NATS next convention in Los Angeles in 2015

Los Angeles, USA: North America Telugu Society (NATS) National committee announced here on Sunday that the next NATS convention will be held in Los Angeles in 2015. Los Angeles Chapter organized a success meet on Aug 4th at Chatsworth, CA to thank the volunteers who contributed to the grand success of their events in LA area. NATS Los Angeles team recently conducted Volleyball Tournaments, Summer Picnic and ETV Paduta Teeyaga ' US Edition, under the guidance of NATS founding members Dr.Veeraiah Chundu and Dr.Ravi Alapati. NATS National committee took this opportunity to announce that National convention of 2015 will be held in Los Angeles.

NATS Board of Director Dr.Veeraiah Garu thanked all volunteers for their time and dedication in making these programs a great success. He also requested the volunteers to continue the same to make the NATS Los Angeles convention a mega Success. He appreciated the passion shown by LA team in the organization of these events in never before seen style. NATS Joint Treasurer Prasad Papudesi described the various initiatives taken up by NATS and how 1-888-4-TELUGU help-line is actively supporting Telugu people in US, in times of need.

Chandu Nangineni welcomed the crowd and gave a report of all the events that were conducted by NATS Los Angeles team this year. He said that NATS is a volunteer based organization and was able to support all these programs only due to the dedication of volunteers. He thanked volunteers and specially appreciated their families for extending the support. He also said that with their continued support, NATS 2015 convention will be done in Hollywood style.

Srinivas Killada thanked the NATS board for giving them the opportunity to conduct such wonderful programs in LA area. Kishore Garikapati and Madhu Bodapati organized the success meet.

NATS conducted a Volley ball Tournament in Los Angeles area in a grand scale. Total of 42 teams participated from 5 different areas in Greater Los Angeles area that includes San Fernando Valley, Torrance, Irvine, Pasadena, and Rancho Cucamonga. Never before did so many teams come together for a game in this area and this is a record breaking participation. The preliminary rounds were conducted in each area on June 8th and two teams from each area were selected for the finals. Grand finals were played at Lemon Park in Simi Valley on June 15th. Around 400 members from Telugu community attended the event in support of their favorite teams and enjoyed watching the exciting finals. The park was filled with the energy and excitement of volleyball fans. In the thrilling final game, Arcadia team won against Torrance team.

NATS Picnic was conducted in Simi Valley at Lemon Park on June 15th. About 450 Telugu people attended the picnic from all over Greater Los Angeles area. The whole park was filled with energy and enthusiasm shown by the people who came to attend the event. For kids there were Jumpers and Water Play. For adult, Basketball and Volley ball games were organized. In addition, several games for kids, woman and men were conducted. Special effort was made to conduct games like 'Adugulaku Madugulu' for couples and 'Antyakhshari', where all the families could participate' There was a delicious Lunch buffet served with several Non-Veg and Veg Andhra dishes. Snacks and tea were served in the evening. All the events made sure that people had fun and enjoyed the whole day with their families and friends. NATS founding members Sri Veeraih chudu garu and Sri Ravi Alapati garu attended the picnic. NATS Director Veeraiah garu gave prizes to the winners of the games. He praised the team by saying that he has never seen a picnic organized in such a manner in the history of LA area; it was well planned and executed.

NATS LA conducted the E-TV reality show Paduta Teeyaga in LA area in two places. June 22 show was conducted in Cabrillo high school, Long beach and June 23 show happened at Calabasas high school, Calabasas. More than 600 people attended in each of the places. This was a live recording of contestants from all over the US. E-TV telecast of this event will start in August. The iconic singer of Indian film industry Padmasri Dr. S.P.Bala Subramanyam garu conducted and judged the event and gave suggestions to singers. Singer Smt.Usha was another judge and gave blessings to the participants. This program was conducted successfully with core NATS volunteers, along with help of local organizations LATA, IYANA and Trivalley Telugu Association. Sri S.P.Bala Subramanyam garu and ETV crew thanked the NATS and all volunteers for their hospitality, selecting the best auditoriums in Los Angeles area and for making the events a grand success.

Key volunteers who dedicated their time and effort to make these events are Gowtham Katari, Narendra Kavarthapu, KRV, Kishore Garikipati, Madhu Bodapati, Chandu Nangineni, Srinivasa Killada, Sunil Pathakamuri, Uday Bontha, Srinivas Sure, Giri Kalluri, Srinivas Bheemineni, , Murthy Darbhala, Krishna Samanthula, Chandrasekhar and Kavitha Ganduri, Sridhar Addanki, Hari Madala, Vijaya Bhaskar Nekkanti etc.