Concert Observation

I can still recall that atmosphere whenever I think about it; that wonderful evening with my favorites and all about that evening. The Curtis Culwell center was an amazing experience and surely will be in the coming years. That feel of the auspicious and pleasant day with the serene ambience, when one of my favorite singer-composer brothers came to Dallas for a live concert can still be remembered by me. Salim- Sulaiman, the singer-composer brothers from India, famous for their music and love songs and their spiritual touches mesmerized the whole arena. The best part about their concerts in the tour of North America was their initiative. It was an initiative towards the famous Aga Khan Museum of Toronto, Canada and all the profits from the

show were to be donated to the museum. Different genres of songs were sung and the show had some special appearances from famous people and the atmosphere was completely poised as well as cheerful with their singing. It seemed to be like a festive celebration. The jam packed arena with the amount of energy and joy was unbelievable. Those gentle and placid voices, those movie like posters, those bright and colorful blinking lights, those amazing dance moves by the audiences and the lucky handshake has become a wonderful memory of my life.
Everything was such a hit, indeed the posters as well. The posters, featuring the two singer brothers were with vibrant colors and had some wonderful details and photographs. Coming to the show itself, I remember that this was my first concert in the USA and this became one of the best enjoyable episodes of my life. After the long awaited promotion, the day came and it was 5th of September 2015, I was on time for the show of my favorites. The hilarious anchor of the show started with some jokes and was chilling around for some time and meanwhile the performers arrive like a cool breeze with soul soothing background music. Performers of the show welcomed us and began the show with the Sufi genre of music, the genre in which they are the best. Love songs started later on and they’ve sung those a lot on that evening. ‘Love was in the air’ while they performed and all the couples seemed to have gone in a different world by then. It was like their night of favorite dream of love. Their singing gave goosebumps all the times. There was some spiritual power in their voice which inspired people.
The stage was given a lot of importance and had some deep details.

Decoration done was completely fascinating, moreover, there were banners all over as well as vibrant lights. It looked like a complete band performance. The sound system was at its best. There was a symphony orchestra, and, drums were what I liked the most. A small break was taken during the concert and meanwhile the host of the show made the audiences more cheerful and with a lucky draw distributed some gift hampers to people. After the break, like a boom, they come back and sang that one song which is my favorite; the song that changed my mind and views all the times, the song which gave me hope, the song which made me realize that there is God present. I sang it all my childhood and which inspired me all the way whenever I was helpless and on every occasion I lost hope. This happening moment will always be evoked by me. So, my favorite song basically says ‘Live life like a butterfly, take rest but never forget to fly’. Nevertheless, out of nowhere the special appearance performers arrive like rock stars and the devotional and poised environment transforms into a lively and cheerful atmosphere as fast as the speed of light. All the youth started dancing on the beats and the music changed like a tepid speech to an eager one. The drummer was full of energy and was charged up. The stage became as bright as the shining armor. All of a sudden it turned to be a rock band performance. There was some party music around and literally I and my friends stood up, started dancing and went till the stage. We all danced and were joined by hundreds. Observing that atmosphere my eyes gleamed like pearls. Eventually, I was privileged to get a fortunate chance of meeting and greeting Salim and Sulaiman and shaking their

hands.
The whole arena was full of joy and the jovial performers gave us true entertainment with an evening which is to be reminisced. They were a complete entertainment package. The artists filled up joy in all of our lives with that three-hour concert. So, thereby an evening full of surprises and happiness came to an end. Ultimately, with stones in my heart while leaving the arena, I basically encountered a great moment in my life after experiencing the evening. There was some kind of sadness because I missed my family, but somewhere in my heart I was pumped up to fight and achieve everything in my life, all those dreams which I wanted to chase and all those things which I wanted to achieve. Some years down the line I surely will share this episode which I encountered, with my children in future and this remarkable experience will always be cherished as long as I live.