May 2010

Dear TAGDV members, On behalf of the members of our Executive Committee, it is my pleasure to extend our invitation to you, your family and friends for the TAGDV 17th Annual Cultural competitions and Ugadi celebrations to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Tredyffrin / Easttown Middle school. You will be delighted to know that this year we invited Richa Gangopadhyay, the beautiful heroine from the popular movie Leader and Miss India-USA (2007) as our chief guest. Natakireeti Dr.Rajendra Prasad is our guest of honor and will enter-tain us nonstop for one hour and it is our privilege and honor to felicitate him on that day. R.P. Patnaik, a sensational music director, actor, singer and recently turned movie director, will be our special guest. Ravi Varma, an upcoming young movie actor, will join us as our guest. Another highlight of the program is a Musical Extravaganza by Usha and her group with live orchestra. They will be singing songs from the 60s to current for two hours. You will also enjoy mouth-watering An-dhra Bhojanam, especially made for the occasion by Bawarchi restaurant. We will have a spectacular and colorful program on that day. The day long festivities will include cultural competitions for Kids, shopping for women (Jewelry, Sarees, Dresses), snacks for everyone (Idli, Vada, Mirchi Bajji etc.), felicitations, prize distribution etc. Please visit our website www.tagdv.com for the program sheet. TV 9 will record / cover the program from the afternoon and broadcast the highlights in India and USA. Thank you very much for your contin-ued support as we work hard to bring a variety of cultural programs for your enjoyment. Our sincere request and appeal to all our members and attendees is to maintain the school premises clean and keep your children with you all the time. Saroja Sagaram President

New TAGDV Executive Committee The new Executive Committee for the 2010-2012 term has been elected unanimously. Congratulations and good luck to the team. I would like to thank the election committee for their help in conducting the elections. Election Committee: Sudhakar Pavluri (Chair) , Krishna Prasad Varada, Nagendra Reddy (Members).

President Sailaja Adluru Vice President Madhavi Mandala Secretary Ravi Potluri Joint Secretary Sunitha Vegesna Treasurer Girija Doddapaneni Members-at-Large Bhaskar Sarikonda, Venugopal Bathini, Madhu Divyakola

Rajkumar Kuppuswamy, Padmini Devi Karnam, Sambaiah Kotapati Ravi K. Mandalapu, Lalitha Rallapalli

Directions to Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School is at 801 West Conestoga Road. There is a traffic light at the intersection of Conestoga Road and Cassatt Road to the north, Howellville Road to the south. T/E Middle School is on the southwest corner. From Wayne - travel west on Lancaster (Route 30), past the Devon Horse Show. At the fourth traffic light (Tires Plus on your left) turn right. After you cross over the bridge, the road bends to the left. Turn right at the first street – T/E Middle School will be on your left. Turn left at the traffic light to the entrance of the school parking lot. From Paoli - travel east on Lancaster (Route 30), past Boston Market (intersection with Route 252). At the first traffic light (Daylesford Train Station), turn left on to Old Lancaster Road (under the old stone bridge and past the cemetery). Turn left on to Conestoga Road, past the athletic fields, to the entrance of the school parking lot on your right. From Route 202 North to King of Prussia, take the Chesterbrook Blvd. Exit. Turn right at the light on to Swedesford Road. Turn left at the next light on the Bear Hill Road (Route 252). Turn right at the second traffic light on to Cassatt Road. T/E Mid-dle School is at the next traffic light – turn right to the entrance to the parking lot. From Route 202 South to West Chester, take the Paoli (Route 252) Exit. Turn left at the first traffic light on to Cassatt Road. T/E Middle School is at the next traffic light – turn right to the entrance to the parking lot.

Accounts: Deepavali 2009 Income Expenses DONORS: Amount Amount Ramesh & Sailaja Eluri $300.00 Food Caterer-Dosa Hut- Harish $1,625.00 Jainder & Madhavi Reddy $250.00 Sound system- Tom $650.00 Krishna Rani $250.00 Srinidhi & Raghuram (Singers) $2,000.00 Vijaya Inc (Dosa Hut) $151.00 Custodians (Tips, 3 x $30) $90.00 Srinivas & Saroja Sagaram $151.00 COTSCO Groceries (Sambaiah K) $184.12 Niranjan & Sujana Yerram $150.00 Water Bottles and extra bowls- (Sambaiak K) $20.00 Madhav & Janaki Mosarla $150.00 Patel Brothers- Plates and bowls (Girija D)- $54.38 $105.21 Venkateswara Reddy & Vijaya Maruri $116.00 Giant food store- Soft Drinks- (Girija D)- $15.90 Harnath & Girija Doddapaneni $101.00 Table cloth Rolls-Party City (Girija D)- $34.93 Raj & Sujatha Kuppuswamy $100.00 Crown Trophy- Plaques (Sailaja A)- $143.10 $158.10 Srinivas & Lakshmi Emani $100.00 Boquets (Sailaja A)- $15 Kalyan & Saritha Anumula $100.00 Program Sheets & Certificates (30 color)-Harnath D $0.00 Vijay & Sumitra Reddy $100.00 Gift Cards- Geetha Dornadula $65.96 Sudhakar & Subhashini Pavuluri $100.00 News letter- Saroja Sagaram $400.44 Ravi & Soundarya Mayreddy $100.00 Penn Brook School Bill $841.50 Siva & Lalitha Setty $51.00 Total: $6,140.33 Naidu & Pramila Palli $51.00 Seshumamba Chittineni $51.00 Income: $4,582.00 Sivam & Girija Rangavajjula $50.00 Expense: $6,140.33 Krishna Prasad & Annapoorna Varada $50.00 Net Profit/ Loss: -$1,558.33 Basavaiah & Vijayalakshmi Sury-adevara $50.00

Prasad & Sujatha Patri $50.00 NEW LIFE MEMBERS Amount ($) $2,572.00 Kolluru Vijayanand & Vijaya Durga $125.00 Admission fee (Checks) Karra Subash Reddy & Smitha $125.00 Bungatavula Harinath & Radhika $125.00 Members Paid with checks: $660.00 Members Paid in Cash $1,350.00

Total $4,582.00

Accounts: Sankranthi 2010

Income Expenses Admission Amount Amount

Donation: $615.00 Bharatiya Temple Hall Rental and Sound system $0.00

Srinivas & Saroja Sagaram $100.00 Food (Prepared by mem-bers) $0.00

Ramesh & Maya Parchuri $100.00 Gift Cards (Paid to Girija) $60.00 Admission By Checks $415.00 Cleaning Person (Maria) $40.00 Priest Dakshina (Vishnuji) $26.00 Total: $126.00 Admission By Cash and fee for Muggulapoti $778.00 Income: $1,420.00

Pizza Sale $27.00 Expenses $126.00 Total: $1,420.00 Surplus/ Loss: $1,294.00

Membership Collection

Life-$125, Annual- $35

Yadlapalli Vinod & Ramani (Upgrade to Life Membership)

$90.00

Pola Siva & Sailaja $125.00

Total: $215.00

Bank Deposit on 26 Jan 2010 $1,509.00

We regret to inform you of the passing of Dr. Asha Latha Reddy, a life time member of TAGDV and wife of Late Sri. Kandula Surender Reddy (Secretary of TAGDV 92-94) on March 24, 2010 at 10.45 am at Hazard, KY at the age of 64. She is survived by her children Aditya & Aarthi Reddy and sisters Nirmala, Meena & Sudha.

Life Members - November 2009 Chamarti Ravi Neeraja Reddy Chinnababu Sama Kurra Gopal Sirisha Doddapaneni Anil Kumar Hema Atluri Ramamohan Rao Sobha Rani Doddapaneni Ratnaprabhakar Rao Swarnalatha Vadlapatla Venkata R. Rani Venigandla Ravindra Sai Kumari Muppala Vijayavarma Lavanya Reddy Pailla Malla Sadhana Bathini Bhasker Harika Dasari Venkat Rajani Chamarti Vasanth Vijaya Boppudi Anil Madhavi Chanderraju Viswam Jhansi Nimmagadda Prathap Mytri Penmesta Praveen Usha

Life Members - December 2009 Pasumarthy Venkat Soujanya Addanki Shyam Sri Mahalaxmi Annappareddy Vijay Seeta Dhanapuni Ravi Sangetha Ede Babu Gayatri Guruvareddy Ramakrishna Vijaya Hinge Nageswara Rao Poornima Karna Nagi Reddy Raji Pramod Allani Bhanu Lavanya Somu Shekar Kantha Komuravelli Madhu Madhavi Nakirikanti Ravi Shailaja Seshadri Krishna Anitha Vaddela Prasada R Sridevi Bupathi Kishor Kavitha Gandhamaneni Ramesh Lakshmi Gangoni Srinivas Manjula Kalavacharla Venu Surekha Nekkanti Krishna Nagamani Nuthalapati Ramesh Sadhya Parvataneni Ravi Phanirmai Tummala Sudhir Swarna Dirisala Venkata Anupama Garikapati Venkat Jyothi Konduru Padmaja Ramachandra Korrapati Vineet Smita Matta Shekar Veena Palwai Raghunath Raghavi Uddaraju Ramakrishna Sirisha Atluri Venkata Jithendra Sribhavani Dhulipala Srinath Reshma Doddapaneni Aravind Babu Soujanya Billa Prakash Rohini Korutla Laxminarayana Shanthi

Aramalla Purnachandra Reddy Usha Mutyala Venkatesh Padma

Life Members - December 2009 Narayan Ravi Vasantha Bhupathi Srinivas Vijaya Gudala Sreedhar Amareshwari Sursani Sunil Uma Vallabhaneni Yugandhara Rao Satyavathy Devi Ari Rama Raina Chekuri Prasad Mohana Devalapally Madhukar Madhavi Mantena Renu Venkata Ragoor Balakrishna R. Vijayalakshmi Babu Suresh Avani Bhimireddy Anirudh Anvita Kiran Seelam Shilpa Aluru Vishnu Bhavani Policherla Harnath Sandra Balusu Phany Priya Sandeep Dandu Subbaraju Radhakumari Dantuluri Ravi Kumar Varalakshmi Kunaparaju Raju V. Sudharani Mandala Umadevi Siva Mogula Sridhar Kiranmayi Penematcha Raju Padma Penganti Chandra Rajeshree Penmesta Rama R. Lakshmi Rao Boda Sarath Sherly Vadigi Suresh Sarada Venkatapuram Umesh K. Vinayasree Attar Iqubal B. Rehana Nandyala Venkat Sruthi Palli Vasu M. Palli Vinay M. Ramadas Venkata S. Bhavani Vemula Swathi Murali Gaddam Suresh Reddy Himabindu Talasila Saikumar Indu Edupuganti Venu Kavitha Gadde Mohan Kavitha Koganti Sunil Roopa Koripella Uday Kumar Srivalli Matta Prasad Neeraja Reddi Gopala K. Sailaja Bandla Vijay K. Leena Kosaraju Amar Sagarika Chitti Praveen R. Sowmya Dasari Choudary R. Jayasree Doddapaneni Sagar Suneetha Gadiraju Rama L.R. Sarada Konda Ajai Smitha

Life Members - January 2010 Tummala Satish Nagamani Yadlapalli Vinod Ramani Pola Siva Sailaja

Canumalla Ramachandra Saroja Life Members - April 2010

TAGDV Executive Committee (2008-2010) President Saroja Sagaram (215) 699-6367 Vice President Sailaja Adluru (610) 792-5015 Secretary Rajkumar Kuppuswamy (610) 398-8025 Joint Secretary Lalitha Setty (610) 454-1127 Treasurer Girija Doddapaneni (215) 442-1499 Members-at-Large Saritha Anumula (610) 265-5248

Geethanjali Dornadula Srinivasa R. Emani

(215) 368-1948 (610) 518-7181

Padmini Karnam (215) 822-6195 Sambaiah Kotapati (215) 412-2536 Madhavi Mandala (215) 699-1770 Girija Rangavajjula (610) 630-1678 Sumitra Reddy (215) 412-2836