April 20, 2011

Respected Members of Our Atlanta Malayalee Community,

The GAMA Executive Committee would like to convey our sincere gratitude for your involvement and wonderful support in making the GAMA 2011 Inauguration Program a huge success. We thank you for taking the time from out of your busy schedule to come to the program. We wish to take this opportunity to appreciate everyone's valuable time and effort to make this program such a sensation.

Firstly, a big thank you goes to Congressman Tom Price for inaugurating our GAMA 2011 activities inspite of a very busy schedule with the budget crisis in Washington D.C. Despite his time constraints, Congressman Tom Price allotted time for us to grace the occasion. We are also ever so grateful for the presence of all the religious and community leaders who joined us along with most of the former GAMA Presidents. We thank each and every one of you in joining us.

We thank our sponsors, every one of them for their support to the event. A big appreciation goes to our mega sponsor Shaju Mathew Pullazhyil. GAMA appreciates all of you!!

GAMA Executive Committee would like to broaden their thanks to all the selfless volunteers who chose to miss out the spectacular programs and whose hardwork behind the scenes made sure programs were such a success. In addition, special thanks to the following volunteers for their whole hearted involvement;

  • Laila Melethe, Tom Makkanal, and Jophy Augustine who welcomed the members and volunteered to sell tickets. Saly Thampu and Letha Thomas did an amazing job as backstage coordinators; they ensured every program went on time as planned.
  • Paul Mathew and his team for the Chendamelam and St.Alphonsa Church for supporting us by letting us use their equipment for the Chendamelam.
  • Mrs. Agnes Karivelil, our Womens Forum Coordinator, and the Youth forum for the Thalapoli. The Chendamelam and Thalapoli sensationalized nostalgia, creating a culturally enthralling scope of the ways of celebration from our home, Kerala.
  • Merin Joshy, Alan Thomas, and Akil Kalathil for leading the youth and reassure them in their endeavors to urge other youth to partake in the celebration of our heritage. We always encourage the youth to get involved and immerse themselves in our tradition.
  • Sreenath for singing the prayer song and Angela Thomas and Jaisly for singing the national anthem. Meera Puthiyadath and Jyothi Anush for being the hostesses for our cultural programs.
  • Asha Dance, KalaiVani Dance and Music Academy, Mudranjali School of Dance and Music, Natyanjali Academy of Dance, Natya Dhaara Center for Performing Arts, Natyarpana Academy of Dance, Nritya Sankalpa, Samarpanam-School of Fine Arts, Soundarya Natyalaya, C V Subramanian, Academy of Indian Music and Dance for their excellent performance. GAMA congratulates and thanks every participant in the dance programs, dance teachers, parent, family member for their dedication to make this event a triumphant one. We owe every one of you special thanks and want to let you all know that you have a special place in our hearts.
  • Seema Fernandez who choreographed Margam kali and Reni Thuruthumalil, who coordinated Margam Kali.
  • Swapna Vachparambil who cordinated the Oppana. The time, dedication, effort, and teamwork devoted by Margam Kali and Oppana teams was outstanding and received tremendous applause from the audience.
  • All participants of the wonderful dance performance by men choreographed by Anup Ravindranath. The audience appreciation was apparent in their involvement in the dance.
  • Each and every member of Sahana Dreams for their melodious Ganamela.
  • Smera Saikumar who created the power points for the sponsors and dance schools and presented them during the program.
  • John Mathai, Tom Joseph and Sony Anthony GAMA and the very many Photographers and Videographers especially, who captured all our arrangements. Thank you for being there for us!
  • Thomas Parayil , Jose Makkanal and Women’s Forum for coordinating the cleaning, canteen and coffee sales.
  • Mathew Tharakan for bringing the stage to life with decorations and transforming it into a true cultural setting. The catchy, vivacious, color scheme made every performance much more attractive and engaging for the audience.

Last but not the least, two very important teams behind the success of this event should be recognized and thanked for their fantastic work;

  • Firstly, the Entertainment Committee comprising of Saikumar Viswanathan (Chairman Entertainment Committee), Biju Thuruthumalil (President, GAMA), Linda Tharakan (Vice-President, GAMA), and Meera Puthiyadath (Program Co-ordinator) for their immense efforts in creating, organizing, co-ordinating and conducting the entertainment programs.
  • Secondly, the Food Committee comprising of Joshy Mathew and Zach Vachaparambil for organizing and taking care of the food for the members.

When the whole GAMA Executive Committee and its volunteers came together and gave 100% effort, we saw an inspirational outcome. Once again, we would like to thank each and every one of you and we look forward for your continued support in the future of GAMA and all its events. Your ideas, talents, creativity, and opinions motivate us so please get more involved and even greater programs will be brought forth in the near future. Visit our Website www.gamaonline.org to see more photos of this event.

Sincerely,

On behalf of the 2011 GAMA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Biju Thomas Thuruthumalil,
President         		Anu Sukumar,
Secertary

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