Welcome to the Southampton Mela Festival 2022 Programme
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Southampton Mela Festival Programme 2022
MAIN STAGE
Compares: CoCoP, Anjali Mavi, Adesh Josh
12:00 Harmony Junction — Creative Cross Currents
Southampton Youth Wind Band Southampton Music Hub
12:45 Indian Classical Music
Pandit Sanju Sahai — Tabla, Debipriya Sircar — Sitar & Vocal Alice Baron — Violin
1:30 Mela Opening
The Sheriff Of Southampton
2:00 Kathak Dance
Rakhi Sood’s TMC Dancers
2:30 Indian Classical Music Pandit Sanju Sahai — Tabla
Jaymini Sahai — Kathak Debipriya Sircar — Sitar & Vocal Alice Baron — Violin
3:15 Bollywood Dance
Rakhi Sood’s TMC Dancers
3:45 Bollywood Songs
Pooja Angra & Karan Rana accompanied by Mike Blatchford — Saxophone and Jero Ferec — Flamenco Guitarist
4:30 Indian Dance Medley Angika
5:00 Rajasthani Folk Music Rajasthani Heritage Brass Band
5:15 Monsoon Rhythms Odissi, Bharatnatyam and Kathak Dance
Ipshita Roy; Abanti Chakrabarti;Sumaya Jamil
5:45 Qawalli music The Hussain Brothers
7:00 Bhangra Artists Navin Kundra,
Happe Singh and Nirmal Sidhu
WORLD STAGE
Comperes: Anjali Mavi, Frank Mangena
12:00 Rockband
Sherborne House School
12:45 Indian Dance Medley Angika
1:15 African Dance and Music African Activities
2:00 Bangladeshi Folk Dance Sumaya Jamil
2:30 Chinese Music
Chinese Arts Southampton
3:15 Indian Dance Medley Angika
3:45 African Dance and Music African Activities
4:30 Funky Fitness Frank Mangena
5:00 K.V Dance company 5:15 Bhangra Dance
South Coast Bhangra Group
5:45 Flemenco Music and Dance Jero Ferec Flamenco Company
6:45 Music from Afganisthan Tamim Yousefi
COMMUNITY STAGE
Comperes: Preeti Nayaar and Ranjan Patel
12:00 Ghanian Xylophone and Junk Percussion Performance
Ignacio Agrimbau
12:15 Bollywood and Kathak Dance Workshop Rakhi Sood
12:30 Bollywood Dance Performance Art Asia Students
1:00 Indian Songs Performance
Art Asia Students of Pooja Angra
1:30 Flamenco Dance Workshop Jero Ferec Flamenco Company
2:00 Oddissi and Bharata Natyam Classical Dance Workshop
Abanti Chakrabarty, Ipsita Roy
2:15 Bhangra Dance Workshop
South Coast Bhangra Dance Group
2:30 Belly Dancing Performance & Workshop
Mystic Fusion
3:00 South of England Marathi Pariwar
3:30 Bharata Natyam Dance Shree Youth Group Art Asia,
Students of Vidya Thirunarayan
3:45 Madan Vashisht – Bollywood Songs
4:00 Bangali Music and Dance Performance Hampshire Puja and Cultural
Association
4:30 Chinese Music and Dance Performance
Chinese Arts Southampton
5:00 BollyDance Shreya Chugh
5:15 Vedic Society Garba Group
5:30 Chinese dance and Guzheng instrumental performance
Chinese Association of Southampton
5:45 Bollywood Dance – Eastleigh Queens
SPORTS ZONE STAGE
Compares: Frank Mangena
12:00 Mr FunkyFit Opening Motivation noon
12:20 Zumba with Marta
12:40 Mr FunkyFit Funkyfit Boxing
1:00 Southampton Bootcamp
1:20 Zumba with Marta
1:40 Neon Martial Arts
2:00 Southampton Bootcamp
2:20 Mr FunkyFit Motivation Talk
2:40 Zumba with Marta
3:00 Neon Martial Arts
3:20 Southampton Bootcamp
3:40 Mr FunkyFit Funkyfit Boxing
4:00 Zumba with Marta
4:20 Neon Martial Arts
4:40 Southampton Bootcamp 5:00 Mr FunkyFit Closing
MUSIC WORKSHOP TENT
12:30 Flow Rap
1:00 Flow Rap
1:30 Flow Rap
2:15 Turban Making 2:45 African Drumming 3:30 Dhol Drumming 4:15 Indian Singing
5:00 African Drumming
AROUND THE SITE
Keep an eye out! Alice at Mela presented by AUB
Keep an eye out! MAST Youth Theatre Percy Jackson Flash Mob
2:00 – 4:00 The Old Thumper Jazz Band
6:00 Chinese Group Tai Chi
2:00 & 5:00 Lives of Clay — Vidya Thirunarayan
All Day Rajastani Heritage Band
All Day Pantheatrix Walkabout Theatre
Keep an eye out! Nutkhut’s Bride and Groom
12:30 – 5:30 Textile printing
12:30 – 5:30 Mask Making
12:30 – 5:30 Rangoli patterns
12 – 5:00 Creative Cross Currents
12 – 4:00 Weavers and Spinners
7:15 Pantheatrix Fire Show
2:15 – 2:35 & 4:30 – 4:50 Storytelling – African Activities
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If you have any questions about the day, read our FAQ’s section HERE
Our Special thanks goes to…
Our Funders: Arts Council England, Southampton City Council.
Our Sponsors: Solent University, Arts University Bournemouth.
Art Asia Board of Directors and Chief Executive Dahlia Jamil.
Production Team Matt Sanger, Kevin Chambers, Alicia Bermudez Garcia.
Marketing & PR Laura Mulhern. Education Pooja Angra. Administration Sabia Khandaker.
Art Asia Associates Anjali Mavi and Romana Syed.
Photography & Filming Bullet Media. Sound Paul Sparrow.