In the history of Konkani Tiatros, what the late melodious singer Alfred Rose has done for the promotion and spread of Konkani, very few Tiatrists have done. According to my information, in Mapusa there is going to come up a big complex where the provision is made to have a big hall for the Tiatros. It is going to be the Government of Goa venture.
In the past Mapusa was to stage all the Tiatros where a big number of attendees used to attend every show at the Narvenkakar's “Mattou”, opposite to the Police Station. Since the last so many years, in the absence of the big hall with all the provisions and amenities, Mapusa become the dull place for watching the Tiatros in the present hall that lacks so many facilities which otherwise are a must. Hence, it is imperative now to construct the new Hall at Mapusa which will cater to the needs not only of Mapusa people but more than that of the people from surrounding places and villages as well.
Since it is certain to come up this hall in Mapusa, I feel befitting to his credentials and also in view of his tremendous contribution in the development of Goan Tiatros and Goan music, the new hall should be named after this genius, the late ALFRED ROSE whose melodious golden voice even attracted innumerable Marathiwadis towards Konkani especially during those turbulent days immediately following the invasion of Goa. In fact, the beautifully sweet voiced singer the late ALFRED ROSE attracted many of the Marathiwadi fanatics towards Konkani and thus increased the number of Konknnivadis that helped us to win the Opinion Poll.
In view of this, I request the concerned authorities once again to name this hall after the late ALFRED ROSE who being a proud Bardezcar, carry more weight in this proposal since Mapusa also falls in Bardez and moreover Mapsa is the capital of Bardez.
A.Veronica Fernandes.