Telugu Association of Greater Delaware Valley (TAGDV) is celebrating its 40th Anniversary celebrations at Valley Forge Convention Center, King Of Prussia PA on June 28 and 29th, 2013. The Executive committee under the leadership of President Ravi Potluri organized a Kick of meeting and fundraising dinner at Chateau Granieri, Norristown, PA on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7PM. The spirit of the celebration is truly within the community. It was a wonderful event and certainly put the fun in fundraiser. They had a full house, smiling faces, great food, music and money for the celebrations. There was overwhelming response from the local Telugu community and over 150 people attended the event. Preliminary totals show they raised $88,000 for a worthy cause.
TAGDV Secretary, Harinath Bungatavula welcomed the guests and the event started off with a prayer song by Shiva Nuthanapati. TAGDV President Ravi Potluri spoke at length, thanking the attendees, praised past presidents and executive committee members and local community leaders for their hard work and service to the community, he also explained significance of the celebrations in great detail. Ravi Potluri announced Mr. Nandamuri Balakrishna garu will be attending as chief guest and music director Manisarma will be performing with his troupe and more than 2500 people expected to attend the event in Valley Forge convention center on June 28th and June 29th 2013. Ravi Potluri also thanked Dr. Pailla Mallareddy garu for the encouragement & support.
Audience enjoyed great live music concert by young singers Sindhu and Bhaskari Budhavarapu. Singer Lalitha Rani also entertained attendees by singing popular Telugu songs from various movies. Ravi Potluri anchored the event.
Several Telugu Community Leaders attended the event: Mr. Sudhakar Perkari, ATA President – Elect , Mr. Sreedhar Appasani Director – NATS, Mr. Ramesh Chandra Director – NATA, Mr. Balwanth Kommidi Director – ATA, Mr. Suresh Jilla - Director – ATA, 2014 ATA Convention Convener – Mr. Parmesh Bheemreddy, Co-Convener Mr. Madhav Reddy, Mr. Harnath Doddapaneni – Past President TAGDV, Mr. Kotapati Sambasiva Rao Past President TAGDV, Mr. Sudhakar Pavuluri Past President TAGDV, Mr. Janardhan Allada Past President TAGDV, Mr. Dhanunjay Samudralwar – Chinmaya Mission, Mr. Ravi Pillutla – President – Sruti
TAGDV Executive Committee President - Ravi Potluri, Vice-President Mallik Budhavarapu, Secretary - Harinath Bungatavula, Treasurer - Sambaiah Kotapati, Joint Secretary - Suresh Reddy, Joint Treasurer - Vijayabhaskar Reddy and EC Members Anupama Donthineni, Kiran Kothapalli, Vijayasri Parchuri, Sreedhar Gudala, Bhaskar Sarikonda, Satitha Anumula thanked those who attended the dinner and for their generous donations.
Donors for the event are as follows:
American Telugu Association, Swarna Jewelers - Sateesh Rachamadugu, Sateesh Tummala & Friends, Ravi Mandalapu, Ravi Potluri, Mallik Vagvala, Sreedhar Appasani & Friends, Sateesh Vemana & Friends,Suneel Raavi, Sreedhar Gudala & Friends, Naidu Motupalli, Kiran Kottapalli & Friends, Subbarao Kolla, Ramesh Chandra, Suresh Reddy, Mallik Budhavarapu & Friends, Harish Koya, Harnath Doddapaneni, Anu Donthineni, Aravind Maddineni, Ravi Mayreddy, Satyanarayana Reddy Patil, Ram Chowdary, Krishna Rani, Krishnamraju vegesna, Venkat Rao Mulpuri, Naren Kodali, Narendar Reddy Eluru, Bobby Yerra, Lalitha Shetty, Sudhakar Rao Pavuluri, Komati Jayaram, Vasu Donur, Jagadeesh Prabhala, Jayadev Appannagari, Radha Krishna, Rajasekhar Pachumarthi, Avinash Raj, Sambaiah Kotapati, Dhanunjay Samudralwar, Leelakrishna Davuluri, Bhaskar Sarikonda, Sunil Koganti, Ravi Veeravalli, Madan Inaganti, Saritha Anumula, Vijyabhaskar Polamreddy, Hari Bungatavula, Subash Reddy Karra, Sateesh Nukala, Satya Prasad, Bujji babu Godavarti, Deepak Kosaraju, Bala Karnam, Murthy Nuthanapati, Kiran Mittapalli, Venkat Banala, Ravi Pillutla and Rammohan Talluri.
Special thanks to Raghu Yeddulapally (Masala Express) for coming forward to take care of the decorations and Chateau Granieri Management for their wonderful ambience and service for the event. Overall, the event turned out to be a grand success with active participation by Donors and the local telugu community. Mr. Bobby Yerra and Mr. Rocky Kottapalli coordinated the event. All Photos for this event can be viewed at:
https://plus.google.com/photos/103699099559411664839/albums/5859018668293317617
