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The 41st Rose Festival had a majestic opening today amidst blooming roses in Rose Garden Sector 16 with black clouds wading away to a pleasant weather. Adviser to the Administrator Sh. K.K. Sharma inaugurated the Rose Festival in the presence of Subhash Chawla, Mayor, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation other senior officers of Chandigarh Administration and many Councilors of the Corporation. The lively inaugural ceremony commenced with the beating of drums, releasing of colorful balloons, playing of bands, NZCC folk dance performances displayed by artists of different states, showcasing of regional art forms. Since morning there was fun n Frolic and a lot of entertainment and festivities awaiting the residents of the Tricity as well as the visitors present at the Rose Garden during inaugural celebrations of Rose Festival. The Rose Festival is a big bonanza of celebrations in the city from 22nd February to 24th February , 2013. For the 41st edition of the three days mega event,The Chandigarh Administration and Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh have teamed up for making best of preparations at the beautiful Rose Garden and the Leisure valley. During this annual mega tourism event Tourism Department has three high entertainment musical evenings arranged for Public and visitors during this weekend.The entrance to the Leisure Valley is decorated beautifully with large sized flowers hanging out of the baskets at the entry gate. The event started with visitors taking round of beautiful flower decoration stalls with display of price winning entries in different categories of flower arrangements. At both venues Rose Garden and Leisure Valley thousands of visitors thronged to be a part of this festivity. Since, Rose Festival is an event dipped in entertainment and topped up with glamour quotient, thereby three special nites will be held on all three days. The day had an exciting start with fresh and innovative competitions like floral Hat contest with youngsters adorning different colorful hats with various display of roses and other flowers. Ms & Mr.Rose Chandigarh contest had a semifinal display at the main venue in the Rose Festival which got a rousing applause with innovative dress, styles and question answer rounds. The finale of Mr. & Ms. Rose Contest shall be held at Leisure Valley at 7:00 PM on Saturday Nite. Sh. Rajiv Thakur comedian shall also regale the public on Saturday evening alongwith Fashion show where the contestants of Ms & Mr. Rose Chandigarh will walk the ramp at Leisure Valley. The upcoming Rose Festival promises to be an event to watch out, as regular entertaining events shall be held on each day alongwith other competitions like Rose Prince & Princess competition, Kite Flying competition and photography exhibition scheduled on Saturday at Rose Garden. On Sunday Kunal Ganjewala renowned Bollywood Singer will perform at Lesiure Valley in the evening. A number of cultural programs and competitions ranging flower competition, Rose Prince and princess competition, Brass and pipe band competition, fancy floral hat competition ,on the spot painting competition, Rose Quiz competition, Folk dance competition, photography competition, Antakshri competition and Kite flying competition are lined up to make this mega event a big attraction for the age groups. Besides these other programs during Rose Festival will include events for children, photographers and craftsmen, Food Street, cuisine & culture display during the celebration of Festival. There will be day-long cultural performances at the open air main stage platform in Rose Garden and evening performances at the Leisure Valley. Some of the exhibitors at the festival are be Chandigarh Tourism, Traffic Police, Government Museum and Art Gallery Sector 10, STEPS, Le Corbusier Centre, Home Science College, Sector 10, Chandigarh. The amusement park shall provide all entertainment to the children and public. Today evening Sarbjit Cheema popular Punjabi singer will mesmerize the audience with belting out his popular hits at Leisure Valley.
