London: South Kanara Association Holds ‘Christmas Dinner Dance'
Media Release
London, Dec 9: South Kanara Association (SKA), London, celebrated its ‘Christmas Dinner Dance’ recently in grand style.
The parish hall of the Lady of the Visitation in Greenford was filled to capacity despite the bad weather. The evening began with the ‘Clubmen’ live band playing and singing some nostalgic songs until it was time for Father Christmas to make a grand entrance. He distributed gifts to children up to the age of ten and also the ladies in the hall. Sheila Pais, the compere for the evening also conducted a few games for children.
The president of SKA Ron Rodrigues, in his speech, thanked the past president Roland Saldanha and secretary Richard Pereira for keeping SKA going even in times of adversity. He also extended his profound thanks to the Lobo family (Richard and Christine) who keep up the Nativity tradition year after year and bring together a huge Mangalorean audience with the aim of binding the community.
The dinner was a sumptuous one with the flavour of the evening being the pork vindaloo specially prepared by Ron Rodrigues.
There was non-stop dancing from 11 pm until the end of the evening, with a variety of music including Konkani ‘Mando’.
After dinner, the compere conducted the raffle draw and prizes were distributed to the winners. The function ended at midnight with everyone feeling a sense of fulfillment and wanting more events like this.
Dear Blany and Loy,Congratulations it seems like a very grand party. Last year i was there. Merry christmas to all of you. Blany ur Children look great. Love to all of you-Hilda
Hi Renita & Loy, nice to see you. Congratulations & Best wishes to SKA. Keep it up.
Hi Ron Welldone!!You & your new team did an excellent job Kudos to you all! WE look forward to many more enjoyable events under your leadership God bless & the best of luck for the future A cecy
Hi RonWelldone to you and your team for organising a fabulous family function . Wishing you every success in your role as Chairman this Year.
The Dinner Dance event was a huge success and to my knowledge is one of the best in many years. A pat on the back for Ron Rodrigues, President of SKA for his efforts in uniting the community. The very young, the young and not so young - all enjoyed to their hearts content, including games for children conducted by Sheila Pais. New members have joined SKA and the old ones have shown support for SKA. The new Committee has definitely put extra efforts to make this event an evening to remember.We all hope that there will be many more events like this in the future. Three cheers to SKA.
Regrettably I could not attend the function, but I was given to understand that it was a well organized, well attended and enjoyable function. Congratulations! Cheers to the SKA!!
hi Ron"congratulations" and wish you all the best & success for south kanara association under your leadership. It is nice see you Bhoji, kitty bai, cheryl, Andy , violet , kukki, Bevitha and Brolin god bless you all." wish you all Merry christmas " & prosperous New year 2011.
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