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The show on May 17 was fabulous! Thank you to all sponsors and attendees for coming out and making the show a grand success!

For photos, click on http://picasaweb.google.com/ds3347/IRCCIDOL. High resolution photos will be sent to the IRCC mailing list. If you wish to receive a link to the high resolution photos, please ensure that you are signed up on the IRCC mailing list.

Kamal Mehdi is the first IRCC Idol!

Anita Amin’s dance group with a Bollywood Medley is the first IRCC Idol & Talent Show winner! Participants in the group are: Chetan Amin, Uttma Dham, Rupal Talati, Rupal Patel, Shanu Paharia, Monica Shetye, Shilpa Karmilkar, Radhika Garg, Beena Pandhare, Shree Shah and Anita Amin.

All contestants were given a spa gift certificate from Anoo’s Skin Retreat as an award for participating. In addition, the IRCC Idol winner was awarded $300 in prize money, and the dance group winner was awarded $500 in prize money.

The top 9 IRCC Idol contestants who participated were

· Mamtha Dhulipala

· Uttma Dham

· Imran Jany

· Sonia Kwatra

· Kamal Mehdi

· Vijayalakshmi Ranganathan

· Saumitra Ray

· Arun Sundaresan

· Rupal Talati

Alphabetically listed by last name

The 3 dance groups in the competition were:

· Lavani – choreographed by Daksha Vakharia.

· Nagada Bagada – choreographed by Jennifer Harpalani

· Bollywood Medley – choreographed by Anita Amin.

2008 EVENTS ARE HERE !!!

RepublicDay/Anand Bazaar

Jan 13, 2008

Holi/Picnic

March 23, 2008

IRCC Idol !! (Form below)

May 17, 2008

Bowling/Rakshabandhan

August 16, 2008

Navratri

Sep 27, Oct 3,4 2008

Diwali

November 2, 2008

We would really like to see you - so if possible, it would be nice if you do not plan any personal events on those dates.

2008 Board of Directors

Sitting L-R : Rema Deo, Poonam Wadhwa, Nishuta Dusara
Standing L-R : Bhupen Vakharia, Durgesh Thaker, Sanjay Gupta, Bobby Nangia, Milan Khakhria, Harish Patel

Newest member on board: Vivek Swaroop (not pictured here)

IRCC 2007-2008 MEMBERSHIP FORM

Why does Diwali fall on different days every year, but Uttarayan is always on Jan 14th ?

Diwali is based on the lunar calendar (12 months of 30 days each, with some adjustements every few years), while Uttarayan is based on the solar calendar (365 days, with 366 in leap years). Since our calendar - also called the Gregorian calendar is based on the solar calendar, Uttarayan - falls on the same day every year, while Diwali dates keep changing.

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