Festival of India!

A Multitude of Cultural Expressions

September 12 & 13, 2008

 FRIDAY, September 12, 2008

10am – 2pm                         

Interactive EDUCATIONAL Programs

Event Center and DJFC

10am           

Mehendi (Henna Decorating) with Vaishali Patel

11am           

Lecture-Demonstration by the performers of the Yakshagana Folk Theater

12:30pm       

Story Time! (Who is Hanuman?) with Lata Patel

1pm             

Lecture-Demonstration of Carnatic Classical Music by Bhavani Rao and Prakash Rao (veena, flute and mridangam)

7pm – 9:30pm                                 

Festival Opening performance                     

Event Center

7pm             

Bala Devi Chandrashekar,

Bharatanatyam Classical Dance

8pm             

Yakshagana Folk Theater

Museum of American Glass, Down Jersey Folklife Center and the Museum Stores will remain open until 6:30pm this evening.

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SATURDAY, September 13, 2008

10:30am – 7:30pm             

MUSIC AND DANCE      Main Stage

10:30am        Nupur Dance Group

                        (Kathak Dance, Children)

11am             Fashion Show by Children from

                         “Sanskaar”

11:30 am       Payal Dancing School (Folk Dances)

12pm            Bhavani Rao and Prakash Rao 

                   (veena, flute, and mridangam)

12:40pm        Abhilasha Chawdhari (Kathak Dance)

1:10pm         Super Bollywood Dance Group 

                   (Bollywood Dances)

1:40pm         Sejal Kukadia and

                   Loren Oppenheimer (tabla duo)

2:15pm         Surati School For Performing Arts

                   (Manipuri, Odissi, Folk Dances)

3:10pm         Kirit Parmar (harmonium) and

                   Niranjan Trivedi (tabla)

3:40pm         Gidda Pao Batera and

                        Punjab Di Kuriyan Groups

                       (Punjabi Dances)

4:20pm         Kamal Sheth (sitar) and

                   Niranjan Trivedi (tabla)

5:15pm         Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance

                   (Bharatanatyam Dance)

6:10pm         Satish Vyas (Santur)

6:45pm         Shubanjali School of Performing Arts

                   (Folk and Gypsy Dances)

                   MCs: Deepam (Raju) Patel,

                        Mayuri AReddy

11am – 6pm                         

Regional Indian Food Demonstrations           

Kitchen Tent

11am            North Indian Food Demo

1pm              South Indian Food Demo

3pm              West Indian Food Demo

5pm              East Indian Food Demo

* Indian Chai (Tea) will be offered between demonstrations

11am – 6pm                             

Wedding Make-up and Costumes Display            

Wedding Tent 

12pm     Bridal Make up Show (North India)

3pm       Bridal Make up Show (South India)

11am – 6pm                              

SARIS WRAP-UP anD dISPLAY                                    

Costumes Tent

2pm     Costumes of India Show 

11am – 6pm                         

Traditional Indian Glassblowing                 

Outside Glass Studio

12pm – 6pm     

INDIAN GAMES                                 

Lakeside Field (behind DJFC)

12pm      Langori (Sattodi) Family Game,

              Khokho Game and Langadi Game

2:30pm   Janmashtami Celebration

              (Lord Krishna’s Birthday Celebration)

4pm        Langori (Sattodi) Family Game,

              Khokho, Langadi, and Cricket

11am – 6pm                         

Individual Artist hands-on DEMONSTRATIONS                  

ARTISTS TENTS

Mehendi (Henna Decorating)                                   

Mehendi Tent

11am            Pravina Vashee

1:30pm         Vaishali Patel and Lata Patel

3:30pm         Shilpa Mehta and  Beena Patel

Rangoli (Floor Painting)                                              

Rangoli Tent

11am            Ila Vidwans

2:30pm         Hina Desai and Smeetha Mysore

Embroidery                                                                             

Costume Tent

11am            Chaitali Sarkar

1:30pm         Sharda Patel

4:30pm         Vilas Patel

Beadwork                                                                 

Costume Tent

3pm              Sheila Gohil

Toran Making                                                 

Toran Making Tent

11:30am       Sheila Gohil

1:30pm         Rupal Bhandari

Batik Painting

Batik and Thali Tent

3pm             Ritu Pandya

Thali Decorating                                             

Batik and Thali Tent

4pm             Chaitali Sarkar

Alpana (Ritualistic Painting)                                           

Alpana Tent

12pm            Dhriti Bagchi  

                    (Displays of West Bengali Folk Arts

                     from 11am to 6pm)

11am – 4:30pm                   

Workshops During The Festival                

Event Center

11am         Yakshagana Folk Theater  

                      Workshop and/or Display-Demo

1pm           Folk Dance Workshop with

                  Pooja Mehta and the dancers from

                  the Payal Dancing School

2:15pm       Bollywood Dance Workshop with

                  Mayuri Reddy and Megana Reddy from

                  the Super Bollywood Dance Group

3:30pm       Tabla Workshop with Sejal Kukadia and

                  Loren Oppenheimer (3 participants at a

                  time and two teachers)

11am - 6pm                            

Children’s Activities                            

Outside Stained Glass Studio

Let’s Make a Mask (Monkey or Cow)

Make a Festival Flower Garland

Paint a Postcard (watercolor)

*Passport To India Program

(Get a stamp in your passport at the different passport stations)

10am – 6pm                         

Exhibitions

“Living Traditions Portrayed: Indian Folk Arts and Crafts”  in the Down Jersey Folklife Center              

 “Tracing the Cultural Roots” in the Museum of American Glass

“Crafts of India” in the The Gallery of Fine Craft

10am – 7pm                         

INDIAN Food Vendors and Merchants!

Festival Sponsors and Donors

Center for Diagnostic Imaging

Colonial Bank

South Jersey Healthcare

Southern Oncology-Hematology Associates

Holly City Pediatrics

Cumberland Nephrology Associates

Cumberland Medical Associates

The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey

Pedia Place Children’s Health Care Center

Wachspress & Rainear Cardiology Associates

Major project support for the Festival of India has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bank of America Foundation, The Delaware River and Bay Authority, The Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Colonial Bank, South Jersey Healthcare, Southern Oncology Hematology Associates and numerous other generous businesses, corporations and individuals. General funding for the Down Jersey Folklife Center and this project has also been made possible in part from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. WheatonArts has also received grant support from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State and from the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism/Department of State.

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