Wishing you a very Happy New Year

Harmonica Club of Gujarat wishes all the visitors a very Happy New Year.

Apna Dil to Awara

We started the programme with this song.

Harmonica Distribution

Santa and others distributed tower make harmonicas to all the children.

Magic of music

Santa trio( Manhar Majithia, Alex and his son Avlon ) and Paresh Bhatia did the right job to bring big smiles on their faces.

Hum kisi se kum nahi

They were asked to play harmonica on their own and one can see the joy on their faces. They really freaked out.

They played...Danced...and enjoyed

A Real Joy

Music made them laugh

We all felt a sense of fulfilment last Sunday on seeing smile on the faces of special children. With Harmonica Club members Manohar Majithia and Alex Lobo donning the Santa Claus, playing jingle bell... jingle bell on the mouth organ and Alex's son Avion doing the jig, it became Christmas time at the Prakash residential school for mentally challenged children. Paresh Bhatia and his disciple Devansh played 'Hum Honge Kamyaab' and 'Lakdi ki Kaathi' to the accompaniment of claps from the school children whose joy knew no bounds when each one of them was given a mouth organ by the Harmonica Club. All the children played the harmonica to their heart's content.

Prakash residential school

"Music definitely is a very powerful tool to build and spread compassion among people. Music can carry very subtle messages and communicate messages of peace in a variety of ways." A.R. Rahman.

We are proud of YE DOSTI

Dr. Shahoo, superintendent of Ahmedabad Zoo invited us to play for the visitors. The Ahmedabad zoo is located in the area of 31 acres. This is the only self sustained zoo in the country.
Mr. Asit Vora Chairman of Standing committee ( AMC ) and Deputy commissioner Mr. Patel remained present.
After the harmonica session we were invited by them to participate and play harmonica in the KANKARIA CARNIVAL at 8 pm on 30th December 2008.
Special Thanks to Them

Pukarata chala hu mein : Apoorva Bhatt

During my last visit to Vadodara I had a real good time in learning and playing harmonica with masters. Apoorva Bhatt in full mood played some lovely songs. Everytime we meet, I have something new to learn.
Truly he is full of surprises!!!
Pukarata Chala Hu...

Sholay : Rupesh Parmar

This tune made the harmonica very popular amongst the young people. Every harmonica player loves to play this tune. If someone comes to know that you are a harmonica player, the first tune they will ask you to play is ' Sholay Tune '.
Rupesh Plays it really well...

Nind na muzko aaye : Nachiketa Desai

Nachiketa Desai has a unique style of presenting his songs. Most of us prefer listening to him. He is very strong in adding required feeling to the songs.

Pal Pal Dil ke Paas : Amjadkhan

Harmonica club of Gujarat wishes him and Akbar Qureshi 'EID MUBARAK'. Amjad Khan collects all kinds of Harmonicas. His aim is to have harmonicas of all kinds and makes by the end of the next year. We have to specially thank him for providing the notations for almost 400 songs. He is also known for gifting his harmonicas to the beginners and learners, recently he gave away his brand new suzuki chromatix 64 to someone...
Amjad Khan, pal pal dil ke paas...

Chaudavi ka chand ho :Manohar Vaidya

Manohar Vaidya is a backbone of the group. At this age, without any vested interest he is always ready to help the group. We do not find words to thank him..
I still remember the day when he came for the first time, silently watching others play, and after the meeting got over he started playing with such an expertise, that members wanting to go home had to stay back for almost an hour. That day all of us felt ...'yes we have found the player we needed the most'.

Ye mera prem patra padh kar : Chaitanya Desai

Chaitanya Desai played the song with great ease. All of us still wonder about what he would have been playing in his college days!!! he picked up the harmonica after almost 45 years.

Aage bhi jaane na tu : Tapan Bhatt, Manohar Vaidya

Both of us like this song very much...

Aye Dil Mushkil: Mrs Jhala

Mrs. Rohini Jhala and Manohar Vaidya performed in a small musical gathering of CKP Samaj.