Ticket Price ((includes entry both dates and all meals) Adult: £15, Students & Children 5yrs and over: £10,

Children under 5yrs: freeFor further information and for Tickets please contact:

Eastwood Park Theatre Phone: 0141 577 4970 or online at www.eastwoodparktheatre.co.uk/boxoffice

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Reception: BimaleshMajumder,GourSarkar,BishnuRoutray, AsokRoy,,SarwarHassan,SandipGhosh,Sheela Mukherjee,NeazHyder,RoseMaryHarley,Mushtaq Ahmed,MridulaChakraborty,ZahirulHaque& ShankarBhaduri

Box Office: MunmunHyder,AnitaDhar,TriptiSarkar,Bharati Sain,RokhsanaRahman&ParthaGhoshBiswas

Make-up: KamalaRay,MadhusriBarmanroy,Suchitra Mukherji,AditiPalchaudhuri&MohuaRay

Photography: MargaretBarua,AnitaDhar,BimalBarua&AlimMoin

Souvenir: Editors:ManoshPaul&SheelaMukherjee Compilation:NirmalDhar,FrontCover:MohuaRay &GeorgeRawlinson

Sound & Lighting: EastwoodParkTheatrestaffBack Stage Supervision:BabulayebMukhopadhyay,FazlulAlam,AmitDeb& TariqJaman Finger Buffet/Dinner: ManoshPaul,ShameemMiah,GourSarkar,Bishnu Routray,BimaleshMajumder,MushtaqAhmed,Shuel Ahmed,BharatiSain,Rajdeep Routh&TariqJaman

Volunteers: ShirleyAsheandhergroupsofvolunteers/ VoluntaryAction-EastRenfrewshire. Production: BengaliPerformingArts&EastRenfrewshireCouncil

Management: NirmalDhar

Off Stage Assistance

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Admission by Ticket Only

and East Renfrewshire Council

PresentA Festival of Multicultural Music

to celebrate two decades of Bengali Pergforming Arts & the Year of Creative Scotland 2012

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Bengali Performing Arts

In Eastwood Park TheatreRourken Glen Road, Giffnock. Glasgow G46 6UG

At 6.30 pm on Friday 16th & 11am on Saturday 17th March 2012

Friday (16/03/12) Programme

1900 Welcome: Dr. Babulayeb Mukhopadhyay (General Secretary)

1910 Drug & Alcohol Awareness: Strathclyde Police, Dr. Rajdeep Routh and Dr Jasmeet Bindra

2015 Demonstration: Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Services

2035 Workshops: Professional performers from India & Bangladesh

2125 Vote of thanks Mr. Sarwar Hassan (President)

2130 Buffet dinner

Saturday (17/03/12) Programme

1100 Registration and Lunch (Theatre doors open at 1215) 1230 Opening Ceremony with Kilbarchan Pipe Band Speech: Rt. Hon. Jim Murphy MP 1250 Welcome Address: Babulayeb Mukhopadhyay, General Secretary 1255 Convenors’ Address: Fazlul Alam/Asok Roy 1300 President’s address: Sarwar Hassan 1305 Speeches: Nicola Sturgeon MSP & Lorraine McMillan, Chief Executive, East Renfrewshire Council

1320 Compére: Niharendu Banerjee & Nishat Hyder 1325 Children’s programme: India to Inverness... and beyond! Participants: Ahona, Rohini, Mili, Asmi, Rucha, Tanvi, Richa, Ishitha,

Meghan and Rick.

Production: Kamala Ray and Madhusri Barmanroy

Technical assistance: Mohua Ray

Direction: Arunima Mukhopadhyay

The management reserves the right to alter or amend the programme as necessary as a result of unforeseen circumstances.

1340 Voicebeat: Harry Campbell and his multicultural singing group/ world-music community

1405 GODA: Traditional Chinese & contemporary Dance (Mongolian Chopsticks and Rain Fairy)

1430 Irish Dance: Lucia Harley & Gemma Harley

1455 Students of Bangla Bidya Niketon Participants: Triparna , Samaawat, Razin , Munsif, Shirsha, Rehaan, Ayaan, Tonish, Sarana , Shoilee. Directed by: Deepa Haque & Swapan Kundu

1505 Break1520 Crystalline Band: Rasheeq, Iain, Rachael & Graeme

1540 Monsoon Shower (Barishan Dhara): Participants:Anuradha Roy, Sudatta Chowdhury, Madhumita Roy, Kamala Ray, Aditi Palchaudhuri, Payel Debroy, Rituparna Kolay, Sudakshina Kundu & Shraboni Bhattacharya Tabla: Sthitadhee Sarkar Concept: Aditi Palchaudhuri

1605 Geeto Ka Guldasta (Compilation of selective Hindi songs): Participants: Kiron Ghosh, Bhajaman Singh, Sunil Verma, Debjani Patra, Swapan Kundu. Naration: Shalini Datta. Concept and Production: Debjani Patra & Swapan Kundu

1630 Band-L: The evolution: Participants: Babulayeb Mukhopadhyay, Arun Ghosh Ray, Sudipto Roy, Gautamananda Ray & Rasheeq Syed Technical Assistance: Mohua Ray, Arunima Mukhopadhyay & Amit Deb Orchestra: Tanmoy, Piyas, Pappu & Rick Direction: Sudipto Roy & Gautamananda Ray Concept /Script Babulayeb Mukhopadhyay

1655 Break1725 Palligeeti: Swapan Basu (a celebrity artiste from India) Orchestra: Kousic, Tanmoy, Piyas & Pappu

1825 Dance: Hero, Chadni, Munny, Tapan, Tamim & Nisa (dance troupe from Bangladesh)

1925 Raffle & Auction: Rose Mary Harley

1955 Sarod/Saxophone/Tabla trio. Rajeeb Chakraborty, Kousic Sen & Jesse Bannister, (celebrity artistes from India & England)

2055 Vote of Thanks: Sarwar Hassan, President

2100 Songs with Dance: Fahmida & Bappa (celebrity artistes from Bangladesh) Orchestra: Tanmoy, Piyas & Pappu

2200 Dinner in Carmichael Hall