Priya Kannadigare,

Namaskara,

More than three hundred members attended the Children's Day program. More than 100 kids provided a quality entertainment program. I would like to congratulate all of the children who enthusiastically participated in the Arts, Poetry, Short Essay and Sports recognition contests.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the participants, coordinators, and volunteers for their support in making this event a successful one. Also my sincere thanks to our donors for the program: Mrs. Padmini & Krishniah Murthy for the beautiful Trophies, Dr. Veena & Mr. Manjunath Vadmal, and Mrs. Mamatha Neelakanta for sponsoring the program.

I would like to thank Mrs. Aruna Hatti for her motivational speech on "Preparing Our Children for the Future", based on her own experience as a first-generation Indian American.

I would like thank Trader Joe’s and all the members for their generous donations towards the Flood relief fund which made it possible to reach our goal of $1000.00. (Total amount raised $1259.00). My whole hearted thank to Mr. Srinivasa Murthy CFO of ASTI for his matching donation. This will help to build a house for one family!

My special thanks to Mukund Halthore and Arun Gowri for their patience in handling the sound system for the entire program and providing the audience with the highest sound quality.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all of our KCA Directors and Youth Committee members for their hard work, dedication and cooperation.

Our next event "Natakotsava" is on February 27, 2010. Please mark your calendars. Natakotsava will be held in the Valley. Shivakumar Gowder will be the coordinator for the Natakotsava. Additional details are forthcoming.

Best wishes for the Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.

Dhanyavadagalu,

Amrutha Basavapatna

 

CHILDREN’S DAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

 

KCA-SC is pleased to invite entries for the upcoming Children’s Day function on November 14th, 2009. As always, KCA-SC would like to showcase various talents of our wonderful children during this evening.  Please encourage your children to participate in as many of the following categories. Please note that all entries are open to children of KCA Members only. New members are always welcome!

 

 

CATEGORIES

STAGE ENTRIES

Music, instrumentals, singing, dance, drama, stand up comedy.

 

ARTS CONTEST

THEME: “Village life of Karnataka”

 

POETRY CONTEST

THEME: “Village life of Karnataka”

 

ESSAY CONTEST

Short essay “Village life of Karnataka”

 

RECOGNITION OF SPORTS ACHIVEMENT

Recognition of achievement in High School Sports

 

Prizes for Arts and Poetry contest will be awarded in each of the Elementary, Middle and High School groups.

 

Essay contest winners will be chosen in each of the Elementary, Middle and High school groups and time permitting, may read their essay on the stage.

 

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR STAGE ENTRIES

 

In order to have an entertaining yet variety program, we ask that each group SELECT ONLY ONE of the following categories. Their selection will be FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Please contact early so your choice of item is available.

 

Karnataka Folk dance

Kolaata

Kannada old Film music

Kannada new Film Music

Classical Music ensemble

Western music ensemble

Musical Drama

Skits

Fashion show

 

 

• All participants should be part of KCA membership
• All presentations should be in Kannada
• Preference will be given to group presentations especially larger groups
• Participation of any one individual is limited to one entry or group only.
• Preference will be given to entries / groups from different geographical area
• Since we have a limited time for the program, we have to restrict the time allotted for each group.

No of participants                                               Time allotted

Groups with < 5 participants                                 6 min

Groups of 5-9 participants                                     10 min

Groups of 10 to 19 participants                             15 min

Groups of 20 or more participants                       20 min

 

Final selection of participants for the program and time allotted will depend on the total number of entries received.

 

Please submit your entries with the following information

 

(No of participants, type and brief description of act, KCA parents name)

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ARTS CONTEST

 

 

1. All participants should be part of KCA membership
2. The artwork must be flat, either canvass or paper.
3. The artwork can be in any medium of painting such as pastel, sketch, watercolor, oil painting etc.
4. Size limited to 14” x 18”
5. Please DO NOT write your name on the artwork.
6. DO NOT SUBMIT artwork PRIOR to the event. Please bring the artwork on the day of event. MUST BRING THE ARTWORK BEFORE 4 PM ON THE DAY OF EVENT.
7. Please mention KCA parents name
8. Theme: “Village life of Karnataka”
9. Every effort will be made to secure and take care of the paintings by the KCA. In the event of loss or damage to the submitted artwork, it is explicitly understood that KCA will not be held responsible in any way.
10. The artwork will be displayed during the children’s day program. It must be picked up by the end program

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR POETRY CONTEST

 

1. All participants should be part of KCA membership
2. This may be written in English or Kannada
3. Only on line submissions are accepted.
4. Please mention KCA parents name
5. Theme: “Village life of Karnataka
6. All entries must be submitted by November 7^th, 2009

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ESSAY CONTEST

 

1.       All participants should be part of KCA membership

2.      Short essay; 2-3 paragraphs not exceeding 250 words or one page.

3.      This may be written in English or Kannada

4.      Only on line submissions are accepted

5.      Please mention KCA parents name

6.      Time permitting, winning entries may read their essay on stage

7.      Theme: “Village life of Karnataka

8.     All entries must be submitted by November 7^th, 2009

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR RECOGNITION OF SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

 

1. High school students who are in any sports team representing their school may send their name. Please detail the name of sports and their role in their team (captain etc). We intend to recognize these children on the stage.
2. Only on line submissions are accepted
3. Please mention KCA parents name

 

PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ENTRIES TO

 

Gundappa Neelakanta, Director, KCA, g.neelakanta@ucla.edu, (818) 388-2877

 

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Dr. Gundappa Neelakanta, Director, KCA and Coordinator Children’s day g.neelakanta@ucla.edu, (818) 348 2877

 

Dr Kavitha Kotrappa, Vice-President, KCA and Co-Coordinator Children’s day ksommd@gmail.com (909) 392-1454

 

Aneesh Nirand, KCA-YC President, aneeshnirand@yahoo.com

 

Amrutha Basavapatna, President, KCA, amrbas@yahoo.com

 

Shilpa Jagannath, KCA-YC Vice President, Shilpa-ag@hotmail.com

 

Neel Kotrappa, KCA-YC Vice President, nkotrappa@webb.org

 

Mohanchandra K.P., Treasurer

Dharini Dixit, Secretary

Sudarshana Melukote, Director

Shivakumar Gowder, Director

Jagadish Gundarlahalli, Director

Nirand Salian, Director