Little Champs to Perform at Independence Day Celebrations

HOUSTON: India Culture Center Houston (ICC) is celebrating the 68th Independence Day Celebrations with major Indo American Associations of Greater Houston on August 16, Saturday at the Stafford Center. The Signature event has been planned with lots of activities. The day long celebrations commence with the Parade, Awards, Cultural program, Fashion show, Little Champs contest and the grand finale is the Musical Concert with group from India. The Dance India Dance (DID) fame star Kamlesh will also be performing at the event.

The event is already sold out on the booths and there would be plenty of food, shopping and community outreach information too.

The organizers of the India Fest have tirelessly worked for almost 8 weeks under the leadership of President Charlie Patel. The event chair Rajiv Bhavsar requests the community to come out in large numbers and enjoy the event. The musical program would have patriotic songs as also evergreen Hindi songs.

ICC held the auditions for the Little Champs (5-13 years) at the India House on Sunday August 10. There was a great participation from the community kids who sang in various languages. The kids did a phenomenal job and the Judges had a difficult time in selecting the winners. The winners of the Little Champs would be performing on the ICC stage on August 16. All the participants would be recognized and appreciated at the event. The Judges for this event were Veena Kaul, Mahalakshmi Krishnan, Alpa Shah and Sanjiv Kumar. The auditions were coordinated by Ajit Patel with assistance from Sangeeta Pasrija and Swapan Dhairyawan.

For further information call Rajiv 281-2177330 or visit www.icchouston.org