| OFF wins Hornbill National Rock Contest 2009 |
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src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> All the cash prizes were sponsored by Airtel. The Hornbill Music Festival is an integral event of the Hornbill Festival 2009, organized by the Music Task Force (YRS), Nagaland. The production and events are managed by XL. Altogether 19 top profile Bands Demenitia , Melodrama ,OFF, Sunep Assemble Band , Incipit ,Kronik and Eastern Hatz all from Nagaland ,Kanglasha and Cleave, both from Manipur, Kalika , Darjeeling 2.Baraka, Darjeeling, Cyncial Recess, Kolkata, Silverscreen, Kolkata and Kaivaalya ,Kolkata, all from West Bengal Harmonic Curtains, and Lucid Recess , Guwahati, both from Assam , Pip Of the Fourth Mother, Shillong, Meghayala , Church OV Blood , Arunachal Pradesh and Hypnosis , New Delhi from 6 states – Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur , Meghalaya and West Bengal and a band from national capital Delhi took part in the four –day Hornbill National Rock contest, 2009. The judges for the competition were Nondon, Dr. Wabang Pongener and Dirang Lungalang. Winners & prize money of rock contest 1st Prize 5 Lacs and Casio WK 3300 Synthesizer ---- OFF , Nagaland 2nd Prize 1.5 Lacs ---- Hypnosis , New Delhi 3rd Prize 1 Lacs ---- Kaivaalya , Kolkata Individual prizes Best Lead Guitar Rs. 25,000 ---- Temjen Jamir (OFF) Best Bass Guitar Rs. 25, 000 ---- Akum Aier (OFF) Best Drummer Rs. 25, 000 ---- Devraj (Silver screen, Kolkata) Best Vocal Rs. 25, 000 ---- Amit Mandal(Hypnosis, New Delhi) Best Original music Rs.10,000 ---- Sunep Assemble Band , Nagaland |