Media Release

Manchester, Sep 8: KCA-UK once again triumphantly celebrated the day with dual occasions. The first was the decennial celebration of the Association and the second was the feast of Nativity. This was celebrated at the Jain Community Centre in Manchester on Saturday 5th of September 2015.

The day began with the holy mass in Konkani celebrated by Fr Vincent Sequeira. People from all over UK had come to Manchester to grace this occasion as one family. Soon after the mass the blessed corn was shared among the guest and the agenda of the day continued with the Welcome dance. Joseph sequeira and Raj Francis Pereira were the master of the ceremonies and they comperedthe entire event for the day.

Santosh Pinto the president of KCAUK welcomed the guest. The lighting of the lamp was done by KCA UK committee members. Lainet Pinto and Vinod Barboza gave a brief insight to the guest about the growth of KCAUK over the last ten years. The previous presidents, namely Ronald Lobo, James Ravi Pinto, Stany Rodrigues and Santosh Pinto were given a memento as a token of gratitude for their voluntary services they have rendered to the Association over the last ten years. Along with them all families who had supported KCA UK in one way or the other were also rewarded with a memento. The families of KCAUK prepared delicious vegetarian lunch which was shared amongst all the guest as one family under the leadership of Martin Saldhana.

Soon after the lunch various cultural activities like skits, songs and dance were presented to the guest by the talented artists of MUKA team members from Nottingham, KCAUK team members Manchester, and team members from Sunderland. Bingo was conducted by Joseph Sequeira and Vinod Barboza. On behalf of the Association, Arshiya Pereira thanked each and everyone who had helped to make this event a grand success. The event was concluded with laudatte led by Stany Mendonca.

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