Rangla Punjab exhibits Punjab’s culture

CHICAGO, IL — One of the most-awaited cultural programs of the year, ‘Rangla Punjab 2018’ organized by the Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago (PCS) was celebrated with great success.

The local community, primarily those born and raised here, came together to celebrate the Punjabi festival of Vaisakhi. The event electrified the audience for some five hours at Meadows Clubs in Rolling Meadows, a Northwest suburb of Chicago.

More than 1,000 people were in attendance at this sold-out event, with about 250 participants, more than 35 acts, and 50 organizers.

The memorable, family-oriented show encompassed a record-breaking number of vibrant, energetic, authentic Punjabi folk dances and cultural performances. Participating teams hailed from all around Chicagoland and the neighboring states of Wisconsin and Indiana, and they featured children as young as the age of five, all the way up to adults.

The evening was started with a ‘Shabad’, prayer, by the children of Gurmat School of the Sikh Religious Society (SRS) of Palatine. Colorful dances and songs were performed by local artists of all age groups.

Bhangra teams like Navi Paneeri, Kaum Punjab Di, Warriors Bhangra, gidha dances performed by groups like Shaunkana Chicago Diyan, Milwaukee Gidha, and Bollywood Arts Academy, and Chicago’s renown singers Manmeet Kaur, Mona Bhalla, Maddy Singh, and Parina Mehrotra, put on an unforgettable show.

The program also featured a book (‘Engineering a Life’ by author Krishan Bedi) release ceremony held on the stage in the presence of the PCS president and chairman. A new music video by Maddy Singh was also released.

Dr. Bhupinder Singh Saini of Advance Pain Management Milwaukee was the patron, and Dr. Narinder Singh Grewal of Advance Pain Management of California was the Platinum sponsor.

The event’s Grand Sponsor was Rajpreet Kaur and Bhupinder Singh Dhaliwal. The Silver sponsors were Major Gurcharn Singh Jhaj, Kevindeep Singh Atwal, Lakhvir Singh Sahota, Santokh Singh DC, and Jesse Sahota.

The Bronze sponsors were Dr. Amarjit Singh, Harkewal Singh Lally, Nick Balwinder Singh, Jaidev Singh Bhathal, Gulzar Singh Multani, Amrikpal Singh, Jagjit Singh Dhindsa, Manjeet Singh Bhalla, Dr. Bhupinder Singh Pelia, Harjit Singh, Dinesh Sharma, Mehar Singh Salhan, Prince Ghotra, Harpreet Singh Chawla, Manmohan Singh Saini, Amrik Singh (Amar Carpets), Harkirat Singh Sandhu, Bikram Singh Sohi, Happy Multani, and Laddi Singh.

PCS’s upcoming events are a PCS Youth Graduation and Scholarship Night”, which includes “Rangla Punjab” participant appreciation and awards, on June 10 at the Viceroy of India Restaurant in Lombard, Illinois, the “PCS Sports Festival” in August, and an appearance in the “McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” on November 22 at State Street Chicago.

‘Rangla Punjab 2019’ will be held on April 27.

The Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago is an all-volunteer not-for-profit community service organization devoted to promoting Punjabi culture, language, performing arts, education, good citizenship, healthy life style, and sports in the metropolitan Chicago area and beyond.