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Fusion Music Performance by Ms. Dana Gillespie scroll down this page to Read th complete update from 5th April 2009
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| Sathya Sai Baba Darshan update
5th April 2009
Music Programme If yesterday was an opportunity for the students to present a local flavour through the Burrakatha, today Swami had blessed the famous blues singer, Dana Gillespie to sing in concert. All one needs to do is just Google her name to read her credentials, but as she has put it, being able to sing for Swami is a wonderful blessing. She has been blessed on numerous occasions before by Swami and today was another such wonderful occasion where her prayers to sing her heart out to Him had been granted. The stage had been set and everyone waited in readiness for Swami to arrive. Swami completed the darshan round and came on stage. He asked for the performers to move on to the stage. Ms.Dana Gillespie was being accompanied on the tabla, sitar, guitar, Congo drums and the keyboards by students from the University. She moved to Swami and in a beautiful manner dropped rose petals onto His lotus feet! Swami blessed her to begin and she did so. In her inimitable style, the singer sang songs like, "One", "Love is Love" and so on. Her lyrics have been influenced by Sufi mysticism and so her songs were a blend of the Sanatana Dharma, Islam and Christianity. They were all filled with the power and beauty of Love. Swami heard about six songs that she sang. The lyrics were very meaningful and full of profundity. The forty minute programme of fusion music concluded and Swami blessed the singer. Then, He called one of the students from the bhajan group and asked, "How was the programme?" "Very nice Swami", was the reply. "is it? Tell me, what did she sing then?", Swami asked with a smile. The boy replied, "Swami that there is love in the birds and bees, in the oceans and seas...." Swami lovingly smiled at him and told him to go and sing some English songs. And so, the whole bhajan group began to sing popular English songs like, "I keep feeling your Love in me " and "Why fear when I am here." Swami then asked the students to sing a Telugu song and they came up with "Madhura Mohana". As that song concluded, Swami asked for Aarthi.
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