Evergreen Desi Diwali Party 2006 Report, Page 1, Page 2

:More Fashion show pictures:

After the conclusion of the fashion show the audience gave all the participants a rousing ovation. There was a brief break in the programme for dinner.

After dinner the program resumed with the raffle, repeated this year by popular demand. Organizers Sundari Josyula and Anu Choudhury conducted the raffle, while the audience waited eagerly to see who were the winners.

This year the raffle featured over 30 prizes, in the form of gift certificates, vouchers or coupons offered by Evergreen Desi member businesses and vendors. Participating vendors who offered giveaways and freebies to the raffle prize winners included the India Junction and SpiceWorld grocery stores, the Peacock India restaurant, Lilly's Beauty World, the JP Beauty Salon, Sakhi Beauty Parlour, and the IMC6 theatre group. We thank these businesses for their generosity and community spirit.

The event concluded with general dancing to popular Bollywood remixes and hit songs.

Vote of Thanks

Thanks to organizers Anu Choudhury, Yamini Mitter and Sundari Josyula for coordinating and organizing the Diwali Party

Our sincere thanks to all the evergreen desi members who volunteereed their time during the party and before and helped make it such a big success.

Photography volunteers: Monty Gill, Nitin Salunke, Vaishali Kothari, Ashok Setty, Saroja Manga, Padma Deepak, and Surekha Gill who took pictures and covered the entire event with great enthusiasm. A special thanks to professional photographer Bala Busam for covering the event and sharing his professional pictures with us.

Games Volunteers: Ravi Kiron, Rama Ekkad, Jyothi Bade, and Gayathri Murthy. A special thanks to Lisa Deshpande for creating the banners ahead of time and to Sneha Melkote for making several trips to purchase everything needed for the games ahead of time.

Setup Volunteers:Mr. Singhal and Mr. Hari who came ahead of time and assisted with setting up the hall.

Door Volunteers: Sarbari Das, Rinki Halder, Madhavi Kakkumani, Pradnya Kapre, Shasikala, Jayanthi Sridhar and Seema Maniyar for manning the door and collecting the raffle stubs of the arriving guests.

A very special thanks to Mr. Sandeep Mitter who set up the sound system and handled the mikes, the sound and related issues throughout the evening.