PROGRAM GUIDE
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Incredible India: a multimedia presentation
A multimedia sight and sound presentation that highlights the emergence of contemporary India as a progressive, strong democracy
Production: Nirmal Joshi (India & its states presentation by Mrs. Priya Venkitaraman)
3. Interfaith Prayer
Representing commonly practiced Indian religions including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and Jainism
Performers: Robert William (Christian), Gayathri Rajesh (Hindu), Pushpa Doshi (Jain), Shakil Shamji (Muslim), Nirmal Singh (Sikh)
4. Pushpanjali:
Classical Bharatnatyam Dance recital
Offering of flowers to the Lord to start the program on an auspicious note
Performers: Disha Joshi, Samyuktha Ravi, Shruti Shah
5. Ballelakka. Ballelakka:
Popular Tamil film Dance
Performers: Pragnya Prabakar, Varsha Aravind, Swapna Subramanian, Sruthi Swaminathan
Choreography: Radhika Aravind
Coordination: Meena Ravi
6. Morni:
Rajasthani Folk Dance
Performers: Isha Deshpande,Saryu Patel,Suchita Ramachandra,Sneha Mittal,Suchita Kumar,Stutie Joshi,Bhavna Kailasam,Priya Hans,Raahi Modi,Janvi Patel
Choreography: Rashmita Amin
7. Dola Re:
Popular Hindi Film Dance
Performers: Ashwini Sathe, Anuradha Kelkar
Choreography: Ashwini Sathe
8. “Millionaire” :
Indian trivia quiz using “Who wants to be a millionaire” theme
Performers: Darahas Sontyana, Silva Vacchani, Radha Delvadia, Shiva Sachdeva, Akshat Sachdeva, Shabnam “Dolly” Sachdeva.
Coordination: Shabnam Sachdeva
9. Rang De Basanti:
Popular Hindi film Dance
Performers: Nisha Doshi,Disha Joshi,Neel Andharia,Rita Sharma
10. Unity and Integrity: Mime act
A unique and one-of-a-kind act emphasizing unity and integrity. Postures presented do not actually reflect individual religions, but rather are symbolic of them.
Performers: Baba Sontyana,Atreia Sindiri,Basava Sankar Sanke,Satish Chundru
Kishore Konka, Ramesh Bathini,Vijay Cheleenhalli,Darahas Sontyana,Anusha Reddy,Pravallika Sanke,Ritish Sanke,Rajiv Venkatadri
Coordination: Baba Sontyana and Basava Sankar Sanke
11. Garbo: Gujarati folk Dance
Performers: Dilesha Tanna,Shohini Banerjee,Monika Adusumilli,Sunita Win,Sonum Naidu, Kiran Naidu,Bharti Sharma,Nitasha Agarwal,Kajal Solanki, Devki Gami, Devya Sirdeshpande
Choreography:Rashmita Amin
12. “We have everything here”: a skit
A light-hearted fun skit highlighting interesting scenarios faced by Indian families settled in the US.
Performers: Prabakaran Seshan, Nirmala Prabakaran, Srinivasan Subramanian, Meena Subramanian, Swapna Subramanian, Babu Rangaswamy, Manimekala Babu, Ravi Venkat, Meena Ravi, Sreeram Ravi
Coordination: Meena Ravi
13. Dhoom again:
Popular Hindi film dance
Performers: Kenneth Kannampully, Pragnya Prabakaran, Varsha Aravind
Choreography: Samyuktha Ravi
14. Punjabi bhangra and dance
Performers: Mala Williams, Atreia Sindiri, Anuradha Chhibber, Nikhil Chhibber, Rajeev Venkatadri, Adil Tyeb,Alex Bhatti
15. A visit to the Indian Embassy: a skit
A comedy of errors where Indian Visa aspirants mistake “ Harrisburg Idol” audition for a visa interview.
Performers: CN Vijay Rao,Adi Rayavarapu,Krishna Repaka,Mike Kravanis
Nathan Melton,Jayaprakash Shanmugan,Lekha Nagarajnam,Ramesh Bathini,Veera Pratti,Ramakrishna Kasargod, Rajeev Venkitaraman
Coordinator: Adinarayana Rao Rayavarapu
16. Malayalam popular film dance
Performers: Abin Thottakara,Arun Thottakara,Beena Kannampully,Gowri Sreekumar,Jisha Sijjumon,Joshua Abraham,Kenneth Kannampully,Kristian Abraham,Lakshmi Kolandra,Liz Chacko,Nathan Samuel,Nicole Samuel,Parvathy RajeevPreseeda Sreekumar,Rachael Chacko ,Reeja George ,Renu Samuel,Resmy Abraham,Sara Samuel,Simi Rajeev,Smitha JayaPrakash,Sneha Chacko,Venessa Aji Abhraham,Vishnu JayaPrakash
Coordinator: Shaheera Prakash. Choreography: Gina John and Reeja John
17. Des Mera Rangila: popular Hindi patriotic dance
Performers : Manjiri Andhare,Swapna Dighe,Anuradha Kelkar,Rucha Athavale,Yojana Kanade,Vidya Rao,Manasi Sathe,Ashwini Sathe
Choreography : Ashwini Sathe
18. Maa tujhe salaam : a tribute to motherland
Performers: Atreia Sindiri and Cast
19. Indian National Anthem
Lead vocals: Baba Sontyana, Basava Sankar Sanke, Swarna Repaka, Gowri Desikachar, Kalpana Sontyana
And others
OTHER CREDITS
Master of Ceremonies: Nirmal Joshi and Mala Williams
Sound/ Light: Chris Hicks
Backstage: Manisha Arya, Renu Joshi, Gowri Desikachar, Sandeep Gupta
Video: Ravi Anand
Camera: Mohit Parikh
Projector: Ramesh Parmar
Other Help: Deep Gupta, Rajeev Pangarkar, Ramesh Bathini, Reddy SVR, Krishna Repaka, Jayant Venkatadri, Satya Arya, Rajeev Venkitaraman, Prakash Kolandra, Dr. Ashok, Gowri Desikachar, Usha Chhibber, Aruna Chhibber and others.
We have received lot of help from various people. We may have missed some names inadvertently. Thanks to all who contributed.