By Naji Issa ----

As a tribute to the South, May Nasr began her solo performance with "Aytit," a song that propelled the audience back to the beginnings of the Lebanese National Resistance Front in the seventies. The "Workers Day Concert," organized by both the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Student Representative Committees in the Assembly Hall, introduced Nasr to the AUB community for the first time since she sang with agriculture students at the AUB farm in Baalbeck. However, the concert did not sustain a revolutionary mood for long. After two Ahmad Kaabur songs, Nasr switched to Feyrouz and continued with renditions of her songs for the rest of the 18-song program. The guitar, the only instrument present in the concert, remained somewhat monotonous, and could not keep pace with the rhythmic variations of the Rahbani tunes. Although the guitar playing and the choice of songs could have made the program less monotonous, Nasr's voice was able to perform Feyrouz songs highly appreciated by the audience, who met each piece with long applause. The workers were offered "El Hilwa Di," and the audience accompanied Nasr in the famous "Koo koo kookoo" chorus, making her repeat the song before she left the stage. A tribute to Palestine and the Intifada, "Al Quds al Atika," restored the reminiscent atmosphere as the program ended.