August 21, 2010 by Soma.

Utsav/IndiaDay 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Moore Auditorium, Tallahassee, FL 32306

Indian Students Association of Tallahassee (INSAT) and India Association of Tallahassee (IATLH) celebrated the 64^th Indian Independence Day, India Day, and Utsav (in Sanskrit meaning Festival) - a cultural program this afternoon. The day started out bit cloudy and muggy and so we feared for typical summer rain, but we were spared. A food, jewelry, and handicrafts fair was also held between 12:00 Noon and 6 PM in conjunction with the Celebrations.

About 450-500 people (students, children, youngsters, and Tallahassee public) came to enjoy the free program. The proceedings began with Independence celebration with flag unfurling and singing of National anthems of India and the USA. There were 20 individual items split into two segments. The earlier segment consisted of performances by young artists. This included two performances by VS and one by me.

The first one of VS’ performances was “The Great Children of India”, where VS represented Bhaghat Singh. In the second item VS and I did a stand-up comedy called, Tanjore to Tallahassee, where we parodied the clash between Indian-born adults visiting and American-born youngsters.

The event was a big success.

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April 17, 2010 by Soma.

Tamil New Year Celebrations

தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு விழா

சனிக்கிழமை, ஏப்ரல் 17, 2010

அலுமினி வில்லாஜ்

தலகாசி

11 வருட தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு விழா இன்று கொண்டாடினோம்.

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March 7, 2010 by Soma.

Manickkam Drama PracticeSunday, March 07, 2010; 5:00 to 6:00 PMTallahassee, FL 32317We began practicing for Manickkam Mattinaan (மாணிக்கம் மாட்டினான் )  comedy Tamil drama at home. We had about six kids.

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November 14, 2009 by Soma.

Cultural Glimpses of India5 PM at Chiles High School AuditoriumTallahassee, FL 32312Today is the day of the annual premier event of India Association of Tallahassee. We will have about 24 programs. There will be an intermission after about 16 items. Snacks will be sold.See you all there!

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November 13, 2009 by Soma.

2009 Glimpses Preparations

Friday, November 13, 2009; 4:00-7:00 PM

Chiles High School Auditorium

Tallahassee, FL 32312

 Today EC of IATLH was at Chiles High School auditorium preparing for tomorrow’s 12 Annual Glimpses of India Celebration. We had six to eight group rehearsing tonight and four group rehearing early tomorrow morning.The program itself tomorrow afternoon at 5 PM.

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August 13, 2009 by Soma.

Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince

Miracles 12 Theater

Thursday, Aug 13, 209

11:30 AM

We  went to the movie Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince movie today at Miracles 12 Theater near Governor’s Square Mall for the 11:30 AM screening. In total there were only seven people (including us) in the theater. Since it was a humid day even the window through which the movie was being projected fogged up couple of times.Then in the evening we had our friends come over for pizza and soda.

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April 23, 2009 by Soma.

First Show of “Check Please”

Betton Hills 7-8th Grade Show

BHPS Field

Tallahassee, FL 32308

Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7-8:15 PM

The first show of Check Please, the 7-8th grade show was staged under “The Tent” in “The Field” at Betton Hills Preparatory School.

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December 6, 2008 by Soma.

Ramayanam and Krazzy4 Preformances

Fairview Middle School

International Gala

Saturday, Dec 6, 2008, 12:30 PM

On this day Members of India Association of Tallahassee participated in two events that were part of the International Gala and Fundraiser for Fairview Middle School in Tallahassee, Florida.

Our group redid the Ramayanam skit in English second time today (first at Riley House Museum) at the Cafetarium in Fairview Middle.

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November 15, 2008 by Soma.

11th Annual Cultural Glimpses of India

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Tallahassee, FL 32312

The 11th Annual Cultural Glimpses of India was celebrated on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Lawton Chiles High School Auditorium, 7200 Lawton Chiles Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

The program started at 4 PM with welcome speech by the President and recognition of Guest of Honor, The Supt of Leon Co School System. It was followed by two prayer songs and then our Ramayana play.

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August 16, 2008 by Soma.

Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bhai

Indian Freedom Fighter

Speech by VTS on Saturday, August 16, 2008

RA Gray Building, 500 S Bronough Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399

VTS gave a speech about Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bhai, who as a queen of Jhansi,  a Maratha kingdom in northern India participated in the First War of Indian Independence. He emphasized the fact that not all Indian Freedom Fighters were men. He spoke about her early child hood, her courage in standing up to the British Raj and her bravery in the battles of Jhansi, Tapli, and Gwalior

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