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Northern Tamil Association – Grand Diwali Celebration 2007

Diwali was celebrated in a grand style on 28th October 2007 at Wythenshawe Forum Hall, Manchester.

The Chief Guest was Mr Gangai Amaren, who lit the traditional oil lamp and inaugurated the function. Dr Jino Sukumar, President of NTA welcomed the audience and touched briefly on the achievements and the phenomenal growth of the Association in the last year. The highlight of the celebration was the gala musical programme presented by Mr Gangai Amaren, Mr SPB Charan, Mr Venkat Prabu and Ms Suchithra Ramadurai. Mr Gangai Amaren enthralled the audience with his timely sense of humour and witty remarks. The group sang the popular Tamil songs from the past as well as from the recent movies with their mesmerising voices. They were supported very well by the Chithralaya music band who were at their best. Mrs Subo Arumugam compeered the whole programme and her verbal interlude with Mr Gangai Amaren was hilarious. The auditorium was packed to its capacity of about 750 and towards the end of the programme, it was a fantastic sight to watch all the adults and the children dancing way to the fast music in the front part of the hall, with frenzy.

Ms Sujatha Ramakrishnan thanked all those who worked very hard to make the function a great success. Mr A. Chidambaram was elected as the President for the year 2008.

So many people, inside the committee and outside, were involved in the organisation of this event in various stages and without them it could not have been such a magnificent occassion. Many observers commented that they had not seen such a hugely entertaining musical event with big stars from Tamilnadu, in the north of England. Rightly so, as this is the first time that famous artists from Chennai have been invited to the north of England!

Who knows, this may set the tone for future Diwali events of the NTA, so as to celebrate in grand style!

Finally, NTA thanks all those who attended the function and supported the event.

Northern Tamil Association celebrates Tamil New Year in a grand style!

Northern Tamil Association, the cultural and social organisation for all the Tamil speaking people living in the northern part of England, celebrated Tamil New Year in a grand manner on 21st April 2007.

The function was held at the Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester. Mrs Jino Sukumar, President welcomed everybody for the function and spoke about the cultural heritage of Tamil civilisation. A few of the past Presidents lit the oil lamp in the traditional manner.

Students of the Upasana group, led by the teacher Mrs Deepa Ganesh, impressed the audience with their Bharathanatyam dances. A comedy programme was given by the Manchester Tamil Association, who joined hands with the NTA in this celebration. Ms Sonya Gayal danced for Bollywood songs. Gokul Ramakrishnan and Rohith Srinivasan played instrumental music for a couple of popular Tamil songs. Jeevan and Rohini Satheesh sang some rap songs in Tamil which was entertaining.  

Andrew and company sang Tamil film songs to the delight of everybody. A debate was held in Tamil and two groups argued whether knowledge of Tamil language was necessary for sustaining the Tamil culture amongst our future generations in this country.

The audience were amused when a group of ‘artists’ pretended to play Nadaswaram and other musical accompaniments for a recorded version!

Dr Madhavan, Secretary of NTA proposed a vote of thanks. 

The programme was compeered by Subho Arumugam and Susie Nandapalan. Still photographs were taken by Niru Nirmalan and video was done by Dr TR Subramaniam 

The function was a grand success and was attended by about 400 people. Vegetarian food was catered by Sindhumahal Restaurant, London. 

As usual, all the committee members of the NTA worked hard to run the event smoothly. 

Feedback from the audience      

“All the programmes were of very high standard and entertaining!” 

“Organisation of the event was amazing!” 

“The food was superb!” 

“Car parking was a problem and the theatre style auditorium was not conducive for us to chat to our friends”

 NORTHERN TAMIL ASSOCIATION WISHES TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE FUNCTION AND MADE IT  A GRAND EVENT. 

11th November 2006  Deepavali Celebration

Deepavali was celebrated in a grand manner by the Northern Tamil Association on 11th November 2006 at the Wallasey town Hall, Wirral.

The Chief Guest for the evening was Mrs Shanthini Alexander, ex-Mayor of Stockport Council. She was accompanied by her husband Mr Ben Alexander. Mrs Alexander lit the oil lamp and inaugurated the function. In her address, she touched on the cultural values of Tamils and emphasised the importance of integration. She also reflected on her own career and the struggle that women had to endure. The President Mr Srinivasan welcomed the guests and said in his speech that starting a Tamil School at 2 or 3 places in the north of England during the weekends would be the next goal for the NTA in the coming year. He also mentioned about the success of the Association's website which is becoming popular among the Tamil community in the north of England.

The highlight of the function was the performance of the Tamil music band Chithralaya from London. It was a thoroughly professional performance by the band which is co-ordinated by Mr Sudhan. They sang a mixture of new and old Tamil songs and captivated the audience with their wonderful performance. Mrs Rajam Krishnasamy,Ms Rohini and Dr Sivaramkrishnan also sang Tamil and Hindi songs. Dr TR Subramaniam acknowledged and appreciated the efforts of Chithralaya group

There were also cultural performances by young girls. Ms Urvashi Shankar from Wirral performed a Kuchupudi dance, followed by a Bollywood dance by Niji Dharyanani, also from Wirral. Ms Karthika Kanagsundaram and Ms Gayathri Kanagasundaram danced effortlessly for the famous song "Randakka" from the movie Anniyan. The Kanagasundaram sisters performed a Bharathanatyam dance along with Adhithi Sivaram and Ashika Vijay. There was a surprise ( not originally planned) dance from Dr Deepa Rajesh who danced for a famous Tamil song.

The catering was by the famous Sindhumahal Restaurant, London. All the food items were very tasty and authentic! There was an army of volunteers - committee members and others - who served the food very efficiently!

Dr Kandasamy from Wirral helped with the stage arrangement and banner. Mrs Malar Subramaniam laid out a colourful 'Kolam' in the entrance area. The Ticket sale was looked after by Dr Anita Devadoss and Dr Kalyani Srinivasan and they both did a fantastic job, as usual. Dr Chidambaram and Dr Gnananananda were in charge of the membership drive and they enrolled 8 members on the day! They were provided invaluable assistance by Dr Srinivasan from Nottingham. Dr Mahes Nadarjah and Mrs Chithra Godfrey made sure that only those who had the valid tickets entered into the hall!. Dr Godfrey acted as the official photographer. Dr Jino Sukumar and Dr Shanthi Chidambaram looked after the decoration and event co-ordination. Mr Sridhar was in charge of the music co-ordination for the various dances. Mrs Subo Arumugam compeered the whole event in her usual style and her command of Tamil language was very much appreciated.

A 'hot and cold beverage stall' was up and running at the back of the hall, thanks to Dr Sukumar, Nimalesh Sukumar, Dr Vino Nadarajah and Gautham Srinivasan. There were 2 Tambola stalls - one for the children one for adults, organised by Divya Devadoss and Susie Nandapalan. Tambola was the originally the idea of Anita Devadoss who worked hard in organising the stall which proved to be a real success. All the prizes were donated by Anita Devadoss and the other committee members

A record number of 380 guests attended the event and NTA Secretary Dr Godfrey aptly remarked in his thanks-giving address that he had not such a huge participation of Tamil people in any NTA function. Ex-President of NTA Mr Sivaji Sivasundaram paid tribute to the present committee for the phenomenal growth of the Association during the last year.

The President and the Executive Committee of the NTA thank all the guests for their support and encouragement.