The stage erected on the beach-side lawns at The Park with the roar of the waves in the background and the chilly winter breeze presented the perfect setting for the 3rd anniversary celebrations of Silk Air here on Saturday evening.
Silk Air, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, was the first international airline to provide a direct flight from Visakhapatnam to Singapore, three years ago.
South African models Amy and Chelsea, of British origin, kicked off the celebrations with a fashion dance. Models enthralled the guests with their modern and traditional dances. Their ‘Samba’ and French dance with peacock wings were the highlights of their performance.
DTS Anand of Visakhapatnam held a sway over the audience by providing the digital music, for the breathless song of Shankar Mahadevan ‘Maha prana deepam… Sivam… Bhaje Manjunadham…,’ with his vocal chords. He also provided the music with his vocal chords as a co-artiste sang a few more songs on stage. DTS Anand can produce the sounds of 32 instruments with his vocal chords.
Three Filipino singers regaled the guests with their numbers like ‘Dhoom machale, dhoom machale…’ It took a lot of cajoling by the organisers for the guests to shed their inhibitions and clap for the performers, join chorus with them or even to shake a leg on the dance floor.
Meenakshi Anataram of Raazmatazz, the event managers of the show, had to ask the guests at the end of every item to let the artistes know of their response to their performances.
Silk Air gave away surprise gifts to the lucky winners from among the guests.
“It has been a momentous occasion for Silk Air during the three years. We cherish the warmth of the people of the city, who stayed with us all through. The Hudhud cyclone was a great dampener but operations at the Visakhapatnam Airport were revived in a remarkably short time,” said Xie Zhencong, the airline’s manager in Visakhapatnam.
