CHICAGO: The New Year Eve event at Ashyana Banquets presented by the Indian Event Management (IEM) team was once again a roaring success.
The banquet hall was charged up with the amazing intensity of folks wanting to see the beautiful Bollywood actress, Anjana Sukhani of Salam-e-Ishq fame along with other attractions such as the Samba dance performance.
The IEM team of five members, Brij Sharma (President), Pratibha Jairath (Vice President), Sharan Walia (Director), Raju Bankapur (Director), Anoop Walia (public relations) were present thanking and greeting all present for their support.
The hall echoed with excitement and applauded when Anjana Sukhani greeted the audience as she walked up to the stage for a charismatic retro medley with professional dancers from Sonia Dance Rhythm Academy and the Chicago ADAA dancers.
The event was Grand sponsored by Anil Loomba of Home Mortgage Solutions, Inc. The prizes of Raffle draw were also by Home Mortgage Solutions, Inc. The winners were announced by Ms Sukhani.
Raju Bankapur and Pratibha Jairath, the Chicago artists presented their music performance with fast number medley that captivated and rocked the audience with their popular numbers. There was quite a bit of variety in the program. Natasha Trikha, the Chicago Indian Icon (CII) winner in her category, presented a beautiful medley with Chicago ADAA dancers performing in the background.
Another surge of excitement was noticed when Anoop Walia announced the Samba dance performance. All heads turned to see Samba dancers walking into the hall with beautiful head-gear and their own musicians. The audience enjoyed their performance.
Party favors were distributed and the Balloon drop showered the dancers with bright neon colored balloons. The room was filled with enthusiastic people wishing each other Happy New Year.
The ambience and dinner arrangements at Ashyana were exemplary. It was a hundred item cruise style dinner that was served from 9 pm until 2 am. The bars were open and the people sang, danced, and dined all through the evening into the late hours with non-stop music by DJ Skyy.
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