CHICAGO: Students from the Indian Students Association (ISA) recently hosted a sold out, dynamic Cultural Show showcasing dance styles prevailing across India besides a variety of cultural dance mixes with Bollywood songs. It was India Night Flame Fair Awards 2013 at University of Illinois Forum in Chicago.
This year, the show’s theme was Tribute to renowned Bollywood legend filmmaker late Yash Chopra. The show featured acts such as the Nrutya Kalashree, Brownwashed Part II, Pyaar Mein Twist 3, Freshtacular, Raag N’ Roll, Ministry of Bhangra, UIC Bhangra, ISA Board Dance, Chicago Dhamaal, UIC Dange Raas and Nazaara.
The auditorium was bustling with excited parents and friends of the performers and invitees. Many student participants belonged to different Chicago universities like DePaul and hence there was a cross city ethnic mix in the audience.
The students emceeing the event did a remarkable job entertaining the crowd with hilarious sketches interspersed between program items. There were five Co-MCs who shared the podium making the audience laugh, and bring tears of joy.
Monika and Axita did an excellent job while presenting vote of thanks.
ISA Board: Lisa Patel (Co-President), Shani Chibber (Co-President), Krishna Modi (Secretary), Axita Patel (Cultural Chair), Monika Sharma (Cultural Chair), Ami Shishodia (Social Chair), Bansri Thakkar (Social Chair), Selwyn Varghese (Publicity Chair), Nikesh Shah (Publicity Chair), Shivam Thakkar (Public Relations), Shivani Patel (Community Outreach), Jay Shah (Webmaster), Parth Shah (Freshman Rep), Neema Patel (Freshman Rep), Jay Patel (Freshman Rep) and Alex Oommen (Treasurer).
Asian Media USA