Event Reminder: Say Hello!
Free Family Fun Day celebrating cultural harmony in Richmond upon Thames. Hosted by the Mayor, Cllr Celia Hodges and Deputy Mayor Cllr Ben Khosa.
Saturday 30 January 2010, 12-5pm at Clarendon Hall, York House
Celebrate the New Year at this colourful indoor fair which includes music, dance, stalls, food, art activities and storytelling!
Performances to include professional Chinese acrobats, community showcase featuring local school and youth groups and music and dance from all over the world. The event culminates in a dance that everyone can get involved in.
21 January 2010 | Category » around town
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Ben Khosa doing the bhangra is a sight to see - he is still enviably agile for a man of mature years. Bhangra is traditional Punjabi male folk-dance; the New Grove Dictionary of Music says: ‘Boli (improvised couplets) make up the principal dance-song for the men’s bhangra and women’s gidda dance… Here the soloists accompany their recitative with mimetic gestures and the group dances in a circle while singing the refrain.’; and the Virgin Directory of World Music says: ‘Bhangra is traditionally danced by men, and its boisterous, hedonistic, slang lyrics make it an attractive entertainment even to non-Punjabis.’ Not to be missed!
Christopher Squire at 21 January 2010 6:13 PM