SECOND LUMBINI DANCE COMPETITION RESULTS 
Lumbini Arts Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 
2001 Dance competition
 

November, 2001
 
At the Second Lumbini Dance Competition convened by Professor V. Subramaniam  and  Jaya Subramaniam that took place on Sunday, November 25, 2001, at Carleton University, Ottawa, the following dancers participated and gave an excellent performance in front of six distinguished judges and a large discerning audience.  All of them received a certificate in appreciation of the participation and commendable performance from Dr. Somesh Bhargava and Srimati Anju Bhargava, chief guests for the event. 

Anita Ranjani Seth, Philadelphia 
Annila Tharakan, Ottawa 
Asha Sitaram, Ottawa 
Brindhena Somasegaram, Toronto 
Divya Visvanathan, Montreal 
Gayatri Kumar, Toronto 
Karthiga Dharmananda, Toronto 
Kavita Radhakrishnan, San Francisco 
Madhavi Cheruvu, San Francisco 
Niranchana Gunaseelan, Toronto 
Pooja Kumar, Cleveland 
Priyanka Patnaik, Ottawa 
Scheherazaad Cooper, Vancouver 
Seetha Radhakrishnan, Montreal 
Shalini Cherla, Ottawa 
Sheela Srinivasan, Toronto 
Swiya Nath, Totronto 

Unfortunately, Sureka Radhakrishnan's disciple, Yasintha Vivekanandarajah of Toronto, could not take part. 
  
Pooja Kumar (Cleveland) 
Seetha Radhakrishnan (Montreal) 
Madhavi Cheruvu (San Francisco) 
Scheherazaad Cooper (Vancouver) 
Gayatri Kumar (Toronto) 

were adjudged    winners and awarded a cash prize of $500 each. The prize also included an invitation to perform in Bonn, Germany in the summer of 2003. 

The Judges were, Padmabhushan Kamala (New York), Fred Traguth (Bonn, Germany), Mekhala Devi Natavar (Duke Univ., North Carolina), Professor T.S.Rukmani (Concordia, Montreal), Lakshmi Ranganathan (Queens Univ., Kingston, Ontario) and Richard Tremblay, (Montreal). 

This competition was part of a three day event Conference on Performing Arts, State and Society, November 23-25, 2001, held at Carleton University, Ottawa.