Dear Friends, Bhariyam '09 was popular, not only amongst Indians but also non-Indians in VCU. We got an email from one of the undergrads in VCU and she wanted us to post it on the blog!! Thanks a lot Alina for your appreciation - we are thankful to the support and encouragement!!
Email from Alina:
"Dear Tiranga team,
I want to congratulate you for a good event!! I am a undergrad at VCU, but never before this did I get a chance to attend any Indian programs. I am glad I heard about this one and attended it.
Bhartiyam '09, as you guys describe it, was nice event. One of my girlfriends at high school was an Indian and she played an important role to introduce me to Indians and their colourfulness, culture, festivals,etc. and this has always fascinated me ever since. I love the vibrance and the enthusiasm. My experience yesterday was the same. I could feel the excitement everywhere in commons. Being an artist I love colours, colours was what impressed me the first thing yesterday - may it be the balloon mannequins outside, the design by the door, the colourful attires and colourful decorations of the room. After I had food, which I think was not very Indian, I had settled and all ready to watch the show. I might not be the right person to describe the show, since I do not know so much about Indian dance and music. I found all the dance performances very graceful, but very different than what I had ever seen in my life before. It was unfortunate that the songs could not reach the audience!!
I liked the last two group dance performances the most!!! One of which I know was Bhangra, since I have seen it before but the other was very different. I think both were neat combination of energy and grace. 'J ho' was good too, looked more like spontaneous dancing!! The programme could have been structured better, coz it became kinda dull in between for people like me (who do not know Indian singing).
I certainly think it was a time well-spent.
Thanks to all Indians in VCU for this neat show.
Alina "
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First of all, I would like to congratulate the Tiranga Committee for their efforts in putting up Bharatiyam '09.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alina, the decorations were colorful and vibrant and distinctly reflected the spirit of India.
I enjoyed all the performances. It was the first time that there was a dance with all the performers on stage. Jai Ho!
Nevertheless, I would certainly appreciate a change in the overall structure as it tended to get monotonous at times. (All the group performances were pushed towards the end of the show!)
The food was pretty good, but I think with such a huge turn out (especially non-Indians) Indian food would have been greatly appreciated :)
All said and done, Bharatiyam '09, for most of us sweating it out with our dissertations and graduation, was most definitely a welcome change!
Kudos Team!