Boise Tamil Sangam (A 501(c)(3) Organization) Tamil New Year 2019 Program Schedule (Doors open at: 4.45 pm)

1) American National Anthem

2) Tamil Thai Vazhthu by BTS school kids

3) Welcome address followed by lamp lighting

4) Bharathanatyam. Song: Subramanya Kauthuvam. Co-ordinated by Suganthi Sutharsan. Participant: Vishali Sutharsan

5) Bharathanatyam. Song: Vellai thamarai poovil iruppal. Choreographed by Sneha Cherrussery. Participants: Kriti Nagthan, Ankita Sriraj, Ananya Anoop Rajendrababu, Arshia Suresh, Mahika Radhakrishnan

6) Light Music. Chinna Chinna Aasai instrumental. Co-ordinated by Marlin. Participants: Abraham Oswin Edward, Eline Jessica Abraham, Julia Winslet Abraham

7) Skit on Tamil New Year from BTS School. Directed by Narmadha. Participants: Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Kausik Ramanujam, Udbhav Rajesh, Sairaghav Kumar, Aravind Neelakantam

8) Boise Spring Boots. Choreographed by Arunkumar Annamalai. Participants: Diya Arunkumar, R. Siddhartha Ram Nivasan, Saindhavi Sathyan, Siddhi Kedar Joshi, Riddhi Patel, Vihana Patel, Swetha Udhaya Kumar, Sahasra Siddabattuni, Vidhujan Suthursan, Neil Negi, Nick Negi

9) Divas & Devas joining hands for Prabhudeva dance beats. Choreographed by Divya Deenadayalan. Participants: Darsh Kamal, Arvin Krishna Sarpatwari, Meghana Tatapudi, Nethra Radhakrishnan, Swara Patel, Atharva Ved Mehta, Meera Jayakumar, Rishi Suresh, Sara Shrivastava, Kavin Suresh

10) Boise Babhu. Video shoot from Arunkumar Annamalai

11) Pettai King’s dance performance on the two most popular elements of Chennai (Thalaivar & Chennai Super Kings). Co-ordinated by Naga Chandrasekaran. Participants: Saran Subramaniyan, Ashwin Cherussery, Sachin Cherussery

12) Dancing Divas and the Prince. Choreographed by Ananya Vinnamala. Participants: Ananya Vinnamala, Eshwar Vinnamala, Akshitha Veerameneni, Alekya Bingi

13) Short presentation. All about our Mother Tongue! Influence of on all other languages across the globe. Presented by Ramanujam Sundarrajan

14) Popular Dance Forms of . Performed by BTS School Kids. Co- ordinated by Naga Chandrasekaran. Participants: Saran Subramaniyan, Rohan Nagthan, Vishal Suresh, Vinay Suresh, Mullai Subramaniyan, Aathira Suresh, Anveetha Suresh, Divya Danesh, Kriti Nagthan, Ankita Sriraj, Srivashjothi Balamurugan, Srikarjothi Balamurugan, Advaith Deepak, Vidhujan Sutharshan, Athreya Iyer, Samyuktha Shyam, Siddhanth Sathish

15) BTS Presentation on projects from 2018, focus for 2019, shout-out to all sponsors, patrons and volunteers

16) A. R. Rahman Medley. Co-ordinated by Priya Raman. Participants: Vinayak Shamanna, Deepak Prakash, Shashank Rao, Priya Raman, Somesh Nagthan

17) Dance Tribe dance for A.R. Rahman Music. Choreographed by Dance Tribe. Participants: Mekha Sreedharan, Neelam Somani, Prachi Verma, Prashanti Balaji, Shobhana Sundaresan , Swathi B Ayas

18) Filmi Music on Keyboard. A medley of Tamil melodies scored by G.V.Prakash, Harris and A.R. Rahman. Co-ordinated by Suresh Ramakrishnan. Taught by Kelly Mower. Participants: Arshia Suresh and Mahika Radhakrishnan

19) Tribute to Rajinikanth by crazy Unmad group. Choreographed by Swati Soni. Participants: Uma, Sneha, Suma, Amanda, Sandeep, Ashish, Mithun, Sai, Adyasha, Arushie, Shrila, Bavya, Kalpana, Sujitha, Sahiti, Swati

20) Tamil Rockers. Choreographed by Arunkumar, Gayathri and Suganya. Participants: Arunkumar, Priyanka, Illamathi, Suganya, Devi, Anil, Nithin, Shekhar, Preet

21) Boise Prabhu Devis, a tribute to the Indian dance Icon performed by our own Boise girls. Co-ordinated by Naga Chandrasekaran. Participants: Mullai Subramaniyan, Anveetha Suresh, Aathira Suresh, Divya Danesh, Disha Math

22) Open Dance Floor followed by Traditional Tamil Nadu ‘Banana Leaf’ Feast !!! 2018 Charity Projects funded by Boise Tamil Sangam ** Cyclone GAJA Relief Project ** EUREKA Children’s Education Project

For making your Donations:

Micron Employees – Please use “Micron Gives” portal and choose Boise Tamil Sangam from the list. FYI, Micron is doing a double match from April 22-26

Non-Micron Patrons - Please visit donations page in our website: https://boisetamilsangam.org/donations/donate-to-boise-tamil-sangam/ Thanks to all our 2019 Events Sponsors