Redmond City Hall campus will play host to Ananda Mela: Joyful Festival of India, presented to you by the Vedic Cultural Center (VCC) of Sammamish in collaboration with the City of Redmond.

Ananda Mela aims to showcase Indian arts and culture with intricately crafted displays, entertainment on multiple stages, participatory activities and contests for everyone, informative and enlightening presentations, and other memorable experiences including tasty food and irresistible shopping.

Schedule:
Saturday July 29, 2023
Ganga Stage
12:00pm - 12:05pm: Opening of the stage with Prayers - Narshimdev Prayers for the protection of all
12:05pm - 12:20pm: Bhajans by Lavanya Kasturi and Team - Bhajans are composed by Ganapathi Sachidananda Swamy on different lords.
12:30pm - 12:40pm: Gopika Cowherd Dance Group - Traditional Dance Group
12:45pm - 1:00pm: Soumi Bera - Bollywood Dance Group
1:05pm - 1:15pm: Upasana Dance Group - Bengali Folk Dance
1:20pm - 1:30pm: Rhythm Dance Academy - Traditional Bollywood Dance (Medley song)
1:35pm - 1:50pm: Sri Abhihita Nrithyalaya - Bharatanatyam Dance
1:55pm - 2:10pm: Upasana Dance Group - Kala Chasma Bollywood Dance
2:15pm - 2:30pm: Rhythm Dance Academy - Traditional Bollywood Dance
2:35pm - 2:50pm: Shubhashini Kanekal - Radha Krishna Semi - Classical Dance
2:55pm - 3:15pm: Special Performance
3:20pm - 3:35pm: katha Kunj School of Dance - Kathak dance
3:40pm - 3:55pm: Chilanka Dance Academy - Garba and Kathak dance
4:00pm - 4:05pm: Mukunda Vedic School Performance - Dance
4:10pm - 4:15pm: Kalamandapam - Dance piece on Lord Venkateswara
4:20pm - 4:50pm: Fashion Show Choreographed by Sangi Munmth - Fashion Show
5:00pm - 5:15pm: Chennai Beats - Kollywood (Tamil and Telugu Dance)
5:15pm - 5:20pm: Naughty Boys Dance Group - Bollywood Dance
5:25pm - 6:00pm: Beats of Redmond - Dhol Tasha
6:05pm - 6:25pm: DJ Prashant - Sound Check and Setup
6:30pm - 9:00pm: DJ Prashant - Bollywood DJ Show

Yamuna Stage
12:15pm - 12:30pm: Partha Govincl and Band - Kirtan
12:35pm - 12:45pm: Sanskriti Agarwal - Bharatanatyam Dance
12:50pm - 1:00pm: Krishna Bhajan by Jaago Brij Raj Kishor and Pathikva (Aaditya Bajpai) - Vocal
1:05pm - 1:15pm: Nrithyalaya Dance - Shanthi Prabhakaran - Bharatanatyam Dance
1:20pm - 1:25pm: Titli from the movie "Chennai Express." Choreographed and performed by Vaishnavi Pavuluri. - Bollywood Dance
1:30pm - 1:35pm: Solo singing Sri Gananatha or Keryaneeranu by Aradhya Nethi - Vocal
1:40pm - 1:45pm: Jiya re Jiya re dance piece by Prachi Sharma - Solo Dance
1:50pm - 1:55pm: Choreographed and performed by Shruti Sharma - Odissi Dance
2:00pm - 2:05pm: Choreographed and performed by Nipra Varma - Bharatanatyam Dance
2:10pm - 2:25pm: Gayatri's School of Kathak - Authentic Kathak Dance
2:30pm - 2:50pm: Lavanya Kasturi and Team - Vocal
2:55pm - 3:05pm: Poonam Tiwari - Bollywood Dance Group
3:10pm - 3:20pm: Aadhita Datta & Aaditri Datta - Raaga Nataai and Hamsadhwani together
3:25pm - 3:40pm: Upasana Dance Group - Kala Chasma Bollywood Dance
3:45pm - 3:55pm: Valli Thota - Bollywood Dance
4:00pm - 4:40pm: Ragini Sri Academy of Arts - RASAA - Vocal Group
4:45pm - 5pm:05pm: Chennai Beats - Kollywood (Tamil and Telgu Dance)

Sunday July 30, 2023
Ganga Stage
12:00pm - 12:30pm: Opening of the stage with Prayers - Kirtan
12:30pm - 12:40pm: TandavaLasya (Bhargavi) - Bharatanatyam
12:45pm - 12:55pm: Ada - Full Expression of Life by Aarti Choudhary - Radha and Raas Leela
100pm - 1:15pm: Nrityanjali Dance School - Bharatanatyam Dance
1:20pm - 1:35pm: Nrotyangan kathak - Kathak Dance
1:40pm - 1:55pm: Special Performance
2:00pm - 2:30pm: STAR (Seattle Tamil Arts of Rhythm) - Drums (Parai)
2:30pm - 3:00pm: Vedic Cultural Center Kids - Dance Group
3:00pm - 3:15pm: Aradhya Dance Academy - Kuchipudi
3:20pm - 3:35pm: Bhargavi Bharata Natyalaya - Bharatanatyam dance
3:40pm - 3:55pm: Anga Kala Kathak Academy - Raas Leela Presentation
4:00pm - 4:25pm: Elements - Drums
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Kolatam Group - Folk Dance
5:00pm - 6:00pm: OM BAND - Bollywood Musical Journey
6:05pm - 6:25pm: Disaha Live Band - Sound Check and Setup
6:30pm - 8:00pm: Disaha Live Band - Eclectic Fusion Music
8:00pm - 9:00pm: Rangeela Dance Group - Dance Performance and Workshop

Yamuna Stage
12:15pm - 12:45pm: Partha Govind and Band - Kirtan
12:50pm - 12:55pm: Malaveka Jagadeesh - Carnatic Vocal
1:00pm - 1:05pm: Harshitha Srinvas Rao - Bharatanatyam Dance
1:10pm - 1:20pm: Advait Krishnan - Indian Fusion Music
1:25pm - 1:30pm: Rhythmic Mudra Performing Arts - Bollywood Dance
1:35pm - 1:40pm: Kerala folk dance, story of kallur village by Shravanthika Shine - Folk Dance
1:45pm - 2:00pm: Meenakshi Subramaniam - Natanalaya - Dance on Telugu cinema songs
2:05pm - 2:10pm: Anirudh Bala - Carnatic Vocal
2:15pm - 2:20pm: Abhinrityam Dance School - Bharatanatyam Dance
2:25pm - 2:30pm: Vedanshi Bhateja - Sri Ram Stuti
2:35pm - 2:40pm: Jonali Borgohain - Bharatanatyam Dance
2:45pm - 2:55pm: Nrithyalaya Dance - Shakunthala GopalKrishna - Bharatanatyam Dance
3:00pm - 3:10pm: Rathnasabapathy - Vocal
3:15pm - 3:20pm: Dance Tantra - Urmila Dhole - Bharatanatyam Dance
3:25pm - 3:30pm: Dance Tantra - Nandika Devarajan - Bharatanatyam Dance
3:35pm - 4:05pm: Ragini Sri Academy of Arts - RASAA - Vocal Group

Date: July 29 - 30, 2023

Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 12:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Redmond City Hall - 15670 North East 85th Street Redmond, WA 98073

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