Divya Rajan, won third place in the invocatory dance item category of the dance competitions. Divya is a repeat winner at Cleveland, having also won the dance award in her age group last year. She is 12 years old and is shortly scheduled to perform her arangetram. Divya is a student of Sunanada Narayanan. Divya an extremely dedicated dancer and her talent was spotted early by Guru Smt. Rhadha, who gave her the lead role of Krishna in her dance production, Nowka Charitram, staged at the Cleveland Festival in 2016.

Sahana Venkatraman won second place in Krithi Subjunior Vocal II category. She is a student of Smt. Aparna Balaji. She rendered the song Sudhamayee in Ragam Amrithavarshini. Both her Guru Smt. Aparna Balaji and her daughter Mahathi Athreya trained her. Sahana is 9 years old, 4th grader from Chelmsford, MA. She loves singing, drawing, gardening and gymnastics.

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