BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:809e31f8a00d67075eef1dee919f7d9a CATEGORIES:Music & Dance CREATED:20190518T175512 SUMMARY:Charity Concert for Sir Andy Murray LOCATION:Victoria Hall DESCRIPTION:Shakila K hosts charity concert in Dunblane to honour Sir Andy Murray Fresh from opening for 1990s boy band, East 17, the 21-year-old Hertfordshire so ngstress, Shakila K, is hosting a charity concert in Dunblane to honour the town’s famous son, Sir Andy Murray. This concert - taking place in Dunblan e’s Victoria Hall on 14th July - coincides with Wimbledon Men’s Final Day. This concert marks Shakila’s performing debut in Scotland – although she is no stranger to the country as a visitor.Shakila, who’s currently working o n her debut EP, commented, “I’m thrilled to be performing in Dunblane in ho nour of Sir Andy Murray. It’ll be a highlight of what’s turning out to be a n exciting and enjoyable year for me, artistically.“Sir Andy’s a living leg end and, like many others, I was very sad when I heard he might retire this year - saying his ‘goodbyes’ to his fans at the Wimbledon Championships. I hope he doesn’t retire but, whatever he chooses to do, I thought it’d be w onderful if I could do something in Dunblane to celebrate Sir Andy’s impres sive list of achievements.“Since he’s still the reigning Olympic Champion, having won gold at the 2012 London Olympics and retaining the title at the Rio Olympics, I’ll be singing my London 2012 Olympic tribute song, ‘Thank y ou for the sunshine’, in the Dunblane concert.“I’m sure the concert will be a great event and it’d be great to find, on the night, a hall packed with people wanting to celebrate Andy Murray’s many achievements so far.”Shakila , who will soon be announcing some local acts to perform alongside her at t he concert in Dunblane, is donating all the profit from ticket sales for th is concert to the Victoria Hall.\nAbout Shakila Karim Shakila Karim, 21, (@ 1Shakila) was born in Whitechapel, east London, in November 1997 at the Roy al London Hospital and completed her primary school education at Gatehouse School in Bethnal Green. She is currently completing her studies at The Ins titute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) in London.Shakila plays the piano, ukulele and drums – and has played the violin and recorder. She has been influenced by many great singers - notably Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wo nder, Elton John, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Amy Lee, Avril Lavigne and Christina Aguilera. Shakila has many interests in the arts including da ncing, fashion, painting, acting, sports and photography. She has her sight s set on being the first chart topping pop star of Bangladeshi origin.Thank you for the sunshineThank you for the sunshine was a song recorded and rel eased by Shakila as a tribute song for all the people who made the London O lympics a huge success in 2012. This included everyone from the athletes to the volunteers. https://soundcloud.com/karim-ullah/2012-11-27-thank-you-fo r-the\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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from opening for 1990s boy band, East 17, the 21-year-old Hertfordshire son
gstress, Shakila K, is hosting a charity concert in Dunblane to honour the
town’s famous son, Sir Andy Murray. This concert - taking place in Dunblane
’s Victoria Hall on 14th July - coincides with Wimbledon Men’s Final Day.&n
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his concert marks Shakila’s performing debut in Scotland – although she is
no stranger to the country as a visitor.
Shakila, who’s currently working on her
debut EP, commented, “I’m thrilled to be performing in Dunblane in honour o
f Sir Andy Murray. It’ll be a highlight of what’s turning out to be an exci
ting and enjoyable year for me, artistically.
“Sir Andy’s a living legend and, li
ke many others, I was very sad when I heard he might retire this year - say
ing his ‘goodbyes’ to his fans at the Wimbledon Championships. I hope he do
esn’t retire but, whatever he chooses to do, I thought it’d be wonderful if
I could do something in Dunblane to celebrate Sir Andy’s impressive list o
f achievements.
“Since he’s still the reigning Olympic Champion, having won gold
at the 2012 London Olympics and retaining the title at the Rio Olympics, I’
ll be singing my London 2012 Olympic tribute song, ‘Thank you for the sunsh
ine’, in the Dunblane concert.
“I’m sure the concert will be a great event and it
’d be great to find, on the night, a hall packed with people wanting to cel
ebrate Andy Murray’s many achievements so far.”
Shakila, who will soon be announc
ing some local acts to perform alongside her at the concert in Dunblane, is
donating all the profit from ticket sales for this concert to the Victoria
Hall.
About Shakila Karim
Shakila Karim, 21, (@1Shakila) was
born in Whitechapel, east London, in November 1997 at the Royal London Hosp
ital and completed her primary school education at Gatehouse School in Beth
nal Green. She is currently completing her studies at The Institute of Cont
emporary Music Performance (ICMP) in London.
Shakila plays the piano, ukulele and
drums – and has played the violin and recorder. She has been influenced by
many great singers - notably Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, M
adonna, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Amy Lee, Avril Lavigne and Christina Aguil
era. Shakila has many interests in the arts including dancing, fashion, pai
nting, acting, sports and photography. She has her sights set on being the
first chart topping pop star of Bangladeshi origin.
Thank you for the sunshine
Than
k you for the sunshine was a song recorded and released by Shakila as a tri
bute song for all the people who made the London Olympics a huge success in
2012. This included everyone from the athletes to the volunteers. https://soundcloud.com/ka
rim-ullah/2012-11-27-thank-you-for-the