by Puttaraju, Nayaz Kaiser and Ravi Karkera
Dammam, Oct 29: A magnificent display of the hidden talents of kids, teens and adults of Mangalore Association of Saudi Arabia (MASA) was shown at its 8th Talents Day competition on Friday, 10th October 2014 at Crystal Hall, Dammam powered by M/S Arabian Cargo Services and supported by M/S Al Manafa Transport Services Co. The event took off with a welcome note by the Entertainment Committee Head, Sathish Bajal followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by MASA president, Advisory Committee, Executive Committee and other Committee Heads.
President Dayanand Shriyan, while addressing the gathering appreciated large number of members coming forward to take part in various events. He mentioned that all participants who are performing on stage are winners. Before concluding his speech he appealed everyone for maintaining one minute silence in remembrance of unfortunate demises of MASA active members Vinaya Bhandary and Farzana Musheer. The demise of MASA member Vasanth Shetty was also remembered at the same time.
The Chief Judge, Naveen Bhandary briefed on the contest rules before the start of various events of Singing, Fancy Dress and Dance Competitions. He also appealed the audience to cheer up all participants to boost their energy and inspire all participants for their day and night effort with motivational words.
MASA Committee, volunteers and the participants ensured that the event was organized smoothly in a professional way. Thanks to Jt. Secretaries Mohammed Nooman and Vidyadhar Shetty for their well-coordinated effort among the members and various committees in setting the stage of great display. The main objective behind MASA Talents Day competition is to create a platform and to build up the confidence level and positive atmosphere among the participating members (kids, teens and adults). About 82 items were presented in various categories. During the course of the competitions, lots of amazing talents with new concept, creativity and classical acts were showcased. Audience could not believe their own eyes who witnessed a quality display of varieties of amazing talents. Judges had a tough time in selecting the best among the best. A gathering of around 500 members and guests enjoyed the evening filled with stunning and exciting entertainment. Tasty snacks, beverages and delicious dinner was served during the course of the event. During the event, as a part of MASA’s tradition, the parents on visit from India were welcomed to the stage and felicitated with shawls and bouquets.
All the judges were welcomed and honored with bouquets before the start of each event and were introduced to audience by Ravi Karkera. The judges of the events were: Viraj Kumar Shetty, Lekhraj Sharma, Mrs. Praveena Sukumar Shetty, Mrs. Prita Arun Bangera, Kanthi Yashwanth Sanil, Parinitha Gopal Shetty, Abraham Valiyakala, Sadanand Poojary, Nancy Vijay Naveen, Vidyadhar Shetty, Sanjeeva Anchan, Narendra Shetty, Neelam Lekhraj Sharma, Archana Chittaranjan Shetty, Sunitha Shiryan, Anitha Anchan and Ashwini Puttaraju. Timers and tally counters were Prakash Shetty and Puttaraju.
Anchors of the evening were Nayaz Kaiser(Head), Amrit Arun D’Souza, Saritha Aranha, Master Chirag Harshraj Rai, Mahima Sadanand Poojary, Miss Divya Ganesh Karkera, Master Roshan Hussain, Sujaya Ravi Karkera, Sumithra Pradeep Kadekar and Olivia Jean Mathias.
Winners of various competitions:
Kudla Adventrue Seniors presented a special entertainment item, which was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.
All participants were invited on the stage during the award ceremony. Medals were presented to all children below 18 years of age. Winners were declared and awarded with attractive trophies.
The other sponsors of the event were Dayanand Shriyan, Expat Properties.Com, Sadashiv Poojary of Intermodal Services, Madhav Amin, Sanil Brothers, Edwin Martis, Babu Kotebettu, Chandrashekar Karkera, George Fernandes, Naveen Bhandary, Nesma & Group, Ramesh Mendon, Ravi Karkera, Santosh Shetty(Salalah Oman), SeeandSay.in, Shankar Billava, Vishwanath Suvarna, Ganesh Karkera, Yogeesh Poojary SASP Jubail, Abdullah Aldaen, Prakash Shetty & Group, Ahmed Gulam Beary, Usman Hosangadi, Moideen Sheikh, Ameer Hussain, Padmanabha Pai, Riyaz Ahmed, Saleem Puttur, Sadanand Poojary, Pradeep Kadekar, SITCO, Vidyadhar Shetty, Mohammed Nooman, Rahim Arkula, Nagaraj Bajal, Vincent Saldana, Sathish Poojary and Well Wishers.
A special announcement was made about sponsoring of Scholarship Award by Mr. Joey Fernandes of Al Manafa Transport Services in the name of his parents during the occasion of MASA Annual Day. The great generous gesture of Mr. Joey was welcomed with huge round of applause by the audience.
The various assignments were held by Sathish Bajal, Naveen Bhandary and Mohammed Nooman(Auditorium Control), Vidyadhar Shetty, Roopesh Suvarna, Naveen Salian, Nagaraj Bajal, Bharat and Sandeep Bajal(Stage Management), Viraj Kumar Shetty, Rajesh Thingalaya and Bhaskar Kanchan (Sound and CD’s Management), Naveen Shetty Khobar, Harish Poojary, Sharif Karkala, Vijay Naveen Kundapur, Shakib Ahmed and Sandeep Shetty(Entry Management), Praveen Peter Aranha, Santhosh .P. Shetty and Santhosh Kulal(Cash Management), Babu Kotebettu(Registration Parents), Puttaraju and Young Children team (Raffle & Door Prizes), Sadashiv Poojary, Chandrashekar Karkera, Edwin Martis, Babu Kotebettu, Sadanand Poojary and Ameer Husain(Guests Care), Narendra Shetty, Bhagyalaxmi Rai, Arun D’ Souza, Bharat Kumar, Pradeep Kadekar, Vincent Saldana, Ranjith Shetty, Chetana Poojary, Deepa Shetty, Jesintha Saldana, Suman Karkera and Sunitha Suvarna(Green Room), Ganesh Karkera and Vishwanath Suvarna(Stage Co-ordination), Abdul Raheem Arkula, Niranjan Karkera and Suresh Jayanth(Child Control), Ahmed Gulam Beary, Usman Hosangadi, Prakash Sanil, Saleem Puttur, Sheikh Moideen Ismail, Nizamuddin Abdul Samad, Sathish Poojary, Santhosh Poojary, Rajesh Shetty and Sandeep Bajal(Catering Management), Jagajeevan Karkera(First Aid), Sudarshan Sanil and Uday Kumar Sanil (Safety), Sharif Karkala (Security), Gopal Shetty, Naveen Salian and Roopesh Suvarna(Awards Management). Award Ceremony of Winners, Raffle and Door Prizes were conducted by Ravi karkera & Naveen Bhandary.
Vote of thanks was presented by Joint Secretary Mohammed Nooman. Advisory committee member Ravi Karkera appreciated all the volunteers and committee members for their great efforts in displaying a grand show of talents day competition. He appreciated Raffle Committee Head Puttaraju & Team and young children for the excellent marketing of raffle tickets among the audience. Members were happy to take home from the lucky draws attractive raffle & Door Prizes.
The mesmerizing event came to an end at 1:30 am by singing the National Anthem. Ravi Karkera invited the gathering for upcoming events MASA’s food festival 2014 followed by Annual Day.