Front L to R Ashwin Patel, Nitin Patel and Jayesh Desai (members) Back L to R Jitubhai Parbhu,(Treasurer), Kantibhai Bhakta and Harish Patel (President)
ST. LOUIS: Gujarati Samaj of St. Louis celebrated Diwali festival with gusto and lot of fanfare at St. Ann Community Center.
Over 500 members attended the event that was coordinated successfully by Executive Committee of St. Louis Gujarati Samaj. The event started at 6pm with cocktails and snacks in a social hour where community members wish each other Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak. The dinner event started at 7pm with opening remarks by President Harish Patel.
The lamp lighting ceremony was done by past president Mrs Naliniben Gajjar. This was followed by a live musical performance by Ramzat group from India. Extraordinary vocal and instrumental talents of this local musical group led by Naresh Rajput, captured and thoroughly entertained the audience for over two hours with golden oldies Hindi movie songs. The event was a grand success.
ASHWIN PATEL
