Down Sterling
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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 and 1992, before being cancelled for various reasons. The college cultural fest was named after the college's well-known rock band{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Nitya |title=Campus jottings |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/campus-jottings/article5597281.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026040309/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/campus-jottings/article5597281.ece |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=13 September 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=20 January 2014 |language=en-IN}} - Down Sterling.
The Hindu reported about this event:
{{blockquote|"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.[https://kalugu.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/chennai-college-fight-culture/ Chennai College Fight Culture]" 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. |{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/26/stories/2002062600190400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020901024621/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/26/stories/2002062600190400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2002|title=Sterling Road : A road with many facets|last=FREDERICK|first=PRINCE|date=Jun 26, 2002|work=The Hindu|accessdate=12 October 2010}}}}
Down Sterling College Band
The original college band lineup (1980s) consisted of:{{cite web |title=Down Sterling - Long way there LRB cover |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdUVb3ZNWI |website=YouTube |access-date=20 September 2022 |language=en}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.loyolacollege.edu/eventscompleted.html|title=Events Completed|publisher=Loyola College - Chennai, India.|accessdate=12 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126110156/http://loyolacollege.edu/eventscompleted.html|archivedate=26 November 2010}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020901024621/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/26/stories/2002062600190400.htm Sterling Road : A Road With Many Facets]
- [http://www.loyolacollege.edu/gallery/Ovations2018.php Loyola College Ovations 2018 Gallery]
- [https://kalugu.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/chennai-college-fight-culture/ Chennai College Fight Culture]
- Down Sterling Digital Magazine
Category:Festivals in Tamil Nadu
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