Newton Celebrates
A Day Of Indian Cultural Experience
Saturday, November 10; 10am – 5pm
Free Admission
Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada St., Newtonville
sponsored by:
Experience and enjoy the flavors, music, stories,
crafts, fashion and games of Indian culture!
Food • Cricket • Kid's Activities • Crafts • Music • Garba & Bhangra • Fashion Show • Henna
Committee
- Anu Gulati
- Bijal Lalal
- Kiran Kuchroo
- KVS Vinay
- Lakshmi Narayan
- Monika Jain
- Shikha Malhotra
- Sunanda Narayanan
- Susmita Ghosh
- Manisha Trivedi
- Param Roychondhury
- Sumeeta Srinivasan
Vendors
- Brocades
- Karma
- Henna Dafe
- Rasoi Gourmet Indian Kitchen
- Choonri Collection
| 10am | Cricket Demonstration with David Carey, The Fessenden School. Inviting Newton baseball lovers to "chance their arm with the ball" and to take a turn at "swinging for a six" and join in playing the game Indians love and play with passion–Cricket. |
| 10:30 – Noon | Children's activities: Divali-themed arts and crafts, Carrom Board games. | Noon – 1:00 | Book signing by Harvard University students Juhi and Manik Kuchroo of "Refugee in my Own County" (All profits go to the non-profit organization "Advancement for Health and Education" in India.) |
| 1:00 – 3:00 | Traditional Music and Dance Showcase |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Welcome song by Newton Children, South Indian Classical Dance by Thillai Fine Arts Academy (Dir: Sunanda Narayanan) & Triveni School of Dance (Dir: Neena Gulati) |
| 1:30 –2:00 | Classical Instrumental Music by Newton Children, North Indian Vocals (Shuchita Rao & Rajesh Pai) South Indian Vocals by Anubhava School of Music (Dir: Tara Bangalore) |
| 2:00 –2:30 | South Indian Music on Veena and Violin (Ram Naidu & KVS Vinay), Indo-Blues Fusion Music (Phil Kaplan & Jon Proudman) |
| 2:30 –3:00 | North Indian Classical & Folk Dances by Upasana School (Dir: Mouli Pal) & Aangikam Dance Academy (Dir: Jasmine Shah) |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Fashion Show – showcasing regional costumes of India |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Bollywood dance by Bal Vihar of Newton & Community dancing: Join in the Garba, Bhangra and Bollywood-style group dances |
