MAC celebrates annual Family Social

June 4, 2013

Ottawa, Jun 4: The Family Social organized by the Mangalorean Association of Canada (MAC) recently was a remarkable demonstration of organization, pulsating music, delicious food and pure fun.

The event began with MAC President Ronald Fernandes’s address where he highlighted the support of sponsors and selflessness of the volunteers. He also thanked the clergy for their continued spiritual support to the association.

The band and DJ, The Marauders, led by Ralph Privitera and ably supported by Pete Cosgrove, Rick Matten, Dominic DeSouza and Errol DeMello made the event memorable with their fantastic youthful music and singing.

The highlight of the Family Social was the amazing performance by a group of youngsters, whose dance group is called ‘Heartbeats’. Kudos to the young performers: Irita Karmalkar, Michelle Patrao, Naomi Shankar, Amit Shankar, Rhea Pinto & Shreya Goyal who displayed an energy and enthusiasm parallel to none. The audience was enthralled as the youth displayed a confidence, agility and a lively spirit that had everyone swinging to the beat of the music.

The attractive door prizes and the raffle prizes allured the guests who rushed to buy tickets. The lucky winners were thrilled and satisfied to win many gifts.

Our generous sponsors are: UAE Exchange (Gurpreet Singh Bedi and Ahsan Jamil), G. Gord Mohan, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Public; Rohan Pinto of Panago; Aloysius D’Souza of Konkan Delite; Frank Serrao of Toyota; Freda and Jacinto DeSouza of International Cantrad Services; Sushil Vaz, Financial Advisor and Realtor; Wilson D’Souza, Mortgage Specialist at BMO; Stan Goveas of Rock of Colors/Peace Monuments; Ravi Fernandes of Trinity Auto Centre; Flavian Pinto, SunLife Financial Advisor; Ratan Samuel of Can-Global Alliance Inc., Well Wishers from Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo; Jersen Marques of Jersen Marques Photography; Hemant Rainagar of Century Travel Services; Arunlal Menezes c/o Fr. Muller’s Charitable Foundation; Ronald and Leo Rego of Rego International; Peter D’Souza of Peter’s Driving Training and Realtor; Dr. Ecaterina Manea, Toronto 7 Dental Spa; Ronald Mathias, Broker/Remax Realty; Oliver Sequeira of Cargolink Worldwide Ltd., Charlotte D’Souza of Lavis for Life; Maxim D’Mello of Maxpres Financial Solutions; Vijay Dante of Udupi Madras Cage and Jaspal of HB Accounting. We would like to thank in a very special way Pradip Rodrigues, Editor of CanIndia News (Division of World Media Corp (Canada) for providing exposure and promoting the event and its details in its edition of CanIndia.

MAC_2

MAC_3

MAC_4

MAC_5

MAC_6

MAC_7

MAC_8

MAC_9

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

Kuwait Kannada Koota organizes Daasotsava

Media Release

March 2,2020

Kuwait: State of Karnataka is enriched with Daasa culture, which had contributed immensely to its literature, culture, art & philosophy. Daasa tradition in Karnataka was part of the Bhakti movement which flourished from around 15th century and it extended considerable spiritual influence over the masses. Kuwait Kannada Koota, a socio-cultural association for the people of Karnataka in Kuwait, organized its annual Daasotsava on 14th February 2020 in remembrance of these saints, thereby displaying the rich cultural heritage of the state.

The program started with a warm welcome address by Mrs. Spoorthy Kamath, convener of cultural committee. Divine invocation prayer by Mrs. Vasantha Ashok and Mrs. Sandhya Arun set the trend for the event. This was followed by lighting of the traditional lamp by the 2020 executive committee, comprising of President Mr. Rajesh Vittal, Vice President Mr. Sandeep Chabba, General Secretary Mr. Praveen Kumar Shetty and Treasurer Mr. Pradeep Rao. President, while welcoming the gathering, spoke about the importance of Daasas in Kannada literature & history and briefed about the series of upcoming programs. Cultural programs started with fancy dress competition by Koota children comprising of all age group starting from infants to elder kids. This program stole the show as the efforts & time invested by children and their parents were clearly visible.

2019 executive committee was felicitated by the current committee for wonderfully managing Koota affairs & programs. This was followed by the release of Koota magazine “Marala Mallige", comprising of informative articles, drawings, poems etc., entirely contributed by the association members. Event’s main attraction “Vrindavana Leelavarana", a colorful dance drama spectacularly portrayed by 54 Koota children, was very well appreciated & received by the attendees. Association children who successfully completed 10th and 12th were felicitated as a token of encouragement. Executive committee gave away prizes to Kids who excelled in the stage competitions held earlier. Audience was treated to a divine and melodious Bhajan program conducted astutely by the ladies & men. Koota women performed Bhajan Kolata, along with ladies bhajan, in a well-coordinated manner. Vote of thanks was proposed by the secretary of Koota, thanking those who contributed for the success of the event. Another attraction was a quiz competition “Rasa Prashne", conducted efficiently between the programs, by Mr. Mahesh Shiramgond.

The whole event was planned and executed astutely by the cultural committee under the leadership of Convener, Mrs. Spoorthy Kamath. Public Relations Committee, led by Mrs. Suparna Dambal, welcomed the members in a vibrant & colorful way, showcasing a beautifully erected divine mantap. The event was sponsored by Unimoni, LIC HFL, VSPL, Geetherb, Kotak Life Insurance, Joy Alukkas, Lulu Hypermarket & Total Environment. The program ended with a sumptuous satvik lunch, sponsored by the senior Koota member, Mr. Ramachandran Seetharaman.

Comments