Down Sterling
Down Sterling was the name of the Loyola College, Chennai,'s annual cultural festival. It was held in the early 1980s, and again between 1985-1992, before being cancelled for various reasons. The college cultural fest was named after the college's well-known rock band[1] - Down Sterling.
The Hindu reported about this event:
"There was a famous inter-collegiate cultural festival, held annually in Loyola College, which had been named after Sterling Road — Down Sterling. Today the cultural fest is no more than a memory. It was scrapped more than a decade ago as it turned into a hot bed of inter-collegiate violence.[2]" Year after Year Students Union of the college tries to bring back the prestigious event but are not given a go from the management. It's been 20 years since it's been sacked.
— [3]
Down Sterling College Band
The original college band lineup (1980s) consisted of:[4]
- Shrikanth Barathan - (Statistics) Vocals
- Grenville Jones - (Statistics) Vocals
- Sudhin Prabhakar - (Zoology) Lead guitar
- Calistus D’Costa - (B.Com.) Keyboards
- Fabian Holt - (B.Com.) Bass guitar
- Noel Peters - (B.Com.) Drums
Name Change
As of 2010 the name of the cultural event in Loyola is Ovations which is India's Biggest Intra-Collegiate event and is held at a whopping expense.[5]
References
- Menon, Nitya (20 January 2014). "Campus jottings". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- Chennai College Fight Culture
- FREDERICK, PRINCE (26 June 2002). "Sterling Road : A road with many facets". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 September 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- "Down Sterling - Long way there LRB cover". YouTube. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "Events Completed". Loyola College - Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
External links
- Sterling Road : A Road With Many Facets
- Loyola College Ovations 2018 Gallery
- Chennai College Fight Culture
- Down Sterling Digital Magazine