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 Federation of Indian Associations, NY, NJ & CT (FIA)

 Celebrated 56th Anniversary of India’s Republic Day

February 11, 2006

FIA celebrated the 56^th anniversary of India’s Republic Day by hosting the ‘Creative Indian Movie’ Dance Competition” by the most eminent choreographers from tri-state area of NY, NJ, & CT at the Plainfield High School in Plainfield, NJ on Feb. 11^th, 2006.

The program started with an American National Anthem and a patriotic Song followed by welcome address by the President Dr. Sudhir Parikh.  Tri-State area’s top most choreographers participated with twenty one wonderful dance items from Bollywood. Two hundred sixty four participants competed in three different categories.  Despite inclement whether, the School Auditorium was filled with enthusiastic spectators and was amazed by the performances from young and talented artists. Each participating artist was given a participation trophy plus First, Second and Third prize trophies as well as Best Choreography and Best Costume trophies were awarded to the winning teams in each of the three categories. Mrs. Sudha Shekhar was the coordinator of the program and Mr. Jagdish Patel, Dr. Manoj Desai were the Chairman of the Republic Day celebration committee. Ms. Sushmita Yeramilli and Ms. Pratima Padki did remarkable job in Emceeing and well-qualified judges Ms. Suba Parmar, Ms. Jayshree Patel, Mr. Yash Paul Soi, Mr. Bharat Jotwani, & Ms. Hettle Patel did the challenging job for judging this very tough competition. 

Dr. Sudhir Parikh thanked his executive committee, Sponsors, community leaders and the community at large for their support during his presidency. and introduced the members of the new executive committee for year 2006, Jayesh Patel (President), Shobhana Patel (Exec.Vice President), Sudha Shekhar (Vice President), Rajul Shah (Secretary), Jaswant Mody (Treasurer), and Sharad Narvekar (Jt. Secretary). Mr. Jayesh Patel, incoming president addressed the gathering with his eloquent speech and expressed his priority in the organization to  impart knowledge and help in fields of Immigration, Senior Citizens, Youth, education and co-ordination with other national forums. The first International Gujarati Convention in a big way was announced in the month of July and appeal to all member organization for their active support and participation... Mr. Ramesh Patel, Chairman of Silver Jubilee celebration, past President of FIA and chairman of national organization, congratulated every one for the successful Silver Jubilee of India Day parade and praised the whole executive committee for their dedication and hard work and appeal to all the member organization for their support to make all the FIA events a great success. Mr. Chandrakant Patel, Founding President of FIA Florida joined the celebration along with Past Presidents of FIA, Mr. Albert Jasani, Chandrakant Trivedi, Yash Paul Soi, The celebration ended with Dinner. The results of the Creative Movie Dance competition are as follow.

Federation of Indian Associations (FIA)

Creative Movie Dance Competition

February 11, 2006

  Results

Minor Category    overall

3^rd Prize           Natraj Dance Studio                Choreographer                           Ms. Nisha Banginwar

2^ndPrize           Sudhamini Dance Academy   Choreographer                           Ms. Sudha Grover

1^stPrize            Nupur School of Dance          Choreographer                           Prateek & Madhavi

Junior Category   Overall

3^rdPrize            Sudhamini Dance Academy   Choreographer                          Ms. Sudha Grover

2^ndPrize            Studio Mudra                          Choreographer                           Ms. Darshana Acharya

1^stPrize            India Performing Arts              Choreographer                          Ms. Smita (MIKI) Patel

Senior Category Overall

3^rdPrize           Studio Mudra                           Choreographer                           Ms. Darshana Acharya

2^ndPrize           India Performing Arts              Choreographer                           Ms. Miki Smita Patel

1^stPrize            Kalashri School of Dance       Choreographer                           Ms. Bina Menon

Minor Category:          Best Choreography        Sudhamini Dance Academy        Ms. Sudha Grover

Minor Category:     Best Costume               Sudhamini Dance Academy        Ms. Sudha Grover

Junior Category:    Best Choreography        Nritya Creations Academy          Ms. Meena Basu Nag

Junior Category:    Best Costume               Sudhamini Dance Academy        Ms. Sudha Grover

Senior Category:    Best Choreography        Kalashri School of Arts NJ & NY    Ms. Bina Menon

Senior Category:         Best Costume               Kalashri School of Arts NJ & NY    Ms. Bina Menon

Complimentary Performances:       Kalanjali School of Dance

Choreographer:                                  Ms Sudha Sekhar               

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