Ekal Vidyalaya Cultural Night | December 2, 2011 | Ashiana, Norcross
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Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation’s Atlanta chapter celebrated its fund raising event with musical evening entertainment on Friday Dec 2nd at the Impact Conference Hall in Global Mall. Various groups like KA Dance Academy, Sham-e-Sargam, and Nritya Natya Kala Bharat performed and made the evening magical along with the individual & young talents like Ajay Upadhyaya, Sneha Chaturvedula, Vidushi Gupta added flavor to the night and entertained over 200 well-wishers, sponsors, friends and supporters.
Films showing current Ekal schools and activities were screened during the dinner hour. The program started at 7 pm sharp as announced with lighting of Diya by Smt. Gayatri Subramanian co-founder of KA Academy of Indian Music & Dance, then the emcee Radhikha Suda introduced the Sherin Peter, a senior disciple of Gayatri Subramanian, who performed "Pushpanjali", a traditional invocation in Bharata Natyam followed by Ganesh Sthuthi and Lord Shiva.
There was a new concept of Kinder choir - a kids' choir performed to original music pieces built on the building blocks of Indian Classical Music. This innovative choral music workshop designed to kindle the musical artist in every child, has been orchestrated by C.V.Subramanian, the music director of KA Academy of Indian Music and Dance.
Kumud Savla then showcased the talent of her students from Nritya Natya Kala Academy, the dance school she runs and they ranged from 9 year old kids to teenagers. The stage was a panorama of color as her disciples Man - Mohini’s danced to “Rang De Mujhe Rang De”, her other students did the Bhangra dance on “Rang De Basanti” from Rang de Basanti movie. The audience later commented that the dances really added to the show.
Shaam-E-Sargam group of Music, just as the name suggests, organized a splendid evening of music. Over 50 songs, solos and duets, were presented by its members, especially Shyam Gupta, Rekha Pallath, their songs made audience dance on the stage. Shaam-Sargam group of Music, founded and organized by Navin Tyagi.
It was heartening to note that other Associations like the SEWA International, KA Academy of Indian Music and Dance, Nritya Natya Kala Academy, Sargam (music group) have come forward to join this people's movement.
Photograph provided by Ekal Vidyalaya
About Ekal Vidyalya Foundation
The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation is a non-profit service organization dedicated to education and village development in rural India. Ekal's philosophy is to take a holistic approach to social and economic development. Ekal has been involved in eradicating illiteracy from rural and remote India since 1986. It operates and supports innovative, single teacher informal schools in tribal and rural communities, which lack access to primary education through functional government operated schools. The Ekal movement has helped unite the villages, sparked passion among tribal children for education, curbed social evils such as alcohol consumption, superstitions and empowered villages to become self-reliant through knowledge. Currently there are 36263 Ekal schools in operation in all the states of India with over 897,178 children in rural India.
For sponsoring an Ekal school or for further information about this noble cause that eradicates illiteracy in India, please visit our website or mail check directly to Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA, 3908 Westhollow Parkway, Houston, TX 77082
