Doha: Talents Galore at the Tulu Koota Talent Show
by Alexis Castelino
Daijiworld Media Network- Doha (VA)
Doha, January 22: Tulu Koota Qatar hosted a grand talent show and food festival at the Indian Club here on Friday January 22.
The event was inaugurated by executive committee members of Tulu Koota. Subramanya Puttur was the host for the evening and Jevika Shetty was the co-host. President of Tulu Koota, Ravi welcomed the gathering. He thanked the committee members for their efforts and hard work in organizing this massive event.
Talent hunt was organized through fancy dress, singing, dance, public speaking and skit competition. P S Pai, Richard D’ Souzaathnesh, Arvind and Dimple Nair were the judges.
The most interesting part of the evening was the food festival. There were total of 15 stalls at the venue with a variety of mouth watering dishes of the Tulu Nadu. Goli Baje, Masala dosa, Chiken Biryani, Kori Rotti, Sajjige Bajeel, Sheera, Poodi, Pathrode, Bedrolls and many other items were sold at reasonable price at the food stalls. Lucky games were conducted at some stalls and Indian dress materials with accessories were also sold.
Indian Cultural Center president K M Varghese, general secretary Habibul Nabi, general manager of M Pallonji Qatar Chidananda, , Indian Club president Thomas, Karnataka Sangha Qatar prsident Arun Kumar and other prominent members from Karnataka expatriate community graced the occasion.
Prathana Shetty and Abdu Salam conducted the prize distribution ceremony and felicitated the Judges.Vote of thanks was proposed by Dineshchandra Shetty, general secretary of Tulu Koota.
Following are the winners of talent search competitions:
DANCE COMPITITION:
Below 6 years- Kids
1st Prize Sanjeeth Shetty
2nd Prize Alyssa Diona Rego
6 to 9 years
1st Prize Diviti Shetty
2nd Prize Sanjana Kamath
3rd Prize Kavya D Shetty
9 to 13 years juniors
1st Prize Daksha D Shetty and Sameeksha Shetty
2nd Prize Samyuktha Prabhu
3rd Prize Dhiya Shetty
FANCY DRESS COMPETITION:
Below 6 years- Kids
1st Prize Sanjeeth Shetty
2 nd Prize Alyssa Diona Rego
3rd Prize Ahan Hegde
6 to 9 years
1st Prize Rachana Shetty
2nd Prize Sanjana Kamath &Diviti Shetty
3rd Prize Sana Basheer
9 to 13 years - juniors
1st Prize Anisha Shenoy
2nd Prize Samiksha Shetty
3rd Prize Rachana Kamath
16 and above - seniors
1st Prize Della Rego
2nd Prize Mohamed Mammunni
PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION - WINNERS
6 to 9 years
1st Prize Rachana Shetty
2nd Prize Meghana Sheony
3rd Prize Sanjana Kamath
9 to 13 years juniors
1st Prize Daksha Shetty
2nd Prize Rachana Kamath
3rd Prize Prithvi Shenoy
13 to 16 years Pre Seniors
1st Prize Disha Shetty
2nd Prize Kamalika Rai
3rd Prize S.Giridhar Kamath
16 Years and Above
1st Prize Simon Dsouza
2nd Prize Vinayaka Kamath
SINGING COMPETITION – WINNERS
Category 6 to 9 years
1st Prize Sanjana Kamath
9 to 13 years juniors
1st Prize Disha Shetty
2nd Prize Srisshti Shetty
3rd Prize Chirag C.B
13 to 16 years Pre Seniors
1st Prize Nizan Abdulla Mono
16 and above - Seniors
1st Prize Akshaya Shetty
2nd Prize Anupama Sadananda
3rd Prize S. Anusha Kamath
SKIT COMPETITION – GROUP - WINNERS
1st Prize: ATS Team of Vijay Kumar Rai, Subramanya Puttur, Ramesh Gowda and Rajesh Shetty.