SUNDAY, JAN 29, 3:00-5:00 PM: OPENING EVENT OF 2012 @Sadhana School. Mantras and Gongs; Group Singing (lead by Ashok): hamsadhvani varnam, mudAkarAtta, Sri vighnarAjam, jagadAnanda kAraka, nAnoru viLayATTu, sAdhinchenE, naTarAja kautuvam, himagiri tanayE; A six-raga improvised piece "madhura manOhara suvarNa rasamaya Sata bhAnu prabhA sAgaram" (meaning: Sweet enchanting ocean that carries the essence of gold (abundance & royalty) and radiates the brilliance of one hundred Suns) - lead by Ashok, supported by Sridharan, Srividhya, Gayathri, Varsha and other mastery/senior students.
SUNDAY, MAY 6, 5:30-8:00 PM: GRAND FIFTEENTH YEAR CELEBRATION @Kirkland Performance Center. Tentative plan:
* Part 1 (15 min): Invocation by Junior and Senior certificate students
* Part 2 (25 min): Ramayana - Music by mastery students, dance by Divya Rangarajan & Vidya Guhan (students of M Subhashini Vijay Santanam)
* Part 3 (15 min): Nature theme - Music by Ashok, dance by Gauri Agashe
* Part 4 (30 min): Nature theme - Music by Ashok, dance by Joyce Poursabahian & Meera Krishna
* Part 5 (60 min): Krishna-Arjuna Yuddham - Music by Ashok & mastery students, Acting by Chithra Raman (as Arjuna), Krithika Shankar (as Krishna), Vilasini Subramanian (as Siva), Meera Srinivasan (as Gaya) and Savitha Srinivasan (as Narada)
2012: Oct or Dec, 5:00-7:30 PM: ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATION @Venue TBD. A variety of Music, Music-Dance and Music-Theater presentations. Under planning. Music by Mastery, Senior & Junior certificate students.