CHICAGO: Bhartiya Senior Citizens of Chicago (BSC) organized Live Raas Garba with renowned artists Ashit Desai, Hema Desai and Harmony Group X Factor orchestra.
The Garba event was so popular that hundreds of Goddess Durga devotees and fans of this folk art enjoyed Raas Garba and Dandia Raas every day with BSC providing snacks, coffee and tea.
To facilitate those participating in Garba Raas, BSC officials arranged big screen audio, video. This especially helped elderly people who could not actively play Garba and still wanted to have the fun and pleasure of it.
The full decoration on the first and second floors was done by all senior citizens. BSC Trustee Parsotam Pandya , President Hari Patel, Vice President Madhu Patel, the food team, Tea preparing team, Prashad Team, Arti team, Guest welcome team – all worked in unison to make the event a big success.
Parsotam Pandya (Trustee of BSC), Madhubhai Patel (Vice President) took the responsibility for cleaning the hall, distributing food on time. Mahesh Patel, Chandubhai Dave, Pravinbhai Amin, Amratbhai Patel, Ramsang Parmar, Sirish Shah, Indu Patel, Vithalbhai Balar, Nita Chudasma, Kala Oza, Sakuntla Vyas, Damini and Kalyni Patel, Pratima Shah also gave their services to serve food.
The audio system was handled by Bharat Gandhi. All five days Jayanti Oza volunteered services as photographer. Every one had a good time enjoying Navratri.
Jayanti Oza