All you hear these days at a Roce or Catholic wedding reception is non-tradition Bollywood or explicit Rap music. But gone are those fun days of nostalgic and traditional music, because in these days of deafening music produced so effortlessly by club DJs, hearing real melody is increasingly a rarity. Pepere doom? That’s right, and I still remember my younger days when no Catholic Roce or wedding ceremony was complete without a brass band – Christian weddings were considered incomplete without their performance. After retiring from the Brass Band, Harry’s aim is to promote brass band art which is losing popularity and train more and more people in the art and also conduct Brass Band training in schools. Harry has also worked with more than 20 music groups and has provided musical training in Saanidhya Special School, Shakthinagar, Mangaluru and St Agnes School Institution, Bendore, Mangaluru. Popularly known as “Harry”, a resident of Bejai, Mangaluru, he served from 1982 as the Brass Band Master in “Harry’s Silver Band” started by his grandfather and has served as trumpet player and singer locally, nationally and in Gulf countries. Mangaluru: It was indeed a proud moment for people of Dakshina Kannada & Mangaluru, that three awardees for “RAJYOTSAVA AWARD 2021” were selected from DK/Mangaluru, and one among them was HAROLD “HARRY” CYRIL D’SOUZA, aged 71, selected in the Music field and the other two awardees are Dr Suresh Rao in Medicine field and Ramachandra Baikampady in Environment field. ‘This Is My Dream Come True’-Evergreen Trumpeter 71-year-old Harold “Harry” Cyril D’Souza after Receiving ‘Rajyotsava Award 2021’ on 1 November in Bengaluru from Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai- and it was a perfect Birthday Gift for Him since he celebrated his 71 st Birthday on 21 October