UNAIR NEWS聽鈥 Having fun in a nostalgic atmosphere on Saturday night with Koes Plus songs is an interesting experience. Romantic expressions seen from hundreds of Faculty of Law alumni 聽and other faculties鈥 alumni in 东京热. They held a reunion and invited Yon Koeswoyo and David Koeswoyo, with B-Plus Band, in Garden Palace Hotel Surabaya, Saturday night, January 1.
The night to release their longing to other Alumni Association Faculty of Law 聽(IKA-FH) UNAIR was also attended by UNAIR Rector Prof. Dr. Moh Nasih, SE., MT., Ak., CMA and wife. Vice Rector I Prof. Joko Santoso, dr., Sp.PD-KGH., PhD., FINASIM, Vice Rector IV Junaidi Khotib, S.Si., M.Kes., Ph.D., M.Sc., Head of IKA-UA Drs. Ec. Haryanto Basyuni.
Among hundreds of FH UNAIR alumni, there was Dr. H. Dossy Iskandar Prasetyo, General Secretary of DPP Partai Hanura and a member of House of Representatives from Election area III East Java. 聽Dossy, FH 1982 alumni came with his wife, Yayuk S. Oetami, who was also FH alumni and former UNAIR educational staff. There was also General Secretary of IKA-UA and former acting regent of Bojonegoro, 聽Dr. Akmal Budianto, SH.
Until the end of the event at 22.00, 33 Koes Plus songs were performed and entertained the reunion of FH UNAIR. To start the show at 20.30, B-Plus Band, one of the bands covering Koes Plus and Koes bersaudara, played 鈥淢耻诲补-惭耻诲颈鈥,听Koes Plus鈥 hit. Then Acil (keyboard), Ferry (guitar), Ipin (bass) and Mamen (drums) continued with six other songs: Oh Kasihku, Diana, Pagi Yang Indah, Dewi Rindu,聽and Mamen as Murry (the late drummer of Koes Plus) sang 鈥凄别蝉别尘产别谤鈥.
In the next session, David Yon Koeswoyo made a performance. David is the second son of Yon from the first wife, Damiana Susi (divorced). The vocalist of Koes Plus鈥 members sons band, 鈥淵unior鈥 started his performance with 鈥淣usantara V鈥, then followed by聽Oh Kau Tahu聽(Koes Bersaudara),听Tul Jaenak, Ojo Nelongso聽(Pop Jawa),听Oh Kasihan, Jemu,听and ended with聽Nusantara 1听(蝉补迟耻).
David then took a rest, his father, Yon Koeswoyo, continued the performance. The sixth son of the late. R. Koeswoyo and Rr. Atmini lastnamed Koesyono went to the stage. The man born in Tuban (East Java) September 27, 1940 started with Pelangi and followed with Why Do You Love Me. The audience soon sang along the hits which has been in top chart of Australian music scene, and defeated the Bee Gees. Almost all of them sang along.
The next songs were Buat Apa Susah听补苍诲听Telaga Sunyi.聽The guitarist of Koes Plus before singing always shared some stories about Koes Plus and the songs. He called David for a duet in聽Ayah. They then performed fifteen songs of Koes Plus. Such as Bus Sekolah, Bunga di Tepi Jalan, Bahagia dan Derita聽(by request),听Kembali聽(Koes Bersaudara). In Andai Kau Datang Kembali,聽the audience sang along again.
鈥淣ow, I鈥檒l let David sing a song which was popular with Yunior: Bujangan,鈥 said Yon. David then sang the song amusingly with Yunior special arrangement. Then, it was followed by Javanese pop Kontal Kantil,听and a pop song听尝补测补苍驳-濒补测补苍驳,聽and the most popular on Indonesian wealth: Kolam Susu.
The duet continued with medley of Nusantara songs, such as聽Nusantara VII,听Nusantara VI, Nusantara III听补苍诲听Nusantara 1. Before they went back to Jakarta they also sang 鈥淜embali ke Jakarta鈥聽first before saying farewell through a song, 聽鈥淜补辫补苍-办补辫补苍鈥.听鈥淜apan-kapan kita bertemu lagi…鈥聽that was a line from the song.
After the show, both stars of the show were hunted by the alumni for having pictures together. (*)
Author: Bambang Bes
