ST LOUIS: A front-ranking ethnic organization, Gujarat Samaj of St Louis, celebrated its annual event and Diwali festival in a grand manner at St. Ann community Center on Saturday November 9.
Over 500 members attended the event that was coordinated successfully by Executive Committee of St. Louis Gujarati Samaj. The event started at 6pm with a social hour where community members wished each other Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak.
The dinner event started at 7pm with opening remarks by President Sanjay Patel. He greeted all those present with Diwali and New Year wishes. He listed the activities that the Samaj undertook during his leadership. Thanking his Commitee, volunteers, members and everybody for the generous support that he had, he pitched for the younger generation of members to come forward and give their time for the Samaj to carry on the good work for the benefit of the community. “It is important that we here in our adopted country preserve and promote our Gujarati heritage and culture for upcoming generations,” he said.
The event concluded with delicious authentic Gujarati dishes. This was followed by a live musical performance by Panorama Musical Orchestra from India. Extraordinary vocal and instrumental talents of this musical group led by Harshit Chauhan, R. Ganesh and Vidya Shivling captured and thoroughly entertained the audience for over three hours with golden oldies and new Hindi movie songs. The event was a grand success.
Ashwin Patel
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