‘About Us’, Gideon & others to perform at DLSU golden jubilee night

Dimapur Lotha Students Union (DLSU) is all set to celebrate its golden jubilee on October 14 and 15, at Dimapur Government College (DGC). The two-day celebration will also witness jubilee night on the last day from 5 pm onwards where “About Us” band will be performing as the headliner band, featuring the band – The Paradigm Shift, artistes Gideon Kithan and Meribeni Patton.
Announcing this in a press conference on Thursday at DDSC ground, golden jubilee organizing committee convener, K Mhachio Lotha said that the jubilee night will be open air free concert, where everyone is invited to witness the concert. The special invitees of the Nite include, 2 Dimapur-II A/C MLA Moatoshi Longkumer and YM Humtsoe, secretary to the government of Nagaland (retd) and vice president Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Nagaland.
The band “About Us” and Indian ‘Experimental melodic hard rock’ has recently signed a record deal with Frontiers Records Srl, Naples Italy. (The label that promote established names like – Mr. Big, Def Leppard, Extreme, White Snake, Michael Kiske, Stryper, White Lion to name a few).
The band will be performing ten songs (five originals and five cover songs). On the upcoming project, the band “About Us” informed that their first album will be released in the month of November this year. “The band is working on our second album”, the band vocal Sochan Kikon added.
The Paradigm Shift band is a rock band of five members. They have won 11 various music contests, during 2019. They will be performing seven songs which will also include their originals. Gideon Kithan, a 7-year-old guitarist from Dimapur in Nagaland has emerged as a viral sensation at the turn of the year. He will be performing three pieces during the event.
Meribeni Patton, a solo artiste and a vocal trainer will also be performing on the day. In regard to the management of organizing the two-day event, the organizers said that keeping in mind the celebration of the day to commemorate its inception and with the concept to remember and pay tribute to the pioneers, the committee was set up for the celebration.
“No fund raise was organized but it is solely organized with the help of event partners, sponsors and well-wishers from various community”, informed the committee.