Winner of Red Fest Unplugged to record at Viacom Studio, get video made by Prashant Rasaily

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GANGTOK, 03 Jan: A coordination meeting was held here at the chamber of the Project Director, SSACS, Dr. Uttam Pradhan this afternoon where various issues related to the implementation of its annual programme, Red Fest was deliberated upon.
The meeting was attended by representatives of NGOs, judges for the Red Ribbon Unplugged and Red Ribbon Open Drama contest, officers from SSACS and members of the organizing committee.
It may be informed that this year SSACS has included an open drama contest to the programme and also transformed the Red Ribbon Super Band contest into the Unplugged contest. Prizes for the unplugged contest have been declared as Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 50,000 and 30,000 respectively for the first, second and third positions while the winners of the drama contest will receive Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
Winners of the Unplugged competition, rounds of which will be held in all the four districts have also got the option to choose between the prize money or get a winning package of getting their album recorded at Viacom Studio, Mumbai along with videos of the album which will be directed by local film maker, Prashant Rasaily. Registration for the Unplugged competition is free and is going on at present.
The meeting also provided a tentative date for the auditions of both the competitions. For the unplugged competition, the audition dates are 19 or 20 January at Gangtok and 26 January at Jorethang. The Quarter Finals of the competition have been scheduled for 02 February at Gangtok while the Semi Finals will be held on 09 February at Namchi and the Grand Finale to be held on 17 February at Gangtok.
The Judges for the Unplugged competition are S.K. Pradhan, Niki Rai and Albert Gurung.
Similarly, the Auditions for the Open drama contest will take place on 05 January at Mangan, North Sikkim, 08 January at Namchi, South Sikkim, 10 January at Gyalshing, West Sikkim and 18 January at Gangtok, East Sikkim.
The Finals for each district will be held on 27 January at Namchi, South Sikkim, 30 January at Gyalshing, West Sikkim and 14 February at Gangtok, East Sikkim. The Judges for this competition are Gayatri Rai, Phurba Lepcha and Dr. DS Kerongi.