Concert to benefit Washington Township Playground
Staff Reporter
Centerville-Bellbrook Times
April 30, 2008
The Yukta Garg Memorial Foundation is bringing Udit & Aditya Narayan - Live in Concert on Sunday, May 4 at 6 pm at the newly built Centerville High School auditorium.
The fund-raiser event is the second in the series that will benefit the playground at the Washington Township Recreation Center.
Hemant Garg, Founder Trustee of the memorial foundation, said that the goal is to generate $50,000 to match with the same amount set aside by Washington Township for the playground. He said that Washington Township authorities will share the plans for the playground at the May 4 concert.
Udit & Aditya Narayan are well-known singers in Hindi-language "Bollywood" film industry. Udit Narayan has won five Filmfare Awards, the Bollywood equivalent of the Oscar. His son Aditya Narayan, has also established himself as the voice of the child artists in Hindi movies and acted as child artist in several hit movies like Pardes, Rangeela and Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai.
Udit Narayan has been associated with the extremely popular reality TV show - "Indian Idol" as one of the three judges. Aditya also has hosted the equally popular show Sa Re Ga Ma Challenge 2007.
Movie actress Priti Jhangiani is also part of the troupe and will perform live on sensational dance numbers. The other notable artist in the troupe is Aditi Paul from the TV show Indian Idol. The show will be anchored by the popular model - Saundarya Garg. The troupe also comprise of 25 musicians and dancers from Mumbai. The group is on a two-month tour to the US and Canada performing in major cities like Toronto, San Fransisco, New Jersey, Orlando, Miami, Chicago etc.
The ticket prices for the concert are $35 to $75. They may be purchased at Amar India Restaurant (439-9005); SriG Grocers (439-4090); Mirch Masala (435-2086) and you can buy them online at http://www.ygmf.org.