INDIAN AMERICAN NIGHT – June 2018
On a gorgeous Sunday Evening, Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre was decorated beautifully with Colors and decorations from India. Vibrant colors created a festive atmosphere. And ambience was glowing with Indian music. Occasion was Indian American Night on Sunday June 3, 2018 at Harry Chapin lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, Parking Field 6 & 6A. Presented by organizers of Indian American Forum. Program started at 6.30PM.nternational Yoga Day Celebrations for June 21 started with Yoga and meditation by Ranju Narang Several members learnt and participated in Yoga and Mantra Chanting. Satbir Singh Bedi (DJ KUCHA) welcomed everyone and introduced Emcee of the evening Inesha Joneja Jaya Bahadkar Cultural chairperson presented beautiful cultural program reflecting dances from different parts of India. Students from local dance schools > Aarti Datta, Jyotika Patel, Satya Pradeep, Archana Dave, Sangeeta Pandit , Sadhna Pranji and Monica Bajwa, participated. S. This program is part of 2018 summer concert series sponsored by Nassau county Department of Parks, Recreation and Meuseums. Indian American Night is a showcase of Classical Indian music and folk dances from all regions of India. Nassau county Parks Commissioner Eileen Eileen Krieb, Deputy Commissioner Shawn McBride and several other elected officials and community leaders were present On Behalf of Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Commissioner Eileen Krieb welcomed everyone and commended the Indian American Community for their outstanding achievements. Following members of our community were presented with Nassau County Awards Harry Aurora, President CEO I Tutor Dr Anu Goenka, Director of Brain tumor Programing the Department of Radiation Medicine, North well Health Sunny Thakkar Radiation Therapist and promoter of Cultural and Classical Music Dr Purna Prasad, CTO at Noirthwell Health, Mrs. Rachna Sabharwal, President Rotary Club of Jericho Sunrise Mrs. Ranju Narang, Yoga specialist and instructor Mr Gobind Munjal, President AIA New York Also our own girls team Techno Queens made of 6 Girls from Jericho Elementary School aged 9 years old represented Long Island in the World Championship held in Detroit in April and had an amazing time. They won many hearts and went to win the top Award for Jr FLL World Championship Team Choice Award RoboFalcons is a team made of young boys from Jericho Middle School. This Team has been in place for 4 years and each year they learn new aspects of Robotics. Project Research and find ways to help the communities. They won Long Island Championship to advance to World Championship in Arkansas last Month. Both These teams were also recognized and congratulated for their achievements. Special Thanks to our Grand Sponsor Xavier University School of Medicine Ravi Bhooplapur,, Jas Mayall, V J Technologies, Sunil Rihal, Mohinder Singh Taneja,Indus American Bank, HAB Bank, Rajbhog Sweets, Glamorous Event Planners, South Asian Times, Bollywood Insider, TV ASIA, ITV, IVS TV, Jus Punjabi, south Asian Insider, Hum Hindustani, Indian Express, Indian Panorama, PTC Fun filled day of festivities were enjoyed by all. Indu Jaiswal chairperson of IAF thanked all the sponsors and volunteers – Event co-chairperson , Mohinder Singh Taneja, Tejal Kamat, Vijay Goswamy, Bina Sabapathy, Roopam Maini, Shilpa Jhurani, Sangeeta Pandit, Surpreet Kaur Bedi, Jyoti Gupta, Beena Kothari, Anu Gulati and Inesha Joneja for their help in making the evening extremely successful. Special thanks to Media and all participants, supporters and sponsors. Click Here For UNN Press Release
