India Center

Fellowship Dinner

Please come and join us this Saturday, March 22, 2014 @ 5:30 P.M. at the India Center for an evening filled with great food prepared by male members and entertainment provided by some talented people from our community. Bring your friends and family to this exciting event!

Individual tickets for the event is free for children under 6, $5 for children (under 12), $10 for members, and $15 for non-members

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New India Center directories are printed and will be available for members. Members, please pick your free copy @ the event



Entertainment

Event is hosted on Saturday, August 23, 2014 @ 6:30 p.m.

Geetanjali Music Group

Geetanjali presents live musical shows extensively around USA and it has also performed in several shows abroad. They perform mainly old and new Hindi filmi songs but their repertoire includes Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, English and a small splattering of Telegu, Tamil and Gujarati.

www.geetanjalimusic.com

www.facebook.com/geetanjalimusic

Aparajita Chakrabarty is a gifted singer and pride of Huntsville.  She has been doing live shows along with her dad since she was 3.  She has matured into a versatile entertainer and has Bollywood singer in her resume.  She recently won the first place at the Voice of Karaoke contest in California among more than 150 contestants with the prize a chance to sing in a bollywood movie.  She recorded a song last year for the movie “Ladies’ First” due to be released this year.

Her rendition of 'Mayya Mayya' has won a lot of critical acclaim.  Her repertoire ranges from Asha Bhosle and Geeta Dutt to Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan.  She sets the stage alive with sizzling numbers ranging from 'Dum Maro Dum' to “Fevicol” and is sure to get you out of your chairs, onto the dance floor.  Be it melodious numbers like "Bairi Piya", item songs like "Anarkali disco Chali" or folk songs like "Rangeelo Mharo Dholna" she will definitely woo any audience.

Moinak Bandyopadhyay is a versatile singer who has been singing competitively in Mumbai, India and he too performs everything from the contemporary numbers to the classics of the yester years. His favorite performers are Kailash Kher, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Kishore Kumar and Shafqat Amanat Ali and he loves singing their songs. The classical touch to his voice adds an extra dimension to the group and his wonderful rendition of 'Mitwa' from Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is a terrific testimony to that.

Sadhna Malkaniwas born and raised in Suriname, South America and has been singing from a tender young age. She has had musical training from Ustad Mohammad Sayeed Khan from the Delhi Kathak Kendra. 
Since having moved to the US, she has performed for several years with the music group Geetanjali since 1997 and was the female lead singer and co-founder of the music group "Aawaaz". She has performed extensively throughout the US, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Her rendering of Lata and Asha songs takes you on a nostalgic journey of the golden era of Indian cinema

Dr. Amit Chakrabarty is the founder of the Geetanjali Music group. He is a doctor by profession and a singer by choice. He has been performing live music, mimicry, parodies, stand-up comedy and shayari right from his college days and his USP lies in providing the complete entertainment package. He enjoys singing the songs from the golden yesteryears with Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi being his favorites. An irrepressible personality, he is known to set any stage on fire with his performance.

 

GANDHI DAY 2014

Please come and celebrate "Gandhi Day" @ India Center on October 11, 2014 @ 6:00 P.M. 



Key Note Speaker

Charles DiSalvo

Professor of Law, West Virginia University

Author of “ M.K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law: The Man Before Mahatma”

(Berkeley: University of California Press 2013)

Topic

“Gandhi, then and now”

There will be a "Vegetarian Dinner" following the program.

For additional details please contact Dr. Krishna Murthy @ kmurthy@mail.wvu.eduor Hosakote@hotmail.com.

Phone 304 925 6086 / 304 549 9317

Please email or Call if you are planning to attend.

Children (6 to 12):        $5

India Center Cleanup Day is scheduled for October 26, 2014 (more details to follow)

Celebrate Diwali with us on Saturday, November 1, 2014

Diwali (Deepavali) is a major celebration for all Indians.

Children (under 6):      free

Entertainment Program Entry Guidelines: 

The following are the guidelines for participation in the entertainment/cultural program

 1. Participants or their parents MUST be current members of India Center (Life, Permanent or AnnualMember). Annual membership fees is $101.00 and checks are made payable to “India Center”

2. Item/song preference is on a first come first serve basis. Every effort will be made to accommodate asmany items as possible

3. The deadline for program entry is Saturday, October 18, 2014. Please email your program entrydetails to Meenu Patel @ meenu_patel@hotmail.com, copy to indianswv@gmail.com. All program entry details should include your music file, choreographer(s) name, participant(s) name(s), item name and item description.

Please email your music file in a common format(.mp3, .wav).

A 4 minute music clip in most cases, can be easily sent through emails. We are trying to eliminate the process of giving CD’s to the DJ. If you have any issues, please contact Meenu Patel before the stage rehearsal day

4. The time allowed for each entertainment item will not exceed 4 minutes

5. Performances based on regional folk and group dances are encouraged

6. Minimum age for participants is five (5) years (No exceptions)

7. An individual cannot participate in more than two (2) items

8. A mandatory stage rehearsal in India Center will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2014, 1:30 pm.

Participants must bring their own music on the rehearsal day.

P.S. For any inquiries or further information please contact:Meenu Patel; email: meenu_patel@hotmail.com

 Program Details:

Diwali puja  - 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Appetizers - 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Performances by our community kids - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Dinner - 8:30 p.m.

Ticket Prices:

Adult Members:           $20

Adult non-members:   $25

Students:                       $10

 India Center cleanup is scheduled for Sunday, March 16, 2014. Calling for volunteers to help with cleanup activities. Please contact Prasad @ nglprasad@hotmail.com for more details.

Please come and join us for an evening of great food, fun, and entertainment on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 at 5:30 P.M. at the India Center.  Please keep this day open for us and feel free to bring your friends and family to this exciting event!

Food will be cooked by the men from our community.  If you are interested in cooking, please contact Hemant Parikh or Hemant Shah. We also need volunteers to assist in preparing the dinner.

Meenu Patel is coordinating an entertainment for the evening. Please let her know if you would like to participate before  March 1st, 2014 or if you may have any suggestions or ideas about entertainment. Any suggestions to improve the event will be more than appreciated.

Several programs have already been lined up to be presented for your entertainment that evening! Thanks for all those enthusiastic entries!!! We hope to hear from more people..........., please pass this message on to all your friends..........

It is mandatory that all performers be an active (paid) member of India Center.  If you are not a member, please become member and support our community.



Annual Picnic @ Shawne Park - Shelter #3

The annual India Center picnic will be held on Sunday, September 14 at Shawnee Park (shelter#3) in Dunbar.  (Shawnee Park is located on Route 25. Take I-64 from Charleston, WV. Exit at Dunbar and turn right. Then left onto Route 25)

The India Center will supply some food and drinks.  However, as is now becoming a tradition, we encourage those attending to bring a plate of their favorite food (enough for 12 people) to share.  

The picnic will start at 1 pm.  We are actively seeking people who would like to help with either the food or games.  

If you can help, please contact

Sumithra Prasad @ nglsumi@hotmail.com

or

Moumita Banerjee @abhimou@gmail.com  

For more information please click the image below:

SITAR RECITAL byUstad Rais Bale Khan and UstadHafiz Bale Khan at the India Center on Friday October 3^rd 2014 @ 7.30 pm.

India Center members are invited for this event.

Tickets: There are no tickets for the event.All are welcome. There willbe an “Appreciation Box” at the venue and the members of theaudience can make a contribution to defray the expenses in holding thisevent.

This program is open to the public at large and members are requested to pass on the information to all their friends and associates.

 

 Keyboards, Flute and Tabla Concert

Friday October 17, 2014 at 7:30 PM

(Indian Classical Music)

Pt. Abhijit Pohankar (Keyboards)

Ninad Mulaokar (Bamboo Flute)

Ojas Adhiya (Tabla)

Tamarack – Exit # 45 on I 77

 Admission: FREE

Dinner before the Event

6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.          $ 50.00 per Person

Call 255-0293 for your dinner reservation

(Sendyourcheck payable to S. A. C. S. Inc.)

South Asia Cultural Society, Inc. 505 Northwestern Ave. Beckley, WV 25801

 (Enriching WV with New Tunes)