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Kite Festival 2008, Jan 13
The Gujarati Society of Central Florida hosted celebration of Uttrayan on Jan 13th at Chisholm Park St. Cloud.
Nearly 1000 people from Central Florida attended the Uttrayan (Kite Festival) making it successful start of 2008. The festival was full of fun, food & music. Event started at 11 am and ended at 5 pm. During the event kites were distributed amongst the kites lovers. Thus Gujaratis of Central Florida enjoyed their most favorite festival by flying kites. The sky above the ground was full of so many colorful kites. It was wonderful cloudy weather with moderate wind. This made the whole event entertaining and cheerful.
The delicious Bhajia were served as snacks & Khichdi, vegetable and masala chhas (butter milk) were served in the evening. Looking to overwhelming response to the celebration, Gujarati Society of Central Florida President informed that it is a good beginning of the year and Gujarati Society is coming up with other events during year 2008 including Hoil & Dhuleti Picnic, Navaratri Festival and Talent Show.
The event was covered by East-West Times.
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Group Dance Competition & TALENT SHOW 2007
Group Dance Competition and TALENT SHOW 2007
The 2st Annual Talent Show and Dance Competition was presented by Gujarati Society of Central Florida. It was ( was held on Saturday November 3th, 2007 at the Lyman High School Auditorium in Longwood, Florida.
The attendance was tremendous as the whole theatre was packed with over a 1,200 plus of the community family members and friends. The show lasted about 5 hours that included minor, junior and senior dance competition. The spectators were glued to their seats as the dance performances were fabulous on the stage. There never seemed to be a single dull moment during the long entertaining show. There was great Indian food provided FREE by Gujarati Society of Central Florida to all. Pizza and coke were served to all the kids as well as adults by the volunteers.
This was the 2nd gathering of gujaraties along with other community members of Indian culture under one roof showing the unity of Indians. The leader of the community said “Gujarati Society plans to continue these types of Talent Shows and Dance Competition Events in the coming years and would like to take it to a National Level.”
The Motto of Gujarati Society of Central Florida's is to encourage youths and kids to bring out their talants, and would like the future generation to keep our tradition going on for years to come. In view of this for the first time Master of Ceremony (MC) was handled by youth of Gujarati Society.
| Name | Dance Title | Positions | |
| Minor Best Overall Performance | Lakshya | Maro Ghumar | 1st Place |
| C. Dance Studio | Krishna Remix | 2nd Place | |
| Bollywood Masti | Maiya Yashoda Tera Kanaiya | 3rd Place | |
| Minor Best Choreography | Lakshya | Maro Gumar | |
| Minor Best Overall Performance | Lakshya | Morni Baga Mei Bole Adhi Raat Ko | |
| Minor Best Costume | Lakshya | Maro Gumar | |
| Junior Best Overall Performance | Gokulam | Gopi Vrindavan | 1st Place |
| C. Dance Studio | Hoto Pe Aiai Baat Mein | 2nd Place | |
| Bollywood Masti | Bol Re Kathputi Dori | 3rd Place | |
| Junior Best Choreography | Gokulam | Gopi Vrindavan | |
| Junior Best Costume | Gokulam | Gopi Vrindavan | |
| Senior Best Overall Performance | C. Dance Studio | Kathak Fusion | 1st Place |
| UF ISA Garba Team | Kamangaro Kanaiya | 2nd Place | |
| Cauldron Art | Paisa | 3rd Place | |
| Senior Best Choreography | Mother & Daughter Group | Saval Javaab Jugal Bandhi | |
| Senior Best Overall Performance | Mother & Daughter Group | Saval Javaab Jugal Bandhi | |
| Senior Best Costume | C. Dance Studio | Kathak Fusion |
GARBA & NAVRATRI CELEBRATION Oct 2007
The Volunteers of Gujarati Society of Central Florida, Inc. had a big smile on his face and a deep inner satisfaction as the Navratri Celebration came to an end on Saturday October 20th, 2007. e of the Holy Festivals of Hinduism, was observed in honor of nine (9) manifestations of Maa Durga and in a peaceful and orderly manner.
Top Musical Groups, Raj & Smruti Pandya Parivar and Group from Kentucky and Jaankar, India performed with the best of musical tones as well as their musical artistry, kept 2 year old children, youths and adult women and men dancing in circles around the Garbo with Ambe Maa being at the center of the hall.
The most exciting part of the festivity was the Garba competition for kids, youths and adults. The winners were awarded with impressive trophies which were kindly donated by (Sky Telecom) Tino and Dolly Patel of Orlando. The Judges were Alka Shukla and Pallavi Patel.
In addition with all the exciting items of the festivities, a very special guests from the Orange County Sheriffs Department paid a courtesy visit in their impressive outfits at the invitation of Gujarati Society of Central Florida. Under Sheriff Jerry L. Demings, who is chief sheriff for the entire department were delighted to be part of the festivity.
The Gujarati Society Members could not resist having a taste of Indian Food that was being served by Khasiat Restaurent and Udipi. On Last dat the volunteers served Gotas to all making the event so much more memorable.
Special Thanks to Mahesh Gore for volunteer services to do Aarti.
Kite Festival 2007 (Uttarayan)
The Gujarati Society of Central Florida hosted celebration of Uttrayan on Jan 14th at Chisholm Park St. Cloud.
Nearly 1200 people from Orlando, Kissimmee, Ocala, Jacksonville, Plant City, etc. attended the Uttrayan (Kite Festival) making it successful start of 2007. The festival was full of fun, food & music. Event started at 11 am and ended at 5 pm. During the event kites were distributed amongst the kites lovers. Thus Gujaratis of Central Florida enjoyed their most favorite festival by flying kites. The sky above the ground was full of so many colorful kites. It was wonderful sunny weather with moderate wind. Picnic games were organized for the rest of the people. This made the whole event entertaining and cheerful.
The delicious food of Bhajia, Ghanthia, Jalebi , Pizza were served as snacks & Khichdi vegetable and masala chhas (butter milk) were served in the evening. Looking to overwhelming response to the celebration, Gujarati Society of Central Florida President informed that it is a good beginning of the year and Gujarati Society is coming up with other events during year 2007 including Hoili & Dhuleti Picnic, Navaratri Festival and Talent Show.
The event was covered by East-West Times and TV Asia and will be shown during community roundup program.