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The day of the Dark Angel
By N.Dilshath Banu
Having witnessed many concerts starting half hour lately or more, I walked in leisurely to my destination, with a relaxed mind thinking the audience must be still waiting.

But Alas! I was really wrong. The colorful lights were flashing with the rhythmic music echoing all over. The stage had already been unveiled with the most wanted trio of the night.

It's the concert you could never miss. It was the Mega Concert of Centigradz, at Bishop’s College Auditorium. The twelve songs featured in ‘Urumaya’ including ‘Dark Angel’ were performed live on stage. In addition, they performed ‘Nage’, the track that they would be including in their second album. That's not all, the night offered variety of entertainment programs confluent with the main event.

With the slow euphonic music by the instruments, the Centigradz took the flow with their RnB "Sulaga Se…" (It's true that they have the talent to do either way- with instruments and with the main music!).

Then the flow began to move. Clad in white and black, the trio- Amila, Udaya and Ishan came to the stage, while the music wizard Thusith, clad in red, weave the web of tunes from the instruments in the right side corner.
The next three tracks played by the Centigradz, "Oba Mata Himi Vedo", "Heena Atharin", " Penena Nopenena", spell bounded the audience. The alluring romantic classical rhythm and the emotional voice of Udaya, carried away the audience to the world of their sweet dreams.

To add spices, the stage was turned by a band called, 'U-Turn', comprising of three boys and a girl and played two songs, " Blue Eyes" and a Bhangra Track. They started with old rhythmic music but ended as rigorous rappers. The romantic sphere enchanted by the Centigradz started to change the mood among the crowd. Afterwards, "Blue print", comprising of seven boys took the stage and performed Peace song.

Soon, the 'Black Unit' a dance group from Kandy was ready to move the feet and drew the stagnant crowd to the dance floor, followed by the intrigue dance of 'Natandaa'- a retro dance group. The dance was a mix of traditional and modern twist, and portrays the slithering movements of the jungle.
The curtained unveiled and 'D-Tap', a group from Down South brought back the dispersed audience to their seats. Next, the Centigradz appeared on stage, not to play a song of their own but a requested song. And sang, "Enchores" which reflected the camaraderie of Centrigradz playing a different beat. Next performance was by 'Side Effect', with full of noise, which made the pulse of the audience swing.

Audience screamed for Centigradz, but when the curtain unveiled all they saw was group of female dancer clad in Kandyan attire. Yes, it's dance performance, but it's for the "Heritage"- the music of Centigradz. The music goes parallel to the movements of the dancers, taking the auiendence back to history of Sri Lanka.

The amazing dance by Chandana Wickremasinghe’s dance troupe really made the crowd go wild. Next track was the "Sandawathiye', mostly known as "Thana Thana" was performed by another dance group, "Akanita". Clad in elegant 'Redda Hatte', they performed the village dance while the Centigradz voiced the track.

When the Centigradz took some time way from the stage, the 'Outlaws', comprising of Shiraz and Sajith and another new band, 'Swastika' rocked the show. The curtained closed down again.

The crowd went wild and screamed for Centigradz again. Then comes the Centrigradz to rock Colombo! Starting with "Tradition" and then moved to the "Unknown" and they invited the crowd to dance through "Natamu". The rival crowd had filled the space between the stage and front row, started to dance according to the their own style. Those who were seated moved their body in one place. Udaya sang specially to the ladies not to go away through their new track ‘Nage’.

The most wanted song, "Dark Angel" which rocked Sri Lanka for many weeks, and still pops up people, made the crowd even crazier. While Amila and Udaya rapping to beat, Ishan sang the Chorus, with a bashful smile.

Finally, all those who performed on the stage joined the Centigradz and marched toward their final track, ‘Heritage’. All danced to the max, while Centigradz music mesmerizing their minds!

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