PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, April 13: One of the oldest clubs of Jamshedpur, The Bengal Club in Sakchi will be celebrating its centenary on the Bengali New Year’s Day ( or Poila Baisakh ) on April 15.
The club recently underwent a complete renovation. A new banquet hall was also constructed on the club’s first floor.
The centenary celebration will be a three-day programme with a whiff of traditional cuisine to excite taste buds along with the celebratory adrenaline.
The Bengal Club president Tapas Mitra said they have invited chief minister Hemant Soren as the chief guest for the centenary celebration.
Day 1 will feature the inaugural fare with the traditional blowing of the conch shell to usher in happiness followed by the melody of Shehnai by a musical team from Kolkata. Popular artist Biplab Roy will ensure that the entire Bengal Club depicts the culture and tradition of Bengal that this institution has ensconced through 100 years of changing times.
Day 2 (April 16) will be dedicated to events through 100 years of the Bengal Club. The icing on the cake will be the performance of two internationally reputed artists, Pandit Tanmay Bose and Ustad Aman Ali Bangash to make the evening a memorable sojourn for music lovers.
The final day of celebrations, Day 3 (April 17) will comprise an aura of ethereal joy with semi-classical music by the famed duo of Sourendra and Soumyajit.
Apart from the three days of celebration, the Bengal Club has chalked out special events for the entire year.
Famed danseuse and director Alokananda Roy and her dance troupe will perform on May 15 to dance into the hearts of people with delightful combinations of dance forms.
The other events to be rolled out by the Club throughout the year will include the All India Yogasana Competition.
A bodybuilding and powerlifting competition in June and July a drama festival with theatrical presentations by masters of theatre Gautam Haldar, Deb Shankar Haldar and Manashi Sinha ( in August), Grand celebration of Durgotsav and Bijoya Sammelani (September-October) and this will be followed up by a Poush Mela in January next year.
