{"520091":{"#nid":"520091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Indian Culture Takes Stage at Holi Show","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent performers from across the country will celebrate Indian culture Saturday night on campus at the India Club\u2019s Holi Show: Dhadkan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHoli Show displays our rich and varied culture through student musical and dance performances and ultimately brings our community together,\u201d said Shiv Patel, senior advisor for the India Club.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoli Show is held annually at Georgia Tech corresponding with the event, Holi Festival. Culturally, Holi signifies the festival of colors and is a time when friends and family unite to celebrate the happy occasion. It is an important festival to Hindus, along with other Indians and people of south Asian origin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s Holi Show features 12 teams chosen by India Club members through an audition process open to the general public. The performances vary from Bollywood fusion dance to Indian classical dance. The show also features one of Georgia Tech\u2019s premier acappella groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHoli Show has it all,\u201d Patel said. \u201cIt serves as a one-stop show for anyone on campus wishing to connect with rich Indian culture.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s Holi Show has more than 255 students performing, and for the first time, the event will incorporate audience voting to award performers and increase audience interaction. There will be five categories for which audience members will be able to vote for winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the India Club\u2019s largest event, Holi Show 2016: Dhadkan! is expected to have more than 1,000 attendees on Saturday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts. For those who are unable to attend, India Club is making videos of all this year\u2019s performers available online \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dhadkan2016.com\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent performers from across the country will celebrate Indian culture Saturday night on campus at the India Club\u2019s Holi Show: Dhadkan.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student performers from across the country will celebrate Indian culture Saturday night on campus at the India Club\u2019s Holi Show: Dhadkan."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-03-31 15:59:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:14","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"520061":{"id":"520061","type":"image","title":"Holi Show","body":null,"created":"1459530001","gmt_created":"2016-04-01 17:00:01","changed":"1475895286","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:46","alt":"Holi Show","file":{"fid":"205283","name":"picture1_0.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/picture1_0_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/picture1_0_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":531135,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/picture1_0_0.png?itok=VAgVg0rS"}}},"media_ids":["520061"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dhadkan2016.com\/","title":"Dhadkan 2016"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtindiaclub.com\/","title":"GT India Club"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3093","name":"culture"},{"id":"171876","name":"holi show"},{"id":"2998","name":"India"},{"id":"1759","name":"india club"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJulia Faherty\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}