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SEE BELOW FOR IMPORTANT DETAILED EVENT INFO:
The Ticketed portion of the day (from 4:15 and on) costs $40 per person. Pay for your ticket at the venue anytime before the 4:15 start (or after if you arrive late). Tell them you are part of the "Eastside Fun Meetup" Group. Tickets are set aside for us. Let's meet together at the entrance by 3:45

All of the presentations BEFORE 4:15 are free to the public. If you decide to spend the day, you can buy your ticket anytime just meet up with us at 3:45. The full day schedule is below.

There will be South Indian vegetarian food available for purchase. They serve lunch and dinner at the Comfort Inn ballroom, which is located across from CSU. The timings are: 12-2 for lunch and 7:30-10 for dinner. It is $15/plate. There are also many local restaurants within walking distance of the venue.

I hope this clarifies any questions.
Refer to the detailed schedule below. We will meet together at the entrance by 3:45 so we can go in together when the doors open for the 4:15 performance start. Feel free to go early to the free events!
See you soon!
Civia

| Saturday April 11, 2026 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU |
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| 8:30am – 9:30am |

Conceptualized & Presented by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Delhi P. Sunder Rajan and Divya Ramesh of CA | |

| 10:00am – 12:30pm | Meenakshi Pancharathnam
A dance-drama composed by Dr Rukmini Ramani

Orchestra
Sriya Srinivas & Sreeja Srinivas (Vocal)
J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam)
Srikar Satish of TX (flute)
Sanika Pande of CA (veena)
Dance by students of Suba Parmar, Vidya Sankaranarayanan, Sree Lakshmanan, Indhumadhi Gopalakrishnan, Aparna Ram, and Lavanya Mahadevan |

| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Odhuvar
M. Muthukumaran & C. Sivakumar (Vocal)
Avaneesh Muralidharan of GA (violin)
M. Sivakumar (mridangam)
Ashok Gurumurthy of MI (kanjira) |

| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Flute Ensemble
Presented by J.A. Jayant and his disciples
C.S. Chinmayi (violin)
Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam)
Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |

| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. |
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| 4:15pm – 6:00pm |

A Dance Ballet presented by the Trinity Center of Music (CA)

Dance Choreography by Vidya Krishnan of CA

Music by Anuradha Sridhar of CA |
| 6:15pm – 7:15pm | 2025 Performance Competition Winner

Anjali Gowri Talluru of PA (Bharathanatyam) |
| 7:30pm – 9:30pm | Dvayam — Both Sides of Truth

Based on Kalki's Epic Historical Novel, Ponniyin Selvan

Composer: Kala Ratha K. Bharat Sundar

Side 1: Adithya Karikalan

Choreographer: Kala Rathna Navia Natarajan

Side 2: Nandini

Choreographer: Kala Rathna Aishwarya Balasubramanian of NH

Orchestra

Vilasini Gopal of VA (Nattuvangam)

S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal)

Manasa Suresh of CA (Vocal)

Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam)

Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA (flute)

Karthik P. Iyer of IL (violin)

Dancers

Akshath Piram of DE

Chinmayee Ramaswamy of OH

Isha Jiju of ON

Janisha Thurairajah of ON

Nandita Srikumar of OH

Priyanka Mosur of GA

Ramya C. Joshi of VA

Sahana Ramkumar of NJ

Kala Rathna Sharanya Balaji of MA

Sharanya Swaminathan of MI

Shreeya Suriyanarayanan of NJ |

BUT, and that’s a very big BUTT: sometimes people sign up BUT don’t come, and that makes me hangry!!! It also makes me want to start giving spankings — because then people who are on the waitlist don’t get a chance to come! So everybody loses. We don’t want everybody to lose, do we?! imagine yourself in their place. The worst part of it is, is that I don’t get to see your cutie patootie little face! And the rest of your friends here don’t get to see your cutie little patootie face either! We can’t have that, can we?!

Never fear I have fixed this problem:

So now you owe me a dollar. Yesssss a dollar. For realzzzzzz. And this is not just any dollar —this is a MAGICAL dollar!!! The US mint only makes magical dollars every 72 years, almost like Haley’s Comet!

This $1.00 goes to Meetup and reserves your spot! If I do not see this dollar from you by the deadline (in the title of the posting), then I will very very VERY
reluctantly have to move you to the waitlist and your spot is no longer guaranteed.

The $1.00 is non-refundable to hold your spot. If you can’t attend, please cancel so someone on the waitlist can join. If the one dollar is not paid by the deadline, you will be moved to the waitlist.
The Meetup site is cray cray and so I am inputting my payment methods for the MAGICAL $1 here; thank you for your patience:
PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/YTLQVTEM7KR8Q
VENMO: Please find AlexAndriaCESF
I will manually check in VENMO or PAYPAL to see if you have paid the MAGICAL $1, so do not be alarmed if your status on ‘Meetup’ still shows as ‘unpaid’.
Remember:
This $1.00 is separate from the cost of the activity which goes to the venue. I will always give you a means to pay the venue. Some venues don’t have a cost, but that does not mean you get out of paying Meetup the $1.00.

Capisce!!?

And now a drum roll please. I said drum. roll. Please!

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Do you enjoy South Indian classical music and dance? Imagine the smooth sounds of the sitar, tabla, and sarod against the backdrop of bright flower chains, dazzling saris, and gem-studded scarves.

Back in 1767, Kakaria Tyagabrahmam aka Thyagaraja was born in Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state in India. He became a composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. His music became well - respected as the theme of these amazing sounds are the 'act of glorifying God or a person'.

This festival takes place on the 5th day of the waning moon in the Hindu lunar month of Pushya EVERY YEAR and features musicians performing Thyagaraja's compositions. BUT, and that's a very big BUTT, we don't need to travel all the way to India to witness these beautiful works! All we have to do is mosey on down to the Music Building of Cleveland State University!

Please join me in celebrating at the Thyagaraja Festival! Feel free to wear your Indian attire and / comfortable clothes and get ready for some fun!

DETAIL including Tickets and food TBA when they update their website.
Please help me check this link:
Tickets to the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival