Down Sterling was the name of the
Loyola College, Chennai
Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auto ...
,'s annual cultural festival. It was held in the early 1980s, and again between 1985-1992, before being cancelled for various reasons. The college cultural fest was named after the college's well-known rock band - Down Sterling.
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The Hindu
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Down Sterling College Band
The original college band lineup (1980s) consisted of:
* Shrikanth Barathan - (Statistics) Vocals
* Grenville Jones - (Statistics) Vocals
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Sudhin Prabhakar - (Zoology) Lead guitar
* Calistus D’Costa - (B.Com.) Keyboards
* Fabian Holt - (B.Com.) Bass guitar
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Noel Peters - (B.Com.) Drums
Name Change
As of 2010 the name of the cultural event in Loyola is ''Ovations'' which is
India
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's Biggest Intra-Collegiate event and is held at a whopping expense.
References
External links
Sterling Road : A Road With Many FacetsLoyola College Ovations 2018 GalleryChennai College Fight Culture
*Down Sterling Digital Magazine
Culfests
Festivals in Tamil Nadu
Culture of Chennai
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