The stalls were professionally presented with a number of stalls making an extra special effort in décor and displaying their goods and services. The especially printed, full colour, free magazine, “Eastern Bride” this year had 192 pages and proved to be very popular.

The fashion show / extravaganza was performed 9 times over the week-end with every show drawing capacity audiences. The fashion shows were choreographed by Kshitij Vaishnav and Khushbu Jadav of the world renowned Shiamak Davar Insitute for Performing Arts (India). The distinguished presence of fashion designers, Vikram Phadnis and Payal Singhall, exhibiting their exquisite designs brought a touch of class to the show which featured 80 local performers.

The highlight of the show was the appearance of Meenal Jain and Vishal Kothari of Sony’s Indian Idol fame who performed in all 9 fashion shows and had members of the audience dancing with them.

A new successful addition of this year’s fair was a Young Designer section where talented local designers were given a display areas as well as a model ramp to showcase their creations at no charge. The large attendance of these fashion shows was indicative of their popularity.

Sunday Times also went the extra mile by setting up a special exquisite “Theatre of Food” at the fair where the popular Asha Maharaj and other chefs demonstrated cooking of exquisite dishes.

While the curtain is drawn on another successful Fair in the 12th year history, planning now begins for the 2012 Sunday Times Eastern Bridal Fair.