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January 2012
TASA PROGRAMS IN 2011
TASA Vaartha తాస వరత Non-Profit
Tax ID# 36-4528443 www.tasatexas,org
అధ్యక్షుని సందశేం (President's Message) మూర్తత పటమళ్ళ నమసారం! శన్ ఆంటోనియో తెలుగు వరందర్తకీ, తాస సభ్ుయలకు సంకర ంతి మర్తయు నూతన సంవతసర(2012)శుఫాకంక్షలు. ఈ కొతత సంవతసవరం మీకు అనిి విధ్ములుగ శుభ్ప్రదము కవలని కొరుకుంటృ మీకు ఆనందము, ఆర్ొగయము, ఐశవరయము సమృదధిగ చేకూర్లని ఆశిసతత నానత. కరొ తతగ ఊళ్ళళక ివచ్చిన తెలుగు వర్తకీ తాస ఘనసవగతము. 2011 సంవతసరములో తాస ఎననినో సంసాృతిక కరయకరమములు విజయవంతముగ నిరవహ ంచ్చందధ. సంకర ంతి,ఉగదధ,దసర్ ప్ండుగలతో పటు ఇతర కరయకరమాలు శిరమతి సవితిర TTD
వర్త హర్తకధా గనం, బ్రహమసర శ్రర సమవేదం షనతమఖ శరమ గర్త "చ్చదంబ్ర రహసయము" ప్రవచనము, ప్దమ విభ్ూషన్ శ్రర మంగళ్ంప్లి్ల బ్ాలమురళీకృషణ గర్త గనం, వేగసేి వర్త ఘంటసల ఆర్ధ్నోతసవం & బ్ాలు సంగీతొతసవం జరుప్ుకునాిము. Bone Marrow Drive,
IASA హేల్తత పేర్ వంటి కరయకరమాలలు నిరవహ ంచాము. ఈ కొతత 2012 సంవతసరములో ఇంక ఎననినో కరయకరమాములు చేయాలని తాస(TASA)
కరయవరగ సబ్ుయలు ఎదతరు చూసతత నాిరు. ఇందతకు మీ సహాయం అనిివేళ్ల అందధసూత , ఆదర్తసూత ,కరయకరమములలో పలగగ ని మన తాస సంసథకి చెదోడువదోడుగ ఉంటారని ఆశిసతత నాినత. మన తెలుగు బ్డి వసంత ఋతువు (Spring) తరగతి వివర్లకు ర్ ండవ ేజీలో చూడండి. ఎంతో శరమతో మన లిలకు తెలుగు నేర్ాలని కుర ష చేసతత ని తెలుగు బ్డి ఉపధాయయులందర్తక ీనా హృదయప్ూరవక వందనములు.
........సర్ేవజనాసతఖినోభ్వంతు !
Upcoming Events
January 22nd - TASA Sankranthi Sambaralu
April 9th - TASA Ugadi Vedukalu
May 15th - Telugu Badi OPEN HOUSE
May 22nd - TASA Harikatha Program by Smt. Savitri Jayanthi, TTD
June 27th - Chidambara Rahasyam - Pravachanam by Brahmasri Samavedam
Shanmukha Sarma
October 4th - Meet & Greet the Legend Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
October 7th - TASA Dasara Vedukalu
November 20th - Vegesna Free Music Program & Bone Marrow Drive
December 9th - IASA Health fair - Served Breakfast & Volun-
TASA Sankranthi Sambaralu
14th January , 2012
Saturday
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TASA Ugadi Utsavaalu
24th March , 2012
Saturday
TASA DASARA 2011 REPORT by Venkatesh Adivi The day after the Navarathri pujas concluded
at the temple on Vijaya Dasami day, the Telugu Asso-
ciation of San Antonio (TASA) capped the Dassera
celebrations with a rousing cultural event at the Ma-
halakshmi Hall on Friday, October 7th, 2011. A deli-
cious pandaga bhojanam efficiently served by volun-
teers greeted arriving attendees. The evening’s pro-
ceedings started off with TASA’s annual General
Body Meeting (GBM) that included a brief overview
of the year’s activities and upcoming events by TASA
President, Murthy Patamalla, and a review of TASA’s finances by Treasurer, Bapiraju
Surampudi. The GBM concluded with no ques-
tions from the members.
The cultural program started with Telugu
Badi kids below 7 years singing about achchulu
and hallulu. Kids over 8 years old then took turns
speaking about the significance of Dassera. The
Telugu Badi presentation concluded with some
padyalu and sametalu. The audience expressed
their appreciation for the effort expended by the
kids to learn to speak in Telugu and memorize
Telugu poems and lines. New LIFE members Dr.
Nanda Kishore, Raghupal Mada and Mallikarjun
Ganji awarded trophies to the participants.
A rare treat awaited dance aficionados. Dr.
Sreedhara Akkihebbalu, of Kaveri Natya Yoga,
himself performed “Narasimha nanu brovara”. Set
to a beautiful composition in Atana raga and Mishra
Chapu tala, Dr Sreedhara’s interpretation captured
all the fury and rage of the Narasimha avatara.
When he appears to disembowel Hiranyakashipu,
you see the half-man, half-lion breathing heavily
after the effort. The expressions on Dr Sreedhara’s
face transport the viewer to the scene and through
the range of emotions even as, after killing the de-
mon, Vishnu appears in all his glory to Prahalada.
Following this enchanting performance, Gold Spon-
sors Dr. Ravi and Mrs. Vijaya Botla presented the
felicitation trophy to Dr. Sreedhara.
The event that all of the audience was ea-
gerly awaiting finally arrived. A deep, backstage
voice rumbled through the hall and Anuj Gurwara
bounded on to the stage. Clad in jeans and t-shirt,
with an iPod strapped to his elbow, Anuj came
out singing “Bangaru Kodipetta” and followed
soon by “Panchadara Bomma”, from the movie
“Magadheera”, the song that made him famous
and catapulted him to the top of the Telugu music
industry heap. Kausalya, famous Telugu playback
singer in her own right, joined him soon, and
what followed was two hours of almost continu-
ous, non-stop entertainment.
Page 2 TASA Vaartha తాస వరత శన్ ఆంటోనియో తలెుగు సంఘం కరయవరగ సభ్ుయలు
President
Murthy Patamalla
(210)497-1333
President-Elect
Sreeram Padala
(210)364-4148
Secretary
Phani Atluri
(210)497-2573
Joint Secretary
Usha Avula
(210)490-8742
Treasurer
Bapiraju Surampudi
(210)696-4120
EC Members
Ravi Botla
(210)669-7124
Srinivas Reddy Gosala
(210)885-0481
Ram Joolukuntla
(210)379-2244
Mohan Penta
(507)261-8115
Raghava Vennam
(210)544-3991
Editor: Raghava Vennam
TASA acknowledges the sup-
port for Dasara program by:
Hosting the Artists: Smt. Vaidehi
Help with arrangements: UTSA Students
Food Volunteers: Pallavi Padala, Vijaya Gosala, Seshamma Ina-gandla, Anupama Attluri, Rama Dodda, Latha Penta, Padmaja, Rama Goli, Usha Avula
TeluguBadi Spring 2012 Schedule
Jan 8, 22 Feb 5, 19 Mar 4, 18 Apr 1, 22 May 6, 20
TASA THANKS IT’S LIFE MEMBERS
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The energy in the hall reached unprecedented
levels, with Anuj bouncing off-stage frequently and run-
ning through the aisles and encouraging members of au-
dience to get on stage with him to sing and dance. As
promised, he had every one of all ages participating, with
his “Baccha Party” fill-
ing the stage and groov-
ing to fast numbers. An invitation to couples to the
stage brought six energetic, young at heart pairs show-
ing off their moves. Anuj, a non-Telugu who grew up
in Hyderabad,
thinks in Hindi,
reads his lyrics
in English, and
sings in Telugu, also mixed in a few Hindi songs
to the delight of many in the audience. As a token
of San Antonio’s appreciation, Grand Sponsors
V.K. Orthodontics’ Dr. Saritha Chary-Reddy and
C.S. Reddy Meka presented felicitation trophies
to the artists.
First Name Last Name Venkatesh ADIVI
Bhaktavatsalam ATHREYA
Phani ATLURI
Rajendra BOPPANA
Ravi BOTLA
Greg BOYS
Sesha C CHARY
Kiran CHERUKU
Seshagiri Rao DEVAGUPTAPU
Raju G.V.S
Mahesh GAMPALA
Mallikarjun GANJI
Sudhir GOGU
Srinivasa Reddy GOSALA
Venkateswar (Raj) GOUD
Madhavrao GOVINDARAJU
S Surya GUNDLAPALLI
Vijay GUNUGANTI
Ramakrishna JOOLUKUNTLA
Narasimha Rao KAMMA
Srinivas Reddy KARLA
Tataiah KONERU
Suresh KONERU
Venugopal KOTA
Ashok KUMAR
Bhujanga Rao (Baabu) LANKIPALLI
KrishnaMohan MANTRAVADI
Raghupal MADA
C.S.Reddy MEKA
Srinivas MULAMREDDY
Prakash NANCHERLA
Sreeram PADALA
Aditya PANWAR
Murthy PATAMALLA
Seetharamulu PEDDAIAHGARI
Narasimha Rao PEMMARAJU
Jagadeeswaran PUDUR
Vijaya Kishore RASAMALLU
Bapiraju SURAMPUDI
Shankara Rao TAMTAM
Rajeshwar Rao TEKMAL
Praveen THANGADA
Bal Reddy TUMMETI
Ratna K VADLAMUDI
L Prasad VEMULAPALLI
Ram VENIGALLA
Raghava Reddy VENNAM
Udayabhaskara Rao YAKKALA
TASA DASARA 2011 REPORT by Venkatesh Adivi
TASA CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR 2011
Presented scholarships-UTSA/ISA – Presented cheque for $500 to
UTSA towards ISA-UTSA scholarships to students of Indian Origin.
Vegesna Fundraising Event - Organized Musical fundraising pro-gram for the Vegesna Foundation with Singers fromIndia and USA.
TASA sponsored two students for a year by donating $600. The pro-gram was successful and netted total donations to nearly $6500 in
November 2011.
Bone Marrow Drive - Organized Bone Marrow drive at the Vegesna
Musical fundraising program in November 2011.
India Association of San Antonio (IASA) - Provided breakfast at the Health Fair including volunteering to serve food as well as help with
other activities in December 2011. The donation is approximately
$250.
TIPS Gala - Sponsored a table of 10 at the annual TIPS gala for their
fundraising program. Thanks to families that sponsored this on be-
half of TASA with a total donation of $1000.
-: TASA thanks our DASARA-2011 sponsors :-
GRAND Sponsor—C S Reddy Meka & Dr. Saritha Chary-Reddy, D.D.S., Ph.D (V K Orthodontics)
GOLD Sponsors—Dr. Ravi and Mrs. Vijaya Botla
SILVER Sponsors— Dr. Sudhir Gogu, Stone Pak Urgent Care & Family Practice Dr. Vijay & Dr. Manjusha Gunuganti
Dr. Nandkishore & Dr. Ashakiran Gurram Dr. Praveen & Dr. Mrudula Thangada
Dr. Kiran & Mrs. Deepa Cheruku Dr. Rajasekhar & Dr. Sailaja Pathapati
Dr. Sridhar & Mrs. Madhavi Beeram
TASA Patron Level Sponsor—Mr. Ram Joolukuntla (EXIT Reality Partners II) Little Cherub Child Care
We welcome you with your family and friends to
తాస సంకర ంతి సంబ్ర్లు on Saturday, January 14th, 2012
at Mahalakshmi Hall, Hindu Temple of San Antonio 18518 Bandera Road (Highway 16 N), San Antonio, TX 78023
Bogipallu - 5:15 PM to 5:30 PM
Muggulu Competition - 5:30 PM to 6 PM
Sweet Pongal Competition - 5:45 PM to 5:55 PM
Delicious Dinner will be served between 6:15 PM – 7.15 PM
Followed by Cultural Program
Live Cultural Programs by our Local Telugu Community
PROGRAM AND DINNER ONLY — (MEMBERS): $10 per person
(Non-MEMBERS): $12 per person
(Students): $ 5 per person (with valid ID)
Free for children below 12 years of age
TASA
P.O.Box:781853 San Antonio, TX 78278
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