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Articles: News | Enjoyable cultural programs at ATA meet
- Mr. Amarendra Nettem
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Chicago: Cultural programs and entertainment segments dominated the three-day American Telugu Association (ATA) Conference and Youth Convention that began at the Rosemont Convention Center here on July 2. Hundreds of artists entertained the audience on all the three days for several hours. The long evening program on the concluding day on July 4 seemed very short and the audience wished it continued for a few more hours.
The entertainment segment began with the singing of film songs by famous playback singer P. Susheela after the awards ceremony at the banquet.
She entertained the audience with her sonorous voice from several films including Sivaranjani, Megha Sandesam, and Ramudu Bheemudu. She was joined by equally able singer Gangadhar, and local artist Sarada.
The inaugural ceremony of the ATA meet in the main hall on July 3 morning was marked by a special and unique inaugural dance and song with more than 70 participants. The 30-minute sequence was specially choreographed to the tunes of a special song written by Vaddepalli Krishna . Though it was interrupted by a glitch in the sound system, it was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience when it was completed towards the end of inaugural session. All the artists worked hard and practiced well to make it an enjoyable event. The music was provided by Radha and Gopi, and it was sung by Gangadhar, Sri Gopi, Sri Ramu, Radhika, and Nitya Santoshini.
Baby Sai Tejaswani, national child award winner of Kadapa, enthralled the audience with her Surya Ashtakam dance sequence.
The fashion show presented by the ATA youth was enjoyable. The models -- both men and women -- did a good job. The Telugu dating game -- a comedy skit presented by ATA youth was hilarious. Youngster Suhas Reddy Thalamarla, who danced to Chiranjeevi's song Dai Dai Damma was impressive.
Nine-year-old Keethana Pakanati was cute when she danced to a song from movie Varsham.
The musical dance skit -- Ori Devuda! Lokam Marera -- by the San Francisco group and a Kuchipudi dance ballet -- Mohini Bhasmasura -- by Pasumarthi Venkateswara Sarma, Sobha Tammana, Asha Joseph and Himani Vennelakanti were enjoyable.
A.V.N. Reddy released a collection of poetic works of B.N. Reddy, a noted builder and writer of Hyderabad. He was also felicitated. Sangeeta Reddy of Apollo Hospital of Hyderabad made a presentation.
Landscape of emotions -- a three-piece dance by a group of boys and girls was well presented and choreographed.
Cultural competitions in various sections including classical, popular and folk forms for various groups were held and prizes were given away.
The entertainment on final day of the ATA conference on July 4 was mainly dominated by Siva Reddy's most entertaining mimicry, and highly enjoyable Koti Swaralu -- a muscal night directed by noted music composer and director Saluru Koteswara Rao, Murali, Gangadharam, Nitya Santoshini and Sunita. They together sang about two dozen film songs. Siva Reddy joined by Rajita regaled the audience with their mimicry. Siva Reddy became emotional when he received a standing ovation from the packed convention hall.
Sanjay of Sizzle India and his chefs were felicitated for preparing tasty food for over 8,000 people for all the three days.
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