Parichoy Annual Program 2022 is coming up on June 11th 2022.
Please save the date and plan to attend the event.
We celebrate the Bengali culture of songs, drama, dance with performances by our members. Please join us as we pay tribute to the talented artists of Bengal and help our young generation to familiarize with our heritage.
Saturday, June 11th 2022 from 4 PM to 9 PM at
East Catholic High School Auditorium
115 New State Rd, Manchester, CT 06042
Program Details:
Children’s drama: Coordinated by Sanchita Maitra
Children’s music: Coordinated by Pameli Basak
Dance Program: coordinated by Tania Chandra
Music Program: coordinated by Kasturi SenBhunia
Drama : Coordinated by Kaushik Mitra and Sumilita Mukherjee
Admission Free for all.
Food Packets and Snacks will be available for purchase
Please reach us at parichoyctorg@gmail.com for details and information.
Snacks are available for purchase on premise (cash), pre-purchase needed for dinner packets
Veg Packet ($10) per person
Non Veg Packet ($15) per person
RSVP and Pre-pay Dinner Packets
Please prepay here for your dinner packets. We are ordering a limited number of packets, so please ensure to pre-pay so that we can reserve the packets for you.
Veg Packets
$10.00
Non-Veg Packets
$15.00
We cannot confirm availability of dinner packets if not pre-paid.
We cordially invite you for Saraswati Puja 2022 on February 5th 2022
Location : Alexandria Room Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St, Newtown, CT
Time : 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
11:00 AM – Puja Start
12:00 PM – Pushpanjali (in batches)
12:45 PM – Hate Khori
1:00 PM – Prasad Distribution
1:30 PM – Boxed Lunch
2:30 PM – Kids Cultural Program
Lunch cooked by our members on premise will be provided.
Other Events & Attractions
Cultural Program – Kids cultural performances (song, dance, recitation etc).
Alpona Competition – Alpona and the artistry around it has been an integral part of Saraswati Puja in bengal. We want to celebrate this part of our culture in this year’s puja
This will be a member only event and only the RSVP’d members are expected to be attending.
We’ll follow the prevailing state guidelines for indoor gathering and we’ll be requiring all attendees to wear masks.
If you expect the vaccine eligible family members are not fully vaccinated by the time of the event, please do not RSVP and let us know via email.
Cultural Program Nomination: Please send your nominations to participate in the cultural program (Song/Recitation).
In alignment with Parichoy’s objective, we require all the performances to have a Bengali theme
Nominations are going to be accepted on a first come first serve basis and limited to one nomination per individual.
Individual performances are requested to be limited to 3-4 mins
Kids’ performances are going to be given precedence if we exceed the allotted time.
Please show us your creative side and your skills on the art of Alpona. Please have the beautiful creation at home on a piece of large black or white chart paper and bring that over to the venue. We’ll put that on display. Kindly refer to the attached guidelines for the submission. No pre nomination needed, please bring the artwork to the venue.
Guidelines:
Media:
a. Black art paper or foam board or poster paper (easily available in dollar Tree type stores)
b. White Acrylic color should be used to draw the Alpona. No other color is encouraged.
c. Brushes can be used to draw the Alpona
d. Traditional designs used in Bengal are more encouraged.
Draw the Alpona at home as per your convenience and bring it to the venue
Please write your name at the back side of the paper/board, no name should be on the front side
Alpona can be in Portrait or landscape mode
If someone is making the Alpona thinking of some specific occasion, like marriage, Laxmi Puja etc., please mention that in the back side of the paper/board
Judgement will be based on public opinion (Parichoy will decide on how to collect the public opinion)
All artwork may be displayed in Parichoy website or Facebook page.
Thank you for your participation in the premier of our Online Annual Program of 2021. We thank you for participation and support. We truly appreciate the feedback and comments that we have received. We are encouraged by the positive feedback and will look for more.
Our gratitude towards all the participants and their families on this program for their tireless efforts, dedication and flexibility on months long rehearsals and shootings to make this program happen.
Kudos to the coordinators
Ankur Basu & Rituparna BasuDas – for working with the kids and bringing us the amazing tribute to Rabindranth Thakur, ‘Rabi Parichoy’. We have indeed seen a new perspective and seen his works through the eyes of our youngsters.
Kasturi SenBhunia – for such a nostalgia with the Bangla Band, ‘Bangla Bander Itibrittyo’. This was a true refreshing program with different flavors.
Tania Chandra – to bring us such a sweet concept ‘Mon Kharap er Janmodin’ and captivating execution of the same. It was mesmerizing to watch.
Thanks to all the post production teams to pull it all together and bring us a remarkable presentation
Special Thanks to our hosts of the program Susmita Mukheerjee, Raima Maitra and Sanchita Maitra for keeping us engaged and entertained in between the segments.
Congratulations on your achievement Dr Sankar Ghosh and thank you for joining us and explaining your work. you are a great inspiration and we are delighted to have you with us.
We wanted to acknowledge the help and support for all of you to make this program happen. We would also like to specially recognize the continued voluntary support from Soumitro Mukherjee and Animesh Chandra for their support on this program.
In case you have missed the Premier, the program is now available to view in YouTube directly
For the Full Program please click image or access the link below
Annual Program 2021
Here are some of the additional links for your easy access to the specific program segments
Kids Performances - Rabi Parichoy 0:06:20
Kids Performances Segments
Natok - Sahaj Path 0:20:19
Natok - Roger Chikitsa 0:29:14
Dance - Ritu Rango 0:40:20
Bangla Band er Itibrittyo 1:02:06
Mon Kemoner Janmodin 2:15:53
Felicitation of Dr Sankar Ghosh 2:05:10
Please share this program link with your friends and family and drop us a comment. Also you can subscribe to our channel for more programs and updates. Looking forward for your continued participation.Â
Location : Hop Brook Park, 4 Straits Turnpike, Middlebury, CT 06762 Shelter: 002 (Meadows Shelter)
Thank you all for attending the Picnic on August 14th and making the event a fun and memorable one.
Special thanks to the volunteers who had come forward to help and organize such an event. We would like to thank Rashmoni (Mona) and Malay for all the pre arrangements for the event. We had outstanding help from Debashish, Raja, Arya, Joybrata and Dip to get all the fresh off the grill items. We thank Ankur for the last minute delightful addition of bhelpuri. Also we thank Raj and Sayan for running errands and arranging items on time.
Thank you Rituparna for arranging all the games and activities with support from Amara and Raisa.
We hope you have all enjoyed the day and will be looking forward to having you all in our upcoming events.
For those who have missed the event, please check out our facebook post for the glimpse.
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Group and Individual performances
We prefer to meet you all in-person following social distancing rules.
Please join us and encourage our performers. We all together are seeing our little stars grow, acquire and enhance their talents and stay connected to the culture. We feel proud to be associated with you and we welcome you all to be a part of it.
2020 was an unprecedented year by any standards. Our graduates of 2021 despites of the limited resources did a phenomenal work to keep up with their academics and graduated the class.
Kudos to our new Graduates
Anindita Chakravarty
Meghai Choudhury
Rishika Sau
All the very best and wish you all the success in your next endeavor from Parichoy Family.
Award-winning immunologist Sankar Ghosh, PhD, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. He is among 120 newly elected members announced by the Academy on April 26, 2021.
Dr Ghosh is a renowned Immunologist. He is the Chairman and Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology & Immunology in Columbia University Medical Center. Member of National Academy of Science, a recognition that is only awarded to a few. As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to the National Academy is one of the highest honors in the scientific field.
We were grateful to have Dr Ghosh to speak to our young members and explain his work.
Please take a look at the interview as a part of our Annual Program
Parichoy is cordially inviting you to participate in the Hemanta Utsav 2020 on Saturday Nov 21st, 2020 at 3:00 PM
With the social gathering restrictions and guidelines in mind, we are planning to host this session online over Zoom. Keeping the same theme of Hemanta Utsav, we invite you all to actively participate in event and make it a memorable one. Please have your calendar booked.
Please join us over Zoom or Watch us live on Facebook
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