Hello, There are a few spelling errors in my post. "tears came down my cheeks (NOT ears)."
"Frankly, Lorna didn't (NOT did) even possess a single record of her own albums or 45rpm, as she told me." Chris discovered her and turned her into a star (NOT into a turn). In the process, he wanted her be his slave." I am told Lorna has again hit the bottle. I was also told that the family has enough money, as her brother, OscaR, is working or worked in the Middle East and she wasn't hardpressed for money. But I felt the community owes to her to help her out in her crisis. Her voice has thrilled my generation and continues to thrill the current one. Once at a dance in Ponda, I asked a young singer who was belting out a Lorna number if she had ever seen Lorna sign. She said no, and went to add that Lorna is her favourite. The image of Lorna that I would always carry is the one in the tiatr, Nourom Mozo Dhuenxar. If I am not mistaken it was her first tiatr. She came dressed in a white gown and the lights were off at the Rang Bhavan, the open-air theatre next to Xavier's College. There was the ultra-violet light focused her. She glowed like an angel (though I haven't seen an angel except in movies!!). The audience broke into sustained applause. There were cat-calls and whistles as only Goans (mostly from the cudds) could do. She appeared back on stage at least two twice to sing the number. Lorna had arrived on the Konkani stage. Though her converstinal Konkani wasn't great, she mastered the voice. Chris had this ability to teach the lyrics to anyone who didn't know Konkani well. Mohd. Rafi is a case in point. He drilled the words into the singer and constantly worked the singer to perfection. He trained Lorna, pointing out flaws and modulating her voice to match the song. When I heard her new offering, Hello Lorno, the timbre in the voice was missing but unmistakenly Lorna's voice was unique. Lorna also sang on Toronto-based Silviano Barbosa's CD, and as he told me it was difficult getting her on time. Even Melisa D'Souza (who I wrote about in my Viva Goa review) had a tough time getting Lorna to keep her dates. I am not sure if Lorna's voice is on Melisa's forthcoming CD. For record, Lorna's lastname is Cordeiro and they hail from Saligoa. Eugene Correia __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################