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BANGA MELA SCHEDULE JULY 31 (SATURDAY) PAMELA BROWN AUDITORIUM Time Event Description and Performers 10:00AM Inaugural Ceremony Welcome Address: Mr. Mihir Chaudhuri, Chairman of Mid America Bengali Association (MABA) Welcome Address: Dr Parimal Bhattacherjee, Chairman of Banga Mela 1999 Organizing Committee Inaugural Address - Ms. Katy Schneider, Honorable Deputy Mayor of Louisville Keynote Speaker - Dr. Rebecca Manring, IU, Bloomington Ganga Amar Ma, Padma Amar Ma (Song and Dance Ensemble) Direction: Suparna Mukhopadhyay, Anindita Biswas Dance: Diya Chaudhuri Dance: Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA), New York Srabono Akashey Oy (Song and Dance Ensemble) Direction: Jasmin Ahmed Kalpana, Hiron Choudhury 12:00 Lunch Break 1:00PM Adhunik: Soma Bose Songs, Skit and Recitation: Memphis group Direction: Santosh Ganguly Bharatnatyam: Deya Banerjee Dance: Anindita Biswas and Riad Rabindrasangeet: Selima Ashraf, BIPA, New York Recitation: Ranjan Ganguly Bharatnatyam: Sharmistha Das 3:10PM Adhunik: Shantanil Dhar, BIPA, New York Bharatnatyam: Ranjana Bhattacherjee
4:50PM Rabindrasangeet, Dwijendrageeti, Rajanikanta & Atulprasadi: Banani Ghosh , New York Recitation: Sayanhika Bhattacharyya Adhunik: Suparna and Partha Mukhopadhyay Comic Relief: Partha Mukhopadhyay Confluence: Odissi and Bharatnatyam Suparna Mallik and Sagoree Chatterjee 6:40PM Shruti Natak: Madhabi Mukherjee and Arumoy Bandyopadhyay, Calcutta Dance: Sonia Chaudhuri 8:00PM Nazrulgeeti, Adhunik and Semiclassical: Nibedita Chatterjee 8:25PM Songs: Sukhen Dey 8:45PM Creative Dance: BIPA, New York Direction: Annie Ferdous and Anup Kumar Das Cast: Annie Ferdous, Anup Kumar Das, Mumun Nawaz, Sabbir Ali
9:45PM Lokgeeti: Swapan Basu 11:00PM END OF SESSION VICTOR JORY AUDITORIUM 9:30AM Artwork Registration 10:30AM Youth Ice breaker Coordinators: Rajeev Sinha and Mala Bhattacharjee 11:00AM Seminar / Panel Discussion 12:00 Lunch Break 1:00PM Bengali Movie: Agantuk Direction: Satyajit Ray 3:30PM MABA General Meeting 4:30PM Multimedia Presentation 5:00PM Jeopardy for Youth Coordinators: Rajeev Sinha and Mala Bhattacharjee 6:00PM Song: Shaima Dowla Recitation: Amit Chakraborty Rabindrasangeet: Sima Maiti Songs: Rim Chaudhuri Dance: Isha Bose Violin and Tabla: Paroma Bose and Siddhartha Khannobis Keyboard: Sujoy Khannobis Recitation: Satyabrata Chatterjee, Sumita Chatterjee and Sourabh Chatterjee Songs: Nusrat Ahmad Songs: Prity Lata Sircar Premer Kobita: Amitava Chakraborty 8:00PM Youth Dance with DJ Coordinators: Rajeev Sinha & Mala Bhattacharjee 10:45PM END OF SESSION AUGUST 1 (SUNDAY) PAMELA BROWN AUDITORIUM Time Event Description and Performers 10:00AM Songs: Shyama Banerjee Rabindrasangeet: Atasi Mitra 3:00PM Rabindrasangeet and Atulprasadi: Sikha Basu, Calcutta 11:15AM Lunch Break 12:15PM Drama: Bashbhumi, Sayak, Calcutta 3:30PM Vote of Thanks: Dr. Sukhendu Barua, President, Treenaneel of Kentucky 3:45PM Closing Ceremony: Treenaneel of Kentucky Direction: Jasmin Ahmed Kalpana 4:30PM END OF CONFERENCE VICTOR JORY AUDITORIUM 10:00AM
Dance: Sukanya Bakshi
10:15AM Seminar/Panel Discussion: Retirement Living for NRI Bengalis Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ranajit Dutta
11:15AM Lunch Break 12:45PM Youth Discussion 2:30PM Youth Award Ceremony MCs: Partha Mukhopadhyay Sayanhika Bhattacharyya Sonia Chaudhuri Jasmin Ahmed Kalpana Kanishka Chaudhuri Ranjana Bhattacherjee Chandrima Dey
Youth Activities
All youths of Bengali origin are encouraged to participate in various aspects of Banga Mela. This festival would provide an excellent opportunity for the younger generation to meet their peers from neighboring cities and states, exchange ideas and participate in cultural programs and seminars. Please contact Rajeev Sinha (sinha1@compuserve.com) (937) 859-4928 for any ideas, suggestions and participation.The youth committee would present an exhibition of artworks. Please contact Rajeev Sinha by July 15th if you wish to submit any artwork for the exhibition. The registration for artwork will take place between 9:30am and 11am on 31st July (Saturday).
Most of the youth programs will be held in Victor Jory Auditorium. There will be youth discussions, youth talent show and social hour (starting 8:00pm on 31st July).
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