Down Sterling was the name of the Loyola College, Chennai,'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[1] - Down Sterling.

The Hindu reported about this event:

"There was a famous inter-collegiate cultural festival, held annually in Loyola College, which had been named after Sterling Road — Down Sterling. Today the cultural fest is no more than a memory. It was scrapped more than a decade ago as it turned into a hot bed of inter-collegiate violence.[2]" Year after Year Students Union of the college tries to bring back the prestigious event but are not given a go from the management. It's been 20 years since it's been sacked.

— [3]

Down Sterling College Band

The original college band lineup (1980s) consisted of:[4]

  • Shrikanth Barathan - (Statistics) Vocals
  • Grenville Jones - (Statistics) Vocals
  • Sudhin Prabhakar - (Zoology) Lead guitar
  • Calistus D’Costa - (B.Com.) Keyboards
  • Fabian Holt - (B.Com.) Bass guitar
  • Noel Peters - (B.Com.) Drums

Name Change

As of 2010 the name of the cultural event in Loyola is Ovations which is India's Biggest Intra-Collegiate event and is held at a whopping expense.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Menon, Nitya (20 January 2014). "Campus jottings". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Chennai College Fight Culture
  3. ↑ FREDERICK, PRINCE (26 June 2002). "Sterling Road : A road with many facets". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 September 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Down Sterling - Long way there LRB cover". YouTube. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Events Completed". Loyola College - Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.


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