Punjab Centre hosts new year’s gala

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To ring in year 2015 in style, the splendid new Punjab Culture Centre at 1770 King Edward St., featured its first gala new year’s eve dinner and dance.

It was a great party setting. The posh grand ballroom was outfitted with bold decorations and over six hundred revellers attended the bash. Guests were treated to an eight-course Indian meal, presented by The Taj, the centre’s onsite restaurant.

Dave Dhalla, owner of The Taj and event organizer said “it was a terrific success. To have so many people attended this first time event was amazing.”  

After the sumptuous feast, it was time to dance in the new year. The newspaper dance game was the most hilarious of the evening. Twelve pairs of dancers were called up to dance on centre stage on one sheet of paper, with their feet not allowed to touch the floor outside the paper.

The music was stopped at short intervals and the newspaper was folded once. The process continued until just one pair was standing’. The creative winners featured a man dancing on one foot on a shoe-sized piece of paper while lifting his dance partner.

The impressive, $10 million Punjab Cultural Centre was funded by members of the Punjabi community and the three levels of government.

“This non-profit, huge 40,000-square-foot multi-purpose building is unique in Canada… and it’s available to the entire community,” said Dost Mughal, marketing and banquet manager for the centre.

The centre can accommodate meetings, special events, large conferences and conventions, banquets, and weddings.
 
On Jan. 31, it will host live pro wrestling and this summer the popular Punjab Folklorama Pavilion will be staged at the centre. For more info, contact Dost Mughal at 204-291-0596

Derek Dabee is a community correspondent for The Maples. You can contact him at ddabee@mymts.net