NASHUA, NH–India Association of New Hampshire hosted IANH Vasant Festival 2017 on Sunday, May 21st, to celebrate the spirit of spring season. It was a success with over 300 participants performing in the competitive and non-competitive segments across the multiple age groups and was attended by over a thousand community members to celebrate the spirit of spring, IANH said in a statement.
Over a dozen vendors and information booths made their way to showcase their products. As always, it was hosted at Nashua High School North and filled with enthusiasts and parents of outstanding artists. All the participants amazed the audience by putting their heart and soul in their performances along with showcasing their creative props and costumes. The dance competition was judged by – Swati Subramanian, Sheetal Kelkar, Alka Arora and Shikha Bajpai for judging dance competitions as well as Sunanda Sahay and Gopika Narula for judged Art contest. The audience also got to witness the dances of all genre from classical to folk and hiphop. Additionally, there were some beautiful music performances by the kids of all ages as well as adults who sung in the multiple languages. The participants and audience came from far off to participate in this spectacular show and the cultural extravaganza!
In addition to the NSF Educational Bees Award and Youth service Awards, the charity check disbursement for Sowdews was done by the IANH youth group. The delicious food by Unnati Cafe and Udipi Restaurant was a great attraction as well. The Outstanding decorations and backdrops done by Ambika Mangtani and Kruti shah of Gatinm Creators added colors and glitter to the entire stage. The IANH Vasant festival was generously supported by Nashua based Grand sponsor Global Adult Daycare Health Centre and Gold sponsor Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. Overall the IANH Vasant Festival turned out as a true celebration of the Spring season that rejuvenated the spirits of the whole local community!
Beside the cultural activities IANH extensively contributes to serve the local community by serving the local soup kitchens and children home as well as continuously organising the fundraisers for many other local charities.
IANH organises the Annual cultural contests every year around this time of the year. The current IANH Team put in the months of prep work in order to organise this mega event which was a grand success! The current IANH officials are Mr. Balaji Radakrishnan-President, Mr. Manoj Chourasia-Vice President, Dr. Tej Dhakar-Secretary ,Mr. Prithvi Kumar-Treasurer. The current Committee Chairs are – Ms. Jyoti Sharma Cultural, Mr. Prasad Dabbi Education, Ms. Vandana Dhakar Membership , Mr. Nagendra Bhanu Public Relations , Ms. Barinder Ahluwalia Public Service, Ms. Barinder Ahluwalia Youth Affairs. The current Executive Members are – Mr. Anand Thippeswamy, Mr. Aravind Patlolla, Mr. Ashish Bhardwaj, Ms. Sushmita Anand, Ms. Urvashi Gupta
Below is the list of all the awards winners
Youth service Awards Winners were
Ananaya Venkatesan, Kunaal Sundara, Sathvika Korandla, Vindhya Rachur and Viraj Bhat
Congratulations to all the Art contest winners of IANH Vasant Festival 2017
Art contest Winners:
6-8 graders
First place – Sadhvi Raghav
Second place – Jahnavi Palarapu
Third place – Kalyan Thillai
3-5 Graders
First place – Charvi Ankem
Second place- Krithivarsha Sivakumar
Third place – Nitya Pannoose
The following were the winners of IANH Vasant Festival 2017 Dance Competitions. Congratulations to all the winners and their Choreographers.
K-2 graders category
First Place: Nashua Kuttis Choeorgraphed by Ananaya Venkatesh
Nayan Karthikeyan, Smrithi Srinath, Yuvethi Kannan, Avni Gauri Nagaraj, Roshni Anand, Srushti Mandera, Ganya Gopinath, Saanvi Praturu, Deepthi Bharath
Second Place: Dhakad Choeorgraphed by Preeti Shokeen
Anika Gupta, Piya Chokshi, Gowri Akkineni, Ameya Kharade, Nithin Venkatramanan, Jinen Gandhi, Anya Kumar, Vihaan Shah, Nikhil Shokeen, Kailash Venkatesan, Aadya Goenka, Riya Sood, Aatmi Shah, Aarushey Jamla, Aarush Chaudhari, Aanya Challuri, Shivakhya Kandpal, Tiya Miglani, Ria Makhija
Third Place: Twinkling Stars Choreographed by Maya Reju
Thara Paul, Krupa Vinu, Sneha Punnoose, Sofia Binu, John Prakash, Isabelle Shiju, Dhwanisree Simon, Nidhi Ratheesh, Khanak Baxi, Riya Liju, Avighna Deshwal
3-5 graders category
First Place: Naach Express Choreographed by Rani Umesh
Edwin Eldo , Madhav Girish , Madhav Nair, Neha Ninan, Sharon Alex , Arlene Chacko, Aparna Nambiar , Shikha Amin, Theodore Jensen-Fellows , Daivik Pillai , Ishaanvi Rajesh, Varsha Aravind, Soorya Soorej , Sandhrika Gopal, Pallavi Nair, Cecilia Thomas, Siddharth Menon and Sachit Kurup.
Second Place: Attam kondattam Choreographed by Ananya Ventakesh
Navein Sribalahran, Pranav Kulkarni, Sahishnu Sathish, Nithin Venkatramman, Nithin Sarvanan, Srishti Srinath, Lakshana Raghav, Rithika Sarvanan, Sanjana Vadapelli
Third Place: Uppu Karuvadu Choreographed by Deepa Jacob
Matthew Alex, Hrishikesh Dwaraka, Kritin Akkineni, Narayan Sajeev, Sudarshan Prasanna, Rohan Sehra, Amal Bazar, Navein Sribalaharan, Samya P, Arni Mola, Shreeya Menon, Isabel Rana, Aarushi Deshwal, Jahnavi Palarapu, Richa Rajesh,
6-8 graders category
First Place: Pride of Peacock Choreographed by Meena Unni
Smrithi Menon, Nandana Nair, Ankitha Shaji, Meghana Geo, Hridya Eipe, Nanditha Nambiar, Roseanne Shiju, Josephine Mathew, Saanvi Thiruveedula, Shreya Mahesh, Iris Eldo
Second Place: Beera Miriam Alex, Meenakshi Rajesh, Abigail Thomas, Akanksha Vasireddy, Nithya Arun, Nitya Nambiar, Adhithi Venkatesan, Shreya Kappala, Anavi Gadari, Saranya Sribalaharan , Sruthi Ramesh
Third Place: Barrier the Wall Choreographed by Jasmine Shah
Alaya Shah, Haly Patel, Priya Shokeen Krish Patel, Rucha Dave , Krishna Dave, Sarala Sharma, Shikha Patel, Kavya Dave
9-12 graders category
First Place: Keeraliyam Choreographed by Meena Unni
Devika Nair, Namitha Nair, Anna Mathew, Leia Manoj, Parvathy Sreekanth, Meera Kurup, Jessica Raji, Neha Edison
Second Place: Medley of Gujarati Folk dance Choreographed by Jasmine Shah
Janani Sharma,Shivani Patel, Ashvi Patel, Hanah Prasad, Ankita Bhagat, Tamana Asarpot, Tanisha Asarpota, Rajvi Parikh,
Preya Patel
IANH awarded another set of trophies sponsored by Kumon Nashua and also a certificate from NH Senator’s office to all the following Education Bee winners at Vasant Festival on May 21st at Nashua North
Intermediate Brain Bee
1st Place Abigail Thomas
2nd Place Adhvika Arunkumar
3rd Place Kathir Meyyappan
Junior Essay Writing
1st Place Anusha Sambangi
2nd Place Garima Rastogi
3rd Place Rayna Parikh
Intermediate Essay Writing
1st Place Miriam Alex
2nd Place Shreya Nagri
3rd Place Anshul Rastogi
Junior Geography
1st Place Yash Patel
2nd Place Sahasra Yenumula
3rd Place Rajarshi Mandal
Senior Geography
1st Place Abhishek Vijay
2nd Place Tej Patel
3rd Place Pranav Rohit
Math Level 1
1st Place Rajarshi Mandal
2nd Place Ameya Kharade
3rd Place Tarun Venkatesh
Math Level 2
1st Place Pranav Chivukula
2nd Place Rohan Venkatesh
3rd Place Garima Rastogi
Math Level 3
1st Place Darshan Krishnaswamy
2nd Place Anshul Rastogi
3rd Place Rucha Dave
Junior Public Speaking
1st Place Kathir Meyyappan
2nd Place Abigail Thomas
3rd Place Prachi Kharade
Junior Science
1st Place Rajarshi Mandal
2nd Place Anjali Kukkamalla
3rd Place Sahasra Sirimalla
Intermediate Science
1st Place Rohan Venkatesh
2nd Place Akshay Manchanda
3rd Place Nithin Chandra
Senior Science
1st Place Shreya Nagri
2nd Place Darshan Krishnaswamy
3rd Place Saketh Mynampati
Junior Spelling
1st Place Sahasra Yenumula
2nd Place Tarun Venkatesh
3rd Place Nandana Nishanth
Senior Spelling
1st Place Hasita Kovvuri
2nd Place Navin Ramesh
3rd Place Garima Rastogi
Junior Vocabulary
1st Place Nandana Nishanth
2nd Place Hannah Thomas
3rd Place Yash Patel
Intermediate Vocabulary
1st Place Anshul Rastogi
2nd Place Abhishek Vijay
3rd Place Miriam Alex.
