Oswald M D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – UAE

UAE, Dec 21: The most awaited event of the year 2015 - the Agnesian/Aloysian re-union-2015 will be held at the picturesque location of Golden Tulip, Al Jazira Hotel & Resort, Ghantoot, on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway on February 6 (Friday), 2015.

As announced earlier, the event exclusively held for and by the former students of St Aloysius and St Agnes College, Mangaluru, will include plenty of surprises with new ideas and innovative presentation on a fun-filled day-long event.

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Wilson Samuel and Mariel Andrade, the chairpersons for both Aloysians and Agnesians respectively for the forthcoming event, revealed that this year’s event will be special in many ways.

The colleges of St Aloysius and St Agnes in the city of Mangaluru, Karnataka, are two leading and renowned educational institutions in the region, with their inception going back to as early as the 1800s and 1900s respectively. Additionally, they have also produced very successful and world class personalities and great stalwarts who have made Mangalureans as well as whole of India proud.

The concept of reunions of alumni in the UAE was initiated by veteran Jerome Periera (Jemma Padil) way back in 1997 in association with enthusiastic former students of St Aloysius College. Since then the event has created ripples with Agnesians joining them.

Year after year the reunion of the these colleges has attracted large number of former students based in the UAE and the neighboring gulf countries to attend this unique entertainment package. The fillip given by the Aloysians in 1997, and the concept is now spread all over the Gulf and other parts of the world and fellow alumnae and alumni are organizing these type of events from time to time.

Due to the large presence of their alumni within the Indian diaspora in the UAE, the Agnesian and Aloysian Alumni (UAE chapter) organizing committee, that was formed in the year 1997, felt that it would be opportune to have an alumni meet / reunion, once in two years, in order to reminisce the wonderful memories of the yesteryears. This entailed the ex-students coming together along with their families for a full day of fun, frolic, laughter and entertainment. The event was last held in February 2013.

Having achieved record success in preceding years, the alumni/alumnae of both colleges are charged to present a day of unparallel fun, with the fantastic exclusive band consisting of all Aloysians and Agnesian musicians and singers to bring the back the memories of good old days of fun at their respective college campuses.

The glamorous extravaganza - the reunion of former students of both the prestigious institutions of Mangaluru - will be a day of fun and entertainment.

The day-long event will be an excellent opportunity for the alumnae/alumni’s to meet, greet and share their past and present, among the long lost friends, whom they have not met for ages.

The preparations for the events are on full swing and the musicians are busy practicing and have clubbed veteran musicians including the much acclaimed guitarist of India Alwyn Fernandes an Aloysian and top singers from both the colleges who will set the stage of fire.

This event held in the UAE has always been a sellout show. The highlight and unique nature of the show is that the past students themselves perform on stage with their own band and provide songs, music and other entertainment, including eastern and western fusion music. The day will be fun filled with team games, with unique concepts with lots of prizes to be won through various competitions and spot prizes. The action-packed day is an excellent opportunity also to be away from the hustle and bustle of day to day life.

This reunion will be exclusively for the former students of these colleges and their families.

The event has already generated lot of curiosity among the alumnae/alumni. Every event held in the past have come up with unique entertainment and with lot of surprises.

The entire event will be compered by Errol Goveas the dynamic and popular master of eremony, who has proved his mettle in the past.

The committee members are putting in tremendous efforts during their spare time sacrificing their quality time despite hardships and they have made their intention clear and are hopeful that the forth coming event will be well remembered for many many years to come. They also urge and expect the attendees to involve themselves and be part of the fun-filled day.

The organizers have also requested the former students based in UAE to register their names by CLICKING HERE which will be used as a data base for former students based in UAE.

The organizers have also requested the alumni to come forward with new ideas/suggestions and those who desire to offer any services by means of sponsorships, music and/or showcase their talents, providing entertainment may write to : agaloy@gmail.com

Entry coupons are already out and are available with the following and other committee members. The organizers urge the former students to grab their coupons before it is too late.

Wilson Samuel - 0506466503
Mariel Andrade - 0507888461
Ronald D’Cunha - 0506588383
Girish Rao - 0506509834
Roshan Chacko - 0558850262
James Mendonca - 0506453861
Deep Aranha - 0501580052
Jacintha Mendonca - 0506518094
Merwin D'Souza - 0556081028
Johnson Samuel 0558321819
Prewan - 0562318369
Walter Peris – 050 4553265
Vincent Pereira – 050 4451809
Abdul Majeed 0505680210

Daijiworld.com will be the official media partner for this event.

Main sponsor: Thumbay Group
Associate sponsors: Globle Link Weststar Shipping, Kef Holdings,
Co-sponsor: Uae Exchange

To Register Online, Click Here