With lyrics like Mora piya mose bolat nahi... Main To Shyam Ki Deewani ..... the young girls enthralled the audience with their soulful performances through solo classical dance, while on the other hand the child musicians through instrumental mus ic, performed to the tones of my shoe is Japany... the queen of my dreams... and Yeh Mera Dil Pyaar Ka Deewana.
A solo classical dance and instrumental music competition was organized in the auditorium of Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya on the third day of Greenwood Uddhav Utsav. Here one could see the fusion of music along with the beautiful performances of classical dance.
The competitions were held in two categories for three age groups; forty girls from different parts of India gave their performances. They enthralled the audience with their beautiful performances of Vaishnavism, Shaivism and nature through Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Mohini At tam, Odissi and Sattriya dances. Mahua Shankar, Vani Madhav and Kavita S Pillai were selected as the winners in this category.
Five schools performed the band in the music competition. Children of Greenwood Public School, dressed up in Punjabi costumes gave a splendid performance. The students of BillaBong School, Bhopal, enthralled everyone with a scintillating performance. The students of Sanskriti and The Gurukul, Guwahati also played an excellent band. Yogesh Sharma, Jagat Narayan Sharma and Chetan Joshi were present as judges.
Speaking as Chief Guest of today’s program, Additional SP Rajesh Dandoutia said that India is a country of unity in diversity. There are many cultures here but Gwalior has been a sea of art for centuries. He added that Gwalior Gharana is the oldest in the country in the field of music and that every artist who performs in this holy land feels blessed. He also said that he was overwhelmed to see the jugalbandi of song, music and dance.
President of the association, Keshav Pandey, Secretary Deepak Tomar and Director of Greenwood Public School Kiran Bhadauria welcomed the chief guest and presented him with mementos. Manisha Jain conducted the program. Surendra Kushwaha, Jagdish Gupta, Ramcharan Chidar, Alok Dwivedi, Sharad Parashar, Amar Singh Parihar and Monu among others were present on the dais.