Telugu Festival, 5th annual conference hosted by Chicago Telugu Association this weekend brought together 1500 Telugu people in and around Chicago, on one avenue, celebrating culture, demonstrating unity and service for activities. The event was held at Copernicus Center in Chicago.
The guest list included Mr. Keeravani, Music Director, Mr. Ravi Madala, President, NATS, Mr. Karunakar Madhavaram, President, ATA, Dr. Ratnam Chitturi, Founder, North South Foundation, Dr. Chundu Veraiah, Board of Director, NATS. Tollywood artists Siya, Sathyam Rajesh and mimicry artist Jithendra.
Telugu Festival 2013 has started off with the “Brahmanjali” performed by kids and Adigo Alladigo Srihari Vasam, Annamacharya Keertana, Song Oh Nama Sivaiah and others directed by noted Dance Teachers from Chicago. Bhuvana Vijayam program presented by Sri Ram Chitti and Team received huge applause from Audience.
Cultural Team including Pavan Vallabhaneni and Sujana Achanta and many other volunteers worked tirelessly to coordinate the programs. Event was anchored by Salila and Anvitha. Stage coordination was done by Phalalochana Rao Vankayalapati and Venkat Uppaluri.
Evening program started with Jyothi Prajwalana and Telugu Festival welcome song “Swagatham Palukutondi CTA”.
Later CTA Executive team was introduced by CTA Board Director, Rao Achanta. CTA’s Executive Team led by Mr. Srinivas Boppana, President, Mr. Sridhar Mumgandi, Ramesh Maryala, Treasurer and all 15 directors were present on stage and thanking the audience for their support and Mr. Srinivas Boppana outlined the vision for the CTA’s new team and seek the community support and ask the community to associated with appropriate Telugu association in order to serve and propagate Telugu culture.
Mr. Praveen Moturu introduced NATS President Ravi Madala outlined the strong bond between CTA and NATS.
In his message, Ravi Madala spoke about the NATS and CTA’s shared bond in serving Telugu community in case of emergency and other times and also how NATS has been supporting CTA since its existence. On this occasion, NATS announced $10,000 donation to CTA towards their service.
In his message ATA message Mr. Karunakar Madhavaram, congratulated and commended CTA’s service activities and thanked the committee for their invitation and asked for more such collaborative events to promote among Telugu community. ATA board members, Satya Kandimella, Narendra Cheemalla and others also present at the event.
Ramesh Maryala, CTA Treasurer said that we tried to accommodate as many attendees as possible, except at the end we had to put no registration, because center was full to full capacity.
At the facility volunteer team led by Madan Pamulapati, Nagendra Vege,Naga Chillapalli and Laxman Kolli helped the attendees and exhibitors.
North South Foundation – Dr. Ratnam Chitturi honored
North Foundation founded by Dr. Ratnam Chitturi was honored with CTA’s Service Excellence Award 2013 for their outstanding service in providing educational scholarships and services in USA and India. So far NSF has delivered more than 10,000 scholarships in India for under privileged students. In his address Dr. Ratnam Chitturi outlined the vision and activities of NSF including spelling bee contests it conducts for Indian Kids across USA. Dr. Chitturi requested parents to involve the kids in its activities like spelling bee, free math and SAT training and help kids succeed.
Ravi Madala felicitated Dr. Ratnam Chitturi with Shawl and ATA President Karunkar Madhavaram presented a memento.
NATS Volleyball Competition (Chicago) winners and runners-up teams were presented with Trophies. NATS congratulated Madan Pamulapati and Subba Rao Putrevu for successfully conducting the tournament in Chicago.
Spectacular Keeravani Concert.
Night program ended with excellent and energetic concert from Keeravani and Team including popular singers Geetha Madhuri, Revanth, Ramya Behara, Bhirava, Noel, Sahithi and Rahul Sipligunj.
Keeravani concert mesmerized the audience with their spectacular show covering songs aimed at various genres for more than 3 hours. Keeravani thanked CTA and its organizers for such wonderful arrangements and hosting.
At the end Keeravani was felicitated and presented with Memento by NATS President.
Tollywood Artist Siya and Sathyam Rajesh gave sizzling performances with their dance items. Mimicry Artist Jithendra presented items with imitating many Tollywood actors receiving huge applause from audience.
Authentic food was served for attendees by food committee members including Varaprasad Bodapati, Niranjan Vallabhaneni, Ram Gavvala, Vinay, Naveen Reddy, Vinay Bandikalla and Jyoteeshwara Reddy.
Colorful Souvenir was released on this occasion and made possible by Venkat Uppalapati, Ramesh Maryala and Navadeep Dopplapudi.
Sridhar Mumgandi presented the Vote of thanks to all members, attendees, donors, sponsors, and fellow Telugu organizations in Chicago for their support and participation. CTA thanked Subba Rao Putrevu, Harshavardhan Reddy, Arvind Aitha, Ram Tunuguntla, Pavan Abba Reddy and Emmaneul Neela for handling the transportation of guests without a glitch.
CTA thanked all the volunteers Sridhar Atluri, Prakash Vishwanathan, Pranav Bethapudi, Partha Chelamalasetty, Aravind Koganti, Chaitanya Gorantiwar, Murali Koganti, Manohar Pamulapati, Ravindra Chirra, Naveen Reddy, Vijay Penumaka, Aravind,Reddappa, Sandeep, Sagar, Naveen, Divya, Rajesh Ramisetty, Ravi Kompalli, Sanket Deshmukh, Ashish Murali, Limson Thaikkattil, Hemant Singh, Rupesh Gupta, Sruthy Vuppala, Hima Bindu, Chandra Modupalli, Pavan Abbareddy, Ram Tunuguntla, Samarendra Singh, Rajit Gummadi, Veeresham Mandapati.
At the end members of CTA remember and dedicated themselves for the objectives of Chicago Telugu Association.
