Sangama Kannada Association - 40th Anniversary Program Schedule

Note: Please note these programs are not in specific order and subject to change

Venue: Lindenberg High School, 5000 Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63126

Morning Program

8 AM to 1:30 PM

Emcees- Deepthi Bharadwaj, Tejaswini Nayak, Padminu Patlu, Rashmi Rachappa Balkunde,Shankar Sastry
Breakfast
Procession

Procession with Chande, Thamate , kids waving Karnataka flag and women carrying lamps.

Invocation Song

Sharanu Sharanayya Sharanu benaka

Performer Names
  • Samhita Dixit
  • Aadya Amarnath
  • Aditya Hebbar
  • Pranav Achar
Lighting of the lamp
Performer Name

Grand patrons

  • Dr. Teju Nayak & Dr. Ravi Nayak Family
  • Dr. Lakshmi Naveen & Dr. Naveen Krishna Family
  • Dr. Shobha Bhaskar and Dr. Bhaskar Gowda family
  • Malathi and Dr. Krishna Reddy family

President and Vice President

  • Anil Cashikar and Vinod Shenoy
National Anthem and Naada Geethe

The moment of unity and pride as we honor our nation by singing national anthem of USA and India, followed by Naada Geethe.

Coordinator: Rashmi Rachappa Balkunde

Performer Names
  • Aarya Nayak
  • Samanvita Dixit
  • Riyanshi Basavaraj
  • Shreyansh Rai
  • Aarna Amarnath
  • Pratha Prashanth Thanuja
  • Taanvi Gowda
  • Anvi Krishnareddy
  • Adithi Bhattacharya
  • Aashka Hugar
  • Skandan Urs
  • Tanmay Yashavanth
  • Danish Ehan Aseefullah
  • Meenakshi Raj
  • Aditi Kudle
  • Mohak Nandeep
  • Aditi Boggarapu
  • Aisiri Anilkumar
  • Kriyansh Naveen Reddy
  • Yathvik Shridhar
  • Aadya Nayak
  • Amogh Bhattacharya
  • Ankur Manangi
  • Aadhya Amarnath
  • Samhita Dixit
  • Tanush Gowda
  • Aditi Rao
  • Akshay Amberker
  • Krithi Krishnareddy
  • Vedant Balkunde
  • Rhea Pai
  • Aditi Satrasala
  • Pragnya Sridhar
  • Navya Patlu
  • Chinmay Yashavanth
  • Avani Rao
  • Vihaana Subhash
Welcome speech

Welcome speech by President Dr. Anil Cashikar

"Hitech Hayavadanachar" - A drama

A drama by senior members of Sangama. A fictional parody comedy play that shows how traditions can change as time, country, and the present change. Written by: Smt Alamelu Directed by: Shankar Sastry

Directed by
  • Shankar Sastry
Performer Names
  • Uma Nagabhushan
  • Radha Shrinivas
  • Shankar Sastry
  • Latha Viswanath
  • Shrinivas
  • Jaya Sastry
  • Kishore
  • Vanitha Venugopal
  • Nandini Kishore
Dance performance by Taynudi Kannada Shaale Kids

Name: Sirigannada Coordinator - Rashmi Rachappa Chreographer - Manasa

Performer Names
  • Pratha Prashanth Thanuja
  • Adithi Bhattacharya
  • Skandan Urs
  • Tanmay Yashavanth
  • Danish Ehan Aseefullah
  • Meenakshi Raj
  • Aisiri Anilkumar
  • Kriyansh Naveen Reddy
  • Amogh Bhattacharya
  • Ankur Manangi
  • Aadhya Amarnath
  • Samhita Dixit
  • Krithi Krishnareddy
  • Aditi Satrasala
  • Pragnya Sridhar
  • Chinmay Yashavanth
Felicitating graduating kids and a Dance by Graduating kids

Coordinator - Padmini , Teju and Bharati

Graduating Kids
  • Aniket Joshi
  • Neha Patlu
  • Saanvi Ramgounda
  • Sapthaka Upadhya
Dance performance by Bolly Rocks

A dance performance for songs from timeless classics to modern chartbusters, taking us back to golden era of Kannada cinema.

Adult Participant Names
  • Aishwarya Gopal
  • Anitha Subramani
  • Ashwini Talanki
  • Shishira Rai
  • Shruthi Krishnareddy
  • Nidarshini Gopalakrishnan
  • Priyanka Vashisht
  • Leelashree Shridhar
  • Kannika Wagle
  • Shweta Pejathaya
Teen Dancers
  • Navya Kambala
  • Malishka Khadson
  • Nityasri Bhaskar
  • Shruthi Jayaprakash
  • Ishwari Kshirsagar
  • Nidhisha Pejathaya
  • Amulya Aradhya
AnuRag performance

Performance by Anurag School of Music

Performer Names
  • Guru Sandhya Pandurangi
Columbia Yugadi Group

A Celebratory dance Performance

Coordinator - Smruthi Sendhil Kumar

Chreographer - Koyeli Ganguli

Performer Names
  • Abhipraye Mukherjee
  • Aadya Sai Gangula
  • Aparna Mallad
  • Bihan Sengupta
  • Harinya Petluri
  • Suvan Nandy
  • Ujaan Sengupta
  • Vinutha Kumar
  • Yalini Sathesh
Dance by Kids of St Louis Kannada Community

Talented kids of Kannada community of St louis to perform Dance.

Coordinator - Jyothi Sridhar

Chreographer - Sandhya Betnag

Performer Names
  • Aarya Nayak
  • Samanvita Dixit
  • Riyanshi Basavaraj
  • Shreyansh Rai
  • Aarna Amarnath
  • Pratha Prashanth Thanuja
  • Taanvi Gowda
  • Anvi Krishnareddy
  • Adithi Bhattacharya
  • Aashka Hugar
  • Skandan Urs
  • Tanmay Yashavanth
  • Danish Ehan Aseefullah
  • Meenakshi Raj
  • Aditi Kudle
  • Mohak Nandeep
  • Aditi Boggarapu
  • Aisiri Anilkumar
  • Kriyansh Naveen Reddy
  • Yathvik Shridhar
  • Aadya Nayak
  • Amogh Bhattacharya
  • Ankur Manangi
  • Aadhya Amarnath
  • Samhita Dixit
  • Tanush Gowda
  • Aditi Rao
  • Akshay Amberker
  • Krithi Krishnareddy
  • Vedant Balkunde
  • Rhea Pai
  • Aditi Satrasala
  • Pragnya Sridhar
  • Navya Patlu
  • Chinmay Yashavanth
  • Avani Rao
  • Vihaana Subhash
Sugandha Souvenir Inauguration

Innauguration of Souvenir "Sugandha"

Performer Names
  • Gopi Joshi
  • Bharathi Hebbar
Felicitating Guru Seema Kasturi for winning best playback singer in TKSFF

Felicitation by: Dr. Naveen Krishna and Girish Dixit

EC Transition

Transition of current Executive committee and introducing new comimittee for 2025 - 26

Dance performance by School of Dances of India (Asha prem)

Dances of India, founded by the late Dr. Prem and his wife Asha in the 1970’s, is a two-time National Endowment for the Arts Award recipient and is one of the oldest classical Indian dance companies in the US!

Song 1: Ganesha, Shiva, Shakthi (Pushpanjali) Raga : Revathi , Tala : Adi
  • Milana Hunt
  • Renu Venkat
  • Sahasra Mandalapu
  • Hershey Bhutoria
  • Sameera Rao
  • Ananya Sen
  • Avi Macherla
  • Krisha Patel
  • Devika Eluru
Song 2. Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma Raga : Bowli, Tala. Adi Performers:
  • Milana Hunt
Natyamandira School of Dance

Maya Aralimatti is a Bharatanatyam artist, founder and Artistic Director of Natyamandira School Of Dance here in St. Louis. This dance will be performed by her students.

Song: Kadagolu tarenna, Raga: Yamankalyani, Taala : Adi, Composer: Purandara Dasaru

Performer Names
  • Maya Aralimatti
  • Aashka Hugar
  • Aaradhya Maddi
  • Anaisha Singh
  • Sri Vindhya Satuluri
  • Aryana Kanungo
  • Varnika Sangani
  • Sudheeksha Sai Vennu
  • Sreenika Sangani
“Anubhava Mantapa” - dance drama - by Soorya Performing Arts
https://www.sooryaperformingarts.org/anubhava-mantapa-2/
Performer Names
  • Guru Prasanna Kasturi and team
  • Samanvita Kasthuri
  • Hritika Malugu
  • Shreenidhi Senthilnathan
  • Kirthi Ramesh
  • Ishita Sanghavi
  • Snigdha Phanidapu
  • Sahasra Dandamudi
  • Deepshikha Pasumarti
  • Harini Saravanan
  • Diya Patel
  • Sona Prabhakaran
Performance by Taynudi Kala Siri Tanda

Thamate performance by Kannada Kala Siri

Performer Names
  • Rachappa Balkunde
  • Rakesh Basvalingappa
  • Girish Dixit
  • Prashant P
  • Krishnareddy Bayyareddy
  • Amarnath Srinivasareddy
  • Dattatri Rao
  • Vedant Balkunde
Vote of Thanks

By Vinod Shenoy

Feast on a Leaf

A verdant scroll of joy, the banana leaf awaits. Each morsel a melody, each flavor a festival. Kosambri dances beside Mango chutney and Pineapple Gojju, while Holige (Obbattu) whispers sweet secrets from ancestral kitchens. Rice mounds like sacred hills, ringed by Holige Saaru that color the soul— a fragrant tribute to tradition, laid with love, and served with silence-breaking smiles.

Evening Program

4:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Emcees - Shubha Subbarao, Tejaswini Nayak, Bharathi Hebbar Chief Guest: Mr. Vivek Malek, Missouri State Treasurer
Music Concert by Rajesh Krishnan & troupe, Bengaluru, India
Prayer/National Anthems

Prayer song taught by Seema Kasthuri & Bharathi Hebbar Heartfelt rendiont of the national anthems of USA and India

Performer Names
  • Meghana Hebbar
  • Neha Patlu
  • Saanvi Ramgounda
  • Sapathaka Upadhya
  • Aniket Joshi
  • Anishh Kumar
  • Nischal Mohan
Lighting of the Lamp

Chief Guest, Mr. Vivek Malek, Missouri State Treasurer lights the lamp during the prayers

Chief Guest
  • Mr. Vivek Malek
Sangama President/VP
  • Anil Cashikar
  • Vinod Shenoy
Convenors
  • Dr. Naveen Krishna
  • Nagendra Sanjeeva
Sangama Board of Directors
  • Deepthi Bharadwaj
  • Madhuri Gururaj
  • Mohan Hebbar
  • Shrikant Patlu
  • Laxman Milli
Inaugural speech
Performer Name
  • Sangama President Dr. Anil Cashikar
Honoring the 40 Presidents of Sangama

Founded in 1985, Sangama proudly celebrates 40 glorious years, of showcasing, sharing and enriching the Kannada culture and heritge. A legacy that has been carried on by Presidents of the organization, and their dedicated committees, year after year

President Names
  • 1985-1986 Hema Srikanta
  • 1986-1987 N.S. Srikanta
  • 1987-1988 P. Vittal Bhat
  • 1988-1989 V. Viswanath (late)
  • 1989-1990 Vanitha Talkad
  • 1990-1991 Tara Shadaksharappa (late)
  • 1991-1992 R. Shrinivas
  • 1992-1993 Jaya Sastry
  • 1993-1994 Jyothika Manepalli
  • 1994-1995 Krishna Reddy
  • 1995-1996 Shankar Sastry
  • 1996-1997 Suguna Satheesha
  • 1997-1998 Venugopal Talkad (late)
  • 1998-1999 Ananth Manepalli
  • 1999-2000 M.K. Satheesha
  • 2000-2001 Hema Srikanta
  • 2001-2002 S. Hariprasad
  • 2002-2003 Chaya Gopalan
  • 2003-2004 Srilatha Upadhya
  • 2004-2005 Shyma Nagabhushana
  • 2005-2006 Jayanthi Hariprasad
  • 2006-2007 Shankar Devanahalli
  • 2007-2008 Uma Nagabhushan
  • 2008-2009 N. S. Srikanta
  • 2009-2010 G. Aravind Upadhya
  • 2010-2011 Sunil Kantharaju
  • 2011-2012 Vinayaka Sharma
  • 2012-2013 Deepthi Bharadwaj
  • 2013-2014 Gopinath Joshi
  • 2014-2015 Jyothi Mysore
  • 2015-2016 Shubha Baskar Subbarao
  • 2016-2017 Madhuri Gururaj
  • 2017-2018 Lakshmi Naveen
  • 2018-2019 Laxman Milli
  • 2019-2020 Tejaswini Nayak
  • 2020-2021 Nagendra Sanjeeva
  • 2021-2022 Nagendra Sanjeeva
  • 2022-2023 Srikanth Patlu
  • 2023-2024 Hemanth Kumar
  • 2024-2025 Anil Cashikar
  • 2025-2026 Vinod Shenoy
Recognition of Donors

Sangama BOTs honor the patrons and donors for their generosity in donating funds which has helped the orgnaization flourish and serve the community

Patrons and Donors listed at:

https://sangamastl.org/home/

Introduction of Chief Guest

Shubha Subbarao

Performer Name
  • Mr. Vivek Malek, Missouri State Treasurerr
Speech and Proclamation by Chief Guest

Mr. Vivek Malek, Missouri’s 48th State Treasurer, was sworn into office on January 17, 2023. He is the first person of color to serve in and be elected to statewide office in Missouri history. He is currently the highest-ranking Republican Indian-American in elected office in the United States.

https://treasurer.mo.gov/content/about-the-office/treasurer_vivek_malek

Vote of Thanks

Vinod Shenoy

Snack and Coffee break at Cafeteria

Introduction of Rajesh Krishnan and music troupe

Music video introduction

Performer Names
  • Shubha Subbarao
  • Tejaswini Nayak
Music concert

Rajesh Krishnan is an Indian playback singer and actor. Although he is known for his works in Kannada films, he has sung in Kannada, and many other Indian languages. He has sung for many feature films, devotional albums, theme albums and commercials in a career spanning over almost three decades.

Performer Names
  • Rajesh Krishnan
  • Sheela Ravindran
  • Krishna Anand
  • Pradyumna Soraba
  • Veeresh
Felicitation of artistes

Rajesh Krishnan is an Indian playback singer and actor. Although he is known for his works in Kannada films, he has sung in Kannada, and many other Indian languages. He has sung for many feature films, devotional albums, theme albums and commercials in a career spanning over almost three decades.

Performer Names
  • Anil Cashikar
  • Vinod Shenoy
Vote of Thanks
Performer Names
  • Vinod Shenoy

Dinner For Members and Guests