Trivia on Shillong Chamber Choir

Neil

He is the youngest of five children and is a bachelor. He started playing piano at the age of five.

Johanan

He was very fond of drawing when he was younger and this continues till this day.

Jessica

She has always wanted to be a singer, even from childhood.

Ryan

When he was around ten years old he learned to play guitar all by himself.

Dorea

She has been practicing music right from the time when she was in class six or seven.

Kynsaibor

He is a college teacher

Patricia

She used to wiggle her eyebrows whenever she saw something wrong.

Ibarisha

She was about to give up singing about 2 years after she joined the choir.

Sandonm

Riewbankit, Banlam and Damon Lyndem are brothers.

Damon

Larry Miller, a missionary from England had once predicted that music was going to take Damon places.

Kevi

Her singing was once telecast on TV but she refused to watch this show.

Donna

Was a tomboy who hated to be dressed in girls’ clothing

 

And the Parents say...

“All the boys could differentiate between the different parts even from a very young age and could even sing these parts” - Mrs. J. Lyndem

 

“I don’t think that she would have been this successful if she had not been part of this choir” - Mr. P. Marbaniang

“In the beginning I thought it might be a distraction but she was giving us good results. Results tell so I did not interfere.” - Mr. T. Shaw

 

“My phone does not seem to stop ringing. Sometimes I feel like I’m contesting in some election but I don’t mind” - Mrs. S. Lyngdoh

 

“One thing that I have noticed is that he is constantly engaged in either singing or praying” - Mrs. M. Lyngdoh

 

“After the quarter finals, he called and said we did not qualify. Then I heard him laugh. It was not true but the joke got me.” - Mrs. B. Lamin

“I was never against his practicing music; I was against his inattentiveness at times when he was growing up.” - Mr. A. H. S. Lyngdoh

 

“It does not matter whether she has the talent or not. Without the help she has received so far, she would not be where she is today.” - Mr. A. Lyngdoh

“She is completely involved in music. When I ask her to think about marriage, she says, mom, I have no time.” - Mrs. S. Myrthong

“She has been accepted in the group as she is. They are all the same that way; they have all been accepted as they are. They don’t need to change.” - Mrs. B. Rangad

“Although there was a lot of pushing from her mom, I realize it was not a selection, it is in her blood” – Mr. Z. Terhuja