Here is a taster of the Southampton Mela Festival, with the 2011 programme

 

Saturday 16 July 2011

The Main Stage
Comperes Srirupa Mukherjee, Zulfkar Snober and Vinod Desai MBE

12 noon Folk Music and Dance - Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band
1.00pm Bollywood Dance - Rakhi Sood & TMC Dancers
1.15pm Bollywood Dance - Bollywood United
1.30pm Welcome, The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Southampton Councillor Terry Matthews
1.45pm Fusion Music - Mosaic In Motion
2.45pm Bollywood Band – Bollywood Pandits
3.45pm Pop music – Shena
4.30pm Indian Classical – Mehboob and Sanju, Jaymini and friends
5.10pm Kathak Dance - Rakhi Sood
5.40pm Qawwali – The Khan brothers
6.30pm Bollywood & Popular Songs - Wasim Abbas
6.40pm Bollywood & Popular Songs - Omer Inayet
7.00pm Bhangra - Chan Has, Roachkilla, S-Klass, Off Licence, Vinu Jagdev, Jeet and Sham D
9.00pm Close

Stage 2
Comperes Meena Vashisht and Naveen Nayyar

12.15pm Polish Dance – Karpaty Dance Group
12.45pm Flamenco Music & Dance – Zambra
1.20pm Polish Dance – Karpaty Dance Group
1.45pm Western Music - Symbal House
2.15pm Afghan Music and Dance - Afghan Stars
3.00pm World Music – Atumpan Project Keith Waithe and Jo Jo Yates
3.45 pm Tagore Music – Gitanjali
4.20pm Belly Dance - Mystic Fusion
4.45pm Asian Songs – Timon Singh
5.15pm Asian Songs – Wasim Abbas Music Group
5.45pm Bollywood Songs – Manya, Divya and Navrang
6.00pm Art Asia Dhol Players

Art Asia Stage Bus
Comperes Kamla Sharma

12.15pm Mehboob Nadeem and Sanju Sahai (Sitar and Tabla)
1.00pm Kiranpal Singh and Sanju Sahai (Santoor and Tabla)
1.45pm Chandra Chakraborty and Anil Sandhu (Vocal and Tabla)
2.30pm Avtar Bhamra and Sanju Sahai ( Taus and Tabla)
3.15pm Pooja Angra, Karan Rana, Mehboob Nadeem and Anil Sandhu (Vocal, Sitar & Tabla) 4.00pm Kiranpal Singh and Puish Kumar (Santoor and Tabla)
4.45 pm Puish Kumar and Avtar Bhamra (Taus and Tabla)
5.45pm Sanju Sahai, Avtar Bhamra, Chandra Chakraborty, Mehboob Nadeem, Prathap Bangalore (Tabla, Vocal, Sitar & Mridangam)

Activity Marquee
Compere Preeti Nayyar and Faisal Javed

12.15pm Belly Dancing Workshop - Mystic Fusion
12.45pm Art Asia’s Singing Students and Pooja Angra
1.00pm Kathak Dance Workshop- Jaymini Sahai
1.30pm Art Asia’s Junior Dhol Players and Ricky Kasba
1.45pm Flamenco Dance Workshop - Zambra
2.15pm Art Asia’s Bollywood Students - Rakhi Sood
2.20pm Bollywood Dance Workshop - Rakhi Sood
2.45pm South Indian Music and Dance - Malayalee Association of Southampton
3.00pm Art Asia’s Kathak Dance Students - Rakhi Sood
3.15pm Kathak Dance Workshop - Jaymini Sahai
3.45pm Bharata Natyam Dance – Vidya’s Dance Students
4.00pm Flamenco Dance Workshop - Zambra
4.30pm Indian Dance - Vedic Temple Group
4.45pm Hindi and Western Songs - Neha Panchmatia
5.00pm Chinese Music and Dance – Phoenix Group
5.30pm Bengali Music and Dance – Southampton Puja and Cultural Association
5.45pm Bengali Music and Dance – Southampton Bangladesh Society
6.00pm Indian Folk Dance - Abanty Chakrabarty

Music Workshop Tent
Compere Rachel Tanya Singh

12.15pm Tabla drums - Anil Sandhu and Puish Kumar
1.00pm African Drumming Keith Waithe and Jojo Yates
1.45pm Sitar - Mehboob Nadeem
2.30pm South Indian Drumming – Prathap Banglore
3.15pm Drumming Circle – Sandeep Raval
4.00pm Dhol drum – Bindi Sagoo
4.45pm Marimba - Panjazz International
5.45pm JAM - All drums led by Keith Waithe and Sandeep Raval

Else where on Site

12pm - 4pm Karaoke with Rahi Bains
1pm & 3pm Southampton Concert Wind Band
1pm, 2.30pm & 5.00pm Art Asia Dhol Players
2.30pm Ukulele Band
2pm & 4.00pm Panjazz International Steel Orchestra
4.30pm Panjazz Bollywood Project

For the children and big kids alike we have lots of activities as well as workshops to join in with...

Activity Zone

Art Asia Make and Take
Come and make a colourful keepsake celebrating the Southampton Mela.
Paper and card creative play activities suitable for all the family.
FREE

Chinese Association of Southampton
Have your name written in beautiful Chinese characters.
FREE

Art House Geo Dome
The Art House presents an interactive 'Geodesic Collage' - a life sized geo dome which you can help decorate with collage, painting, drawings and hanging goodies to end up with a giant work of art you can sit inside.  FREE

Juggling Jake
Have a go at the diablo or try your hand at plate spinning along with plenty of other whacky activities with Juggling Jake. 
FREE

Sure Start
Early years play activities such as soft play and bubble making.
FREE

Face Painting
Fancy looking like a sun flower or a butterfly? Brighten up your day and other peoples with a beautiful, colourful face painting!
£3 Full face and  £2 Eyes

Art Asia 30 Years Rangoli
Create patterns out of unusual materials on the grass with artists Michelle Clayton and Zoha Zokaei to celebrate Art Asia turning 30 this year.
FREE

 

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