Invocation (Sri Mahaganesha Pancharatna in Sanskrit) was by Master Mahesh 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
- Shankar Chakkere
- Sandesh Sreenivas - Tabala
Dr. Seetharam Gowda ,President of VPA-EAST welcomed the Members gathered at the Spring 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.
Dr. Seetharam Gowda, President
of VPA-EAST introduced and welcomed the chief guests
of honor Dr. Devangi M Sreekanth ,National VPA President
and Ramesh Malekal , National VPA Secretary.
Mr. Srinivas Gowda, Treasurer , VPA-EAST
presented the financial report for the
year 1999.
Dr. Sreekanth and Mr. Malekal
thanked VPA-EAST for inviting them for the get-together and presented
the status of the National VPA. They invited all the
VPA-EAST members and their families to the VPA Millenium convention 2000 in
Indian Lakes Resort at Chicago.
They hoped that VPA members will be able to take this
opportunity to combine this VPA conference with a leisurely vacation for the
whole family.
The registration form is here.
Dr. Anjanappa, Election officer presided the election of the new office bearers for
the year 2000 - 2002. Following are the new office bearers:
- Mr. Srinivas Gowda, Frederick MD, President
- Dr. Sreenivas V, Silver Spring MD,Secretary
- Mr. Suresh Gowda, Glen Allen VA, Joint Secretary
- Ms. Meena Gowda, Brookeville MD, Treasurer
- Mr. Shankar Chakkere, Germantown MD, Web Master
Mr. Srinivasa Gowda, Cherry Hill NJ, former VPA-EAST President was nominated
for the National VPA President for the year 2000-2002. The election will be
held at Chicago VPA Millenium Convention.
Here is the snapshot of the proceedings.
Anupama Gowda, Secretary of VPA-EAST, Manu Kuppalli, V Sreenivas were the master of ceremony for the cultural events
. There were lot of cultural events that night,
- Tabala by Sandesh Sreenivas
- Songs by Gayathri Shankar and Leela Sreenivas
- Bhangra Dance by Manasa Kuppalli, Divya Suresh, and Hamsa Gowda
- Classical Songs by Vinodini Gowda
- Bharathanatya by Lakshmi Sridhar
- Bhangra Dance by Ashwini Anjanappa, Meghana Rajagopal, Seema Kuppalli and
Smitha Gowda
- My Heritage, a speech by Ms. Shruthi Mahalingaiah
- Kolata by Anjanappa,Nalini,Sandesh,Leela,Prafulla,Vanitha,Srinivas,Sujatha, Seetharam and Swarup
Here is the video of the Kolata, the days highlight!.
The Vote of Thanks was given by Dr. Channe Gowda.
The cultural events were adjourned at 7 P.M. to join dinner.
DJ (D.J Express) was another attraction after the dinner. Children and
Adults joined and danced together till 10.30 P.M
Click below to see the highlights of the night captured by
Shankar Chakkere and Dr. V.Sreenivas.
Highlights
VPA EAST appreciates the help of following people
- Drs. Dunthur and Vanitha Puttaswamy, Chester NY and
Mr and Mrs. Ramachandra and Tara Gowda, Virginia Beach VA for their
generous donations for this event.
- Mrs. Nalini and Dr. M. Anjanappa, Mrs. Swaroop and Dr. Seetharam Gowda, Ms. Smitha Gowda and
Ms. Ashwini Anjanappa for choreographing the Kolata and their dedication
for making this event colorful.
- Dr. V.Sreenivas for taking the photographs and
preparing Certificates to award and honor Children ' s accomplishments on behalf of
VPA-East.
- Dr. Kusumadhara Gowda and Dr. Chandra Mohan for Video-graphing the event.
- Special thanks to Anupama Gowda, Seetha Gowda, Charitha Gowda, Charan Gowda,
Smitha Gowda, Ashwini Anjanappa, Sumanth Kuppalli and Meghana Rajagopal for
helping at registration desk.
If you have helped some way and not listed here, Please don't be offended,
Mail us , We will list your service here.
Mail Shankar Chakkere, if you have any suggestion or appreciation.
[Last Update : Wed Jun 27 10:40:46 EDT 2001
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