As part of the Navy Day celebrations, the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) organised a Navy Symphonic Band Concert with its team of 36 skilled musician sailors at city-based Samudrika Auditorium today.
Andhra Pradesh Human Resources Development Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao was the Chief Guest for the event.
The one hour performance included martial music and popular patriotic songs in addition to medley of other flavours and popular evergreen of Hindi, Telugu and English, a Naval release said.
Other genres covered during the performance included carnatic fusion and soul stirring patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon" in keeping with the present global scenario, it added.
The ENC Band was commissioned as the Naval Band of INS Circars in the early 50s with 26 men. The band has emerged as a 50 piece Symphonic band today with a vision to develop further, said the release.
Apart from enthralling the audience at Visakhapatnam and in all the major cities of the country, the Band has also enchanted audience overseas with its performances, it said.
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