Local talents shine in New Year bash

Lead organizers Ravi Rawat and JC Parmar with their team members.
Lead organizers Ravi Rawat and JC Parmar with their team members.

CHICAGO: India House, in association with Desi Junction, a Worldwide On-line Radio Station, presented a high impact making New Year Eve Bash-2016 at Pearl Banquets in Roselle, a northwest suburb of Chicago that was attended by over 600 participants.

Captivating music and dance performances by professionally-trained local talent and comedy programs aimed at entertainment of entire family captured the hearts of the audience. The local artists presented a vibrant and mind-boggling entertainment program, consisting of soulful singing, electrifying dancing, and hilarious comedy. Versatile singers, including Sudesh Saraf, Ajai Kumar, Suman Sharma, Ruchi Vijayvargia and Nisha Saraswat mesmerized the audience by rendering hit Bollywood tracks.

The highlight of the evening was a high-energy qawalli parody, which was presented by Desi Junction team. Ajai Kumar sang hit numbers of Kishore Kumar and paid rich tributes to him. DJ Dheeraj kept the audience fully engaged throughout the duration of the event.

Chicago Bollywood Dance Group presented gripping dance performances. A number of young members of the audience gave in to the festive mood and joined the dancers on the dance floor, matching step-for-step with them.

The skits presented by Comedy Junction team, under the direction of Jassi Parmar, mimicry, magic show by Mike, and tasting program of newly launched wine, “Somras”, added to the multifaceted nature of the event.

“This was the only event at which the organizers paid special attention to the kids, which they richly deserve. Many exclusive items were planned and presented in order to entertain them as thoroughly as possible, keeping their typical needs in mind”, said Ritika Mathur.

Ankit Mahajan, welcoming the guests, said that the true celebration involves specification of the goals for the New Year and initiating action towards achieving them.

The lead organizers of the event, Jassi Parmar, Surender Mathur, Aslam Qureshi, Ravi Rawat, Pritesh Gandhi and Gulya were pleased with the overwhelming success of the event.

MC Jassi Parmar entertained the audience with his unique compeering. He profusely thanked India House Partners, Ravi Rawat and Jagmohan Jayara,
India House and Bombay Chopsticks served about 100 varieties of finger-licking food items from cuisines from different countries. People really loved sampling everything under one roof, while adults made sure to stop by at the open bar to get their favorite drinks too.

The event was sponsored by Air India, Level Construction, Apex Cosmetics and Spa, A1 Motors, New York Life, Insurance World, Swap Motors, and many others.

Asian Media USA