OHM (Organization of Hindu Malayalees)
17th Swati Tirunal Day, May 24, 2008
Hoover School, 3501 Country Club Dr., Lakewood, CA.

Performer Instructions:

MOST Important!!   There is time crunch as always and we will be enforcing a One-Minute strict limit on raaga aalaapanams! .. Sorry about this - we do know that this is an important part of singing a song, but please make it very brief and allow us to continue the tradition rather than prohibit it like in most other aaradhana these days. Also, please do NOT ask your violinist to do repeat aalaapanams. Do it quickly to clear your throat and go to the song immediately! (We hope that some of you would also consider doing quick aalaapanams as a nice challenge and a learning experience -- Pls. listen to any of Ariyakkudi's old 3-minute "plate" recordings if you need ideas on how to do it!) .. Please sign in with us backstage as soon as you arrive, and wait back stage at least two songs ahead of your turn - or we may simply assume you are not present and drop the item; then we will amost surely not have time to squeeze in your item later!

Accompaniments:  Please inform us backstage if you have not talked to the accompanying artists.

Program Schedule  (Updated FRI, 7 am - No changes expected, but please check by 4 pm FRI just to confirm! )

Bhaavayaami Raguraamam  Raagamaalika   Group Rendition (All are welcome to join at 9.30 am)  
Morning Program (9.40 am) Shruti
Devadeva Kalayaamite  Madhyamaavati   Vikas Munukutla A,6
Paripaahi Ganaadhipa  Saaveri   Venudhar Ravishankar A,6
Pankaja Lochana  Kalyaani   Pradeep Bugga  C*,1.5
Paramapurusham  Lalitapanchamam   Karthik Nagarajan  C*,1.5
Paahi Sreepatay  Hamsadhwani   Sangeetha Anand (Veena) C*,1.5 
Vande Sadaa Padmanaabham  Navarasa Kannada   Anand Rajan (Violin) F*,4.5
Paripaahimaam Nruhare  Mohanam   Divya Asuri, Swati Narayan, Vidhu Sundaram  G*,5.5
Sarasijanaabha Nin  Souraashtram   Pallavi Bugga, Varshini Sundaram, Anupama Tatanki  G*,5.5
Mid Morning (11 am to 12.30 pm)
Saarasaaksha Paripaalaya  Pantuvaraali   Indumathi R. Srinivasan (Veena)  
Chaliye Kunjan  Brindavan Saarangi   Vini Sundaram  G,5
Paramapurusha Jagadeeshwara  Vasantham   Pallavi Nair  G,5
Pankaja Lochana  Kalyaani   Karthik Mysore  G,5
Gopaalaka Paahimam  Revagupti   Anjali Iyer & Sneha Swaminathan  G*,5.5
Saamodam Chintayaami  Udayaravichandrika   Shreerag Jayakrishnan  C,1
Sarasijanaabha Nin  Souraashtram   Nitin Sadras  C,1
Paripaahimaam Nruhare  Mohanam   Apoorva Ananth  C,1
Pannagendra Shayana (15 min)  Ragamaalika   R. Jayakrishnan & Hari Asuri  C,1
Vishweshwar Darsan  Sindhubhairavi   Hari Nair  C,1
Sumasaayaka  Kaapi  Tiruvaiyaru S. R. Krishnan A,6
Jaya Jaya Devi  Vallabhi   Mayuri Kal, Sandhya Kal   G,5
Lunch (12.30 - 1 pm)
Afternoon (1pm - 3 pm)
Krishnachandra Radha Manmohan  Sindhubhairavi   Keyboard Ensemble (Yasasvi Debnath, Shobha Ambi,  C,1 
 Sanjeev Ambi, Gireesh Sridhar, Abhishek Aneesh  
 Suraj Ananth, Tejas Ananth, Akhila Tirupsur, Anusree
Smarasadaa Maanasa  Bilahari   Keyboards - Vamsi Mokapatti, Sidharth Krishnan, Gayatri Krishanan  D,2 
Saarasasamamukha  Khamaas   Namratha Mohan (vocal), Vivek Kasarabada (keyboard) G,5
Kripayaa Paalaya Showray  Chaarukesi   Usha Aanand & Lakshmi Madabhushi  G*,1.5
Nand Nand Paramaanand  Khamaaj   Vijayakrishna Parameswaran  A,6
Jaya Jaya Devi  Durga   Balakrishnan Panicker  C*,1.5
Aanjaneya  Saaveri   Ramya Ramadas, Sandhiya Ravichandran  G*,5.5
Paripaalayamaam  Reetigowla   Karthika  Ashok  G*,5.5
Raama Raama Gunaseema  Simhendramadhyamam   Nirupama and Shyam Senthilkumar  G*,5.5
Vande Sadaa Padmanaabham  Navarasa Kannada   Sindura Seeni  G*,5.5
Sarasijanaabha (Varnam)  Kamboji   Vasantha Batchu (Veena)
Paramapurusha Jagadeeshwara  Vasantham   Sagar Vaidyanathan  G,5
Saadaramava Sarasijadalanayana  Surutti   Vasant Iyer, Sumant Iyer G,5
Paahimaam Sreevaageeshwari  Kalyaani (Navaraatri kruti)  Sindu Pillai  G,5
Late Afternoon (3 pm - 5 pm)
Itu Saahasamulu Yaalana  Saindhavi   Aparna Ranganathan  G,5
Gaangeya Vasana  Hameer Kalyaani   Mayuri Vasan  G*,5.5
Sarasijanaabha Nin  Sourashtram  Anu Murthy  G*,5.5
Naamasudhaarasam  Kaapi   Anirudh Venkatesh  C,1
Padmanaabha Paahi  Hindolam   Rishikesh Menon  C*,1.5
Jalajanaabha  Kedaaragowla   Ramakrishnan Murthy  D,2
Narasimha Maamava Bhagavan  Aarabhi   Indhu Nagarajan  F*,4.5
Sreekumaara Nagaraalaye  Ataana   Sankari Senthilkumar  F*,4.5
Jananee Maamava  Bhairavi (Navaraatri kruti)  Padma Kutti  F*,4.5
Gopanandana  Bhushaavali   Shubha Narayan  F*,4.5
Paalaya Deva Deva  Bhairavi  Palakkad T. Seshamani A,6
TBD   TBD  Arun Ramamurthi (Violin)
5.00 pm - Ravi Varma Memorial Arts Competition Prize Announcements
5.15 pm - OHM Welcome and Introduction of Chief Guest, Pandit Ramesh Narayan
5.30 pm - Dinner Break
6.00 pm - Dance Program by Smt. Swathi Kamakshi Ravi
6.50 pm - Ravi Varma Memorial Arts Program Prize Distribution
7.10 pm - Karnatic Concert by Sri. Sandeep Narayan (Violin: Nishanth Chandran, Mrudangam: Nirmal Narayan, Ghatam: Ravi Balasubramaniam)
8.30 pm - Mewati Swati Gharana Hindusthani Music by Pandit Ramesh Narayan (Tabla: Arnab Mukherjee, Harmonium: Navendu Bhattacharya)
9.20 pm - Vote of Thanks
9.30 pm - Mangalam


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