
Invocation (Sri Krishnashtakam in Sanskrit) was by Master Hanuman Gowda son
of Dr. Bharathi Gowda followed by VPA-Anthem
(Dr. K.V. Puttappa ' s,
Oh nanna chetana sung by
- Gayathri Shankar
- Leela sreenivas
- Srinivas Gowda
- Seetharam Gowda
- Sandesh Sreenivas - Tabala
Deepavali, a "festival of lights" was marked by lighting Deepas and Candles by women and men dressed in vibrant colors. They wished every one "Deepavaliya shubashayagalu".

Dr. Seetharam Gowda ,President of VPA-EAST welcomed the Members gathered at the Deepavali 2000
Get-Together function on behalf of all
VPA-EAST members. He expressed his appreciation
to all the committee members for taking initiative and working hard to
make this function in Baltimore Washington Area a success.
Dr. Channe Gowda, Vice President
of VPA-EAST introduced and welcomed the new executive committee (2001-2002)
members,
- President Mr. Srinivas Gowda
- Vice President Mr. Mahadev Sitaram
- Secretary Dr.V.Sreenivas
- Joint Secretary Mr. Suresh Gowda
- Treasurer Ms. Meena Gowda
- Joint Treasurer Mr. Ben Kantharaju
Dr. V. Sreenivas gave farewell to the present executive committee members and he praised
their effort in creation of web-page, monumental cultural activities and digital pictures.
Dr. M. Anjanappa introduced 2001-2002 VPA National Office Bearers.
- President Mr. Srinivasa Gowda
- Vice President Mr. Srinivas Gowda
- Secretary Mr. Babu Veeregowda
- Joint Secretary Dr. Channe Gowda
- Trustees Mrs. Vanitha Kuppalli
- Youth Committee Ms. Shirin Sudhakar
He also gave minutes of VPA-2000 Chicago Convention. He reminded everyone about
upcoming 2002 National VPA Convention.

Mr. H. Appajappa, Rtd Chief Engineer, shared his experience in Karnataka Public Service.
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Shirin Sudhakar assisted by Mrs. Shashikala Sridhar, Nithin Jayadev, Shakya Harish, Manu Kuppalli, Smitha Gowda and Ashwini Anjanappa were the master of ceremony for the cultural events
. There were lot of cultural events that afternoon,
- Monoacting by Sandesh Sreenivas
- Bharathanatya and Folk Dance by Lakshmi Sridhar
- Classical Songs by Vinodini Gowda
- Karate Show by Pavan Kantharaju
- Film Song by Sai Prakash
- Song by Gayathri Shankar
- Skit by Bhyrava Kadalur and Sandesh Sreenivas

The closing remarks was by Mr. Srinivas Gowda.

Festival of Lights was ended by lighting colorful sparkler ' by children.

Click below to see the highlights of the afternoon.
Photo Gallery

Mail Shankar Chakkere, if you have any suggestion or appreciation.

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