TASC Star Night 2007 in Southern California

Telugu Association of Southern California (TASC) celebrated the Star Night with much enthusiasm in Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California on July 14 2007. The Star Night Program started traditionally with the Lamp Lighting followed by classical dance, Folk Movie dance, Songs and other exciting programs performed by the Film Artists. Famous Telugu story writer Paruchuri Gopalakrishna, Glamorous Film actress - Parvati Melton, Laya, Artists and yester heroes & heroines - Maharshi Raghava, Prabha, Rama Prabha, Rajitha Comedian - JayPrakash Reddy, Telugu Song writers - Jonnivittula were present and contributed their talents in various programs during this event. Also present at the event was the famous Miss Asia USA Shilpa Mamidi (first Runner up). An enthusiastic crowd of nearly 1800 people commuting all over Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California turned up and enjoyed the program with their kids and families until midnight. Mouth watering food was served by the local restaurant 'Dosa Place'.

Mr. Anil Arrabelli, President of Telugu Associaion of Southern California welcomed the gathering and also the stars from the Telugu Film Industry. He thanked Philanthropist Dr.Premsagar Reddy and Dr.Shanti Reddy for being the grand sponsors for this mega event. The entire TASC team felicitated all the Platinum and Gold members who were present at the event and thanked them for their generous contributions. Mr.Anil also felicitated the Film artists and Miss Asia USA Shilpa Mamidi, who will be representing INDIA in the Miss Asia International 2007 contest.

The program ended with a vote of thanks from secretary KrishnaKanth Kotagiri. We hope and look forward to, many more such events from TASC. The event was a big success with the help of all the following people:

TASC Executive Board - Anil Arrabelli(President) , Natraj MadiReddy (Vice President) , Krishna Kanth Kotagiri (Secretary) , Sujit Vadi (Treasurer), Usha Gorti (Joint Secretary),Vikram Varma ( Past Secretary)

TASC Committee Chairs - Suneel Relangi (Membership Chair), Dr.Sindhuri Jayasinghe (Cultural Chair), Vidya Tadanki (Cultural Co-chair), Sreekanth Komatireddy (Hospitality), Satish Pallapotu (Web), Sireesha Kavipurapu (Youth chair), Kiran Kavipurapu (Youth Co-chair), Ravi Kiran Kanala (Publicity), Murali Reddy (games & Sports), Vijay Bhaskar (Food Chair)

TASC Committee Members - Kiran Juvadi, Vikram Bojjam, Shiva Annamaneni,Ranganna, Ranga, Ramesh Gattu, Raja Aysola,Raghav,Pradeep,Ramchandra,Praveen,Rao ,Venkat.