As in years past, the premier area community organization, The India Association Of Greater Boston (IAGB) is planning to host India's Republic Day celebration in January 2005. The event will feature the best cultural talent in the area and promises to be bigger and better than ever.

The IAGB cultural committee is accepting proposals from groups that want to participate in the event that will tentatively be held on the 22nd of January. This year, the committee hopes to attract fresh talent into the mix.

Said Mr. M Rajinikanth, Vice President, IAGB, "It would be refreshing to have new elements in the program. We would be very happy if there was a group that could pull off a quawwali, for instance. The greater Boston area has no dearth of talent and we will be glad to host the best during our show. Please write to us at iagb_culture@yahoo.com as soon as possible, so that we can process your application. Like every year, this year too we expect many people applying for a chance to perform, we will try and acommodate everyone but if you do not make the cut this time, please do not be disheartened. We will keep your information on hold and will contact you, come August (for the Independence day celebration). We plan to give each group a 5 to 7 minute slot to perform and we also prefer that each team has a minimum of 5 participants.  The key this year would be innovation. Let us come up with something new and exciting!"

IAGB is committed to nurture and showcase Indian-American art and culture of in the area. Please visit our web page www.iagb.org for details on the program that will be posted very soon.

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