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New England Teams Winners At FOGANA

Ranjani Saigal
08/04/2008

Federation of Gujarati Associations in North America(FOGANA) held its 28th annual North American Raas, Garba and folk dance competition on Saturday 26th2008 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Ma.  Patidaar Samaj of New England, Gurjar of New England and the CLPSS (Charotaria Leuva Patidar Seva Samaj) of New England served as the local hosts for the event.

“It is a huge undertaking” says Jyotsna Patel, President of Fogana, “We have over 900 out of town guests who need to bused, fed and hosted for two days.   The volunteer group must be commended for its tremendous organizational skill for everything seemed to flow with clockwork precision.

The competition was engineered to promote Gujarati culture in America.  The instructions for the competition insist upon traditionally music and not “disco-dandia, multi-song nonstop,remix or fusion”. The instructions allowed the Rolex Replica event to be traditional and yet the dancing was very much appealing to the young audience.


In the end, I wore the new rolex replica watches so much that it got closer to a Week on the Wrist than a Value Proposition. Honestly, I was truly not expecting this fling, but I could not resist its sheer comfort, especially in a stifling New York summer. On the wrist, its lightness did wonders for ensuring comfort and the case remained at a cool and even temperature.  There was another reason for my prolonged test drive: much like any G-Shock, this Rolex watch looks ready to take anything, and makes you feel much tougher and adventurous than you really are.

The competition categories included Garba , Raas and Folk dance with ages ranging from the very young to adults.  Aangikam Dance Academy under the direction of Jasmin Shah took second place in the Senior Folk Dance Category while the Patidar Samaj of New England under the direction of Hina Nayan Amin took second place in the Adult Garba competition. Gurjar of New England under the direction of Eshani Shah took first place in Adult Raas competition. Aayushi Patel, Achinta Chanu, Janki Patel, Nisha Balsara, Karishma Thakrar, Reena Patel, Meera Thakrar, Sheena Patel, Sarena Patel , Nilam Mistry, Pooja Adesara , Puja Patel, Hina Amin,Sonal Patel, Deval Desai, Anita Patel, Rita Shah, New Rolex Replica Watches UK, Anaiana Patel, Jyoti Mazumdar, Nehal Patel, Hemlata Patel, Meena Patel, Nehal Mehta, Chaya Patel, Sonal Ramani , Jenish Thakkar, Bhavini Patel, Ragini Bhagat,Saroj Madhani, Ketki Tanna, Meeta Patel, Shital Bhammar, Asha Naik,Ramika Shah, Nishta Limbachiya, Lekha Oturkar, Eshani Shah, Smita Patel, Nitigna Desai &Dipti Shah where the dancers from these winning teams.

The level of competition was very high and could have made it to the top tier in India.  Even though the event lasted for over four hours there was not a single dull moment. Congratulations to the winners!



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