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3rd Annual NATS Balala Sambaralu held in Dallas, TX

North America Telugu Society (NATS) is a national Telugu association with a mission“Bhashe Ramyam Seve Gamyam”. The objective is to address the needs and

concerns that affect the everyday lives of Telugu people living in North America. NATSis 24/7 available via the 1-888-4-TELUGU hotline, a one of its kind service serving anykind of medical, financial or traumatic situation. NATS is fully supported by service

oriented Telugu members from across the country who works together without anyconflict of interest. NATS recently completed its most successful Sambaralu in DallasTX. They are gearing up for Sambaralu 2015 to be held from July 2nd to 4th at LA

Convention center, California.

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Another key feature of NATS is that it’s the only Telugu organization that organizes aprogram exclusively for kids. NATS recently conducted its 3rd annual Balala

Sambaralu in Dallas, TX. NATS organizes this event across various cities in US in

commemoration of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday, also known as Children’s day,which falls in November 14th. In Dallas, the event was held on Nov 24th with the focus

on showcasing kids talents in Classical singing, Non-Classical singing, Classical

Dance, non-Classical dance, Chess and Telugu Vocabulary. Despite harsh weatherconditions, approx 150 kids competed with great passion and excitement. For the first

time, Balala Sambaralu was exclusively conducted by High School Children Manogna

Nuthi, Priyanka Potturi, Kovida Koneru and Sanjuktha Pendyala under the guidanceof Sirisha Voootla. After rigorous preliminaries in each category, the finalists

competed live on stage amongst the entire audience. A key highlight of the finale was

a skit that emphasized the importance of Children’s day. Approximately 10 kids ofvarious age groups composed and choreographed the skit. All the attendees got to

enroll in raffle contest comprising of amazon gift cards, Itunes gift cards and may

more goodies. The event was supported by various NATS coordinators under theexemplary guidance of Bapaiah Nuthi, Srinivas Koneru and Vijay Velamuri. Some of

the folks who helped coordinate each competition were Srinivas Kavuri, Sreelu

Mandiga, Rajendra Madala, Venkat Kodali, Srinadh Jandhyala, Krishna Vallapareddy,Chaitanya Kancherla, Purna Yelavarty, Purna Purugula, Sridhar Kodela, Raghu Borra,

Bharadwaj, Veena Yelamanchili, Jaya Kalyani and Aparna Velamuri. The Media

support for event was Desi Plaza, Yuva Media, TV9, and TV5. Key sponsors wereFrisco Bawarchi, Soft schools.com and Sarigama.

Following are winners of the Balala Sambarlu competitions. NATS presented them

with trophies and certificates.

1. Classical Singing

Geethalu – Aneesha Kandikonda, Sriya Devulapalli, Sai Harshini AkarapuVarnalu – Veda Velamuri, Laasya Achanta, Poojitha Kommera

Keerthanalu – Sreeragini Ghantasala, Sobhita Posiraju, Sriya Vaskarla

2. Classical Dance

Juniors – Aneeka Guda, Sriya Nallala, Sai Hiranya Akarapu

Seniors – Sreeragini Ghantasala, Sanjana Pinapala, Samhita Bandaru

3. Non Classical Singing

Pragna Brahmadevara, Kirti Chamkura, Sreya Kodela

4. Non Classical Dance

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Juniors – Revanth Kaja, Manasvi Pabbati, Dinah Thadikonda

Seniors – Aneesha Kandikonda, Srutti Potturi, Sanjana Pinapala

5. Telugu Vocabulary

Juniors – Himaja Tummuru, Sriya Devulapalli, Saketh SadhanalaSeniors – Tejasvini Tummuru, Pranav Kasturi, Veda Velamuri

6. Chess U600Juniors - Smaran Voora, Vimudha Gogada, Dhruv Kamtam

Seniors - Arya Gowder, Alekh Mulpuri, Akul Gowder

7. Chess U1000

Urvi Vallapareddy, Ethan Hartfield, Anvita Kotha

8. Chess Open

Ganesh Kummarappan, Aadarsh Srivatsav, Siddharth Sajja