July 26 , 2006

"Manisharma has proved time and time again that his musical events are quite unlike those featuring other composers or singers," says Jagadish Prabhala whose JP Entertainment is hosting the Columbus show along with Saibaba Society of Ohio on July 20. "His music has as much appeal as that of any big Tollywood star studded event." "It has been a very busy year. Yet I thought of the concert tour for many reasons," the composer says. He also loves being with his singers off the recording studio but doesn't get many opportunities to do so in India. "It is a different feeling when you work with them for a stage show," he explains. "The challenges are different, and we come alive even more than when we are in a recording studio. The friendship also grows."

Manisharma's biggest challenge, however, is not assembling first-rate artists or having the best acoustics at each venue. "There are fans who have long memories," he says. "And there are fans who love the recent songs. Now, I would have a good mix of the old and new. Even then it is not easy to choose one beautiful song over another." The show in Columbus was orgainzed by Saibaba temple society of Ohio as a fund raising event for construction of Saimandir. The Society has purchased 7.7 acres of ground on Lewis Centre Road for construction of permanent Sai mandir. Architectural plans are being prepared. Temple Committee has invited generous contributions from all over the USA.

JP Entertainment Group was the main co-sponsor in bringing Manisharma's troupe to heart of Columbus.Manisharma's troupe was received by more than 30 families at Port Columbus airport on July 16th, 2007.His tour in Columbus Included Music show, Banquet dinner in Dayton, Columbus and also Cricket match with Columbus team.

Banquet dinners:
Dayton Telugu Association's President Dr. Satish Katula coordinated the banquet dinner in support of fund raising for Saimandir. More than 30 families joined the dinner and donated genrously for Saimandir.The team visited Dayton Airforce musuem and other places in Dayton. Saibaba Temple Society of Ohio and Dr.Nalluri Koteswara Rao and Susheela coordinated one more fabulous Banquet dinner on July 18th. More than 250 people joined for the fund raising event. Banquet dinner was a huge success and columbus never saw such a huge gathering in a private party hosted for fund raising.

Cricket Match:
Manisharma's team not only knows to blast music and melodies but also cricket sixes.The team played with Bharat Jataprolu's team(Columbsu cricket club) in Columbus on July 19th. Manisharma's team won against the strong local team. Manisharma's team score- 61 runs of 9 overs.Manisharma made 26 runs and Sai made 20 runs Bharat's team Score-57 runs all out.

Music Show
Saibaba Temple society of Ohio presented yet another great musical evening. Olentangy high school auditorium was filled with overflowing capacity of 700+ audience who were taken to grandiose musical heights by the excellent music, lighting, sound effects and mimicry by Sri Harikishen.Cinestar Laya was the guest of honor for the music show.

The Auditorium was packed with 700 music lovers and show started with wonderful introduction by Harikishen. He introduced Manisharma and his technicians to the cheering crowd.Sai and Karthik on drums, Chinna, Saagar on keyboard, Raghava on sound mixing and Vinod on guitar enthralled the audience with their coordination.Music lovers were captivated with the Sound provided by Jordam Music.The program started sharp at 7:00 pm and ended at 10:45 pm.

Mallikarjun, Vinod Babu, Sunitha,and Vijay Lakshmi with their enchanting voices completely transformed the audience to a different world.Every song was applaused and the crowd was uncontrollable with dances and whistles. Sri Hari Kishen provided brief interludes with his captivating mimicry acts which included political satire, movie satire

Songs Sequence and few foot tapping numbers are as follows:
Several Saibaba songs by the team,
Rama Rama Raghu Rama by Mallikarjun
Radha Govinda by Vinod babu
Bham Bham bhole by Mallikarjun
Manmadha manmadha by Mallikarjun, karunya, Vinod babu and Chorus
Nina Kotiseina Mona Kotesina- Mallikarjun, Sunitha etc...

The program concluded honoring the Artists, sponsorers, fund raisers, volunteers. Sri Manisharma was felicitated by Priests of Saibaba Temple and Trustees and by Sri Jagadish Prabhala who coordinated the entire event from JP Entertainment Group.

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