthceries happening
In all these places.

[arasi]

punarvasu,
Any 'Day' all the 'Labor' of love which organizers of festivals expend, the least that other rasikAs can 'Give' is 'Thanks'.
Of course, any day is Christmas day when we all exchange and enjoy the gifts (of music). When we believe in extending goodwill...

Cienu, CML, Sriram, Ramnath Iyer,
Thanks. Did not think the verse would lend itself to singing! It was just supposed to be a sequel to what Sriram and CML wrote...

[cmlover]

'C'level and 'D'level Languages...

'D' Level is New One - Related To Music

What Sriram wrote is indeed:
'C'level and Cleve mind (musically) language!

Arasi/Punarvasu
That is a beautiful Concept! For us at the Forum Every day is a Christmas Day (gift receiving) and also a Thanks Giving Day !