Repuplic Day Message

Dear Members

"Success is an event that accomplishes its intended purpose. We always strive to be successful in whatever we do and success is the sole motive of any operation. It is relative and can never be absolute. Success is what motivates people to strive hard to achieve their goals. Success motivates people to work hard and to make them realize that hard work holds the key to success".

MCIA – 2011 Committee’s first event of the year “INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY” celebrated yesterday, Jan 29th was a GRAND SUCCESS. The patriotic event which is very close to our hearts, brought in the patriotic fervor amongst the packed audience at One Normal Plaza. The event had a huge participation by the community and was one of the biggest audience turnout for MCIA events.

Video link to Glimpses of MCIA - 2011's Republic Day Celebrations. Stay tuned for the full video presentation of the event.

Photo Gallery Link :  Album-1    Album-2

The success of the event belongs to all and would like to thank : 

• All the Children that took time to be available for the practice sessions to learn the National Anthems and sang with great inspiration at the event. Thanks to Balagokulam team for helping with the practice session.
• All the Local Indian Associations – Bloomington Tamil Sangam(BTS), Telugu Association of Bloomington-Normal(TABN), Mysore Mallige Kannada Koota (MMKK), Bloomington Telangana Foundation(BTF), Marati Mandal and Bloomington Kerala Forum(BKF).
• Last but not the least the community participation and CHEERING AUDIENCE which played a great role in motivating the performers. Looking forward for your active participation for future events, MCIA-2011 committee will strive hard to provide quality programs that will be organized through out the year.

Request the MCIA member community to renew the membership and also encourage non members to become members to support the organization that is functional for the past 31 years with the support of respected members.

I would like to thank again whole community for the participation which is great motivation and inspiration for MCIA - 2011 committee to organize events with quality.

Regards,
Suresh Krishna
MCIA President - Twenty Eleven(2011)
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Greetings Dear Members,

MCIA 2011 committee invites you to the first event of the year - "INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY" celebrations !!!.

McLean County India Association (MCIA) celebrates this event every year and the details for Twenty Eleven(2011) celebrations are below :

Event: MCIA’s Indian Republic Day celebrations
Date and Time: Jan 29th, Saturday, 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Venue:  One Normal Plaza, 1110 Douglas Street, Normal, IL

January 26, 1950 is one of the `most important milestones in Indian history. On this day, the constitution of India came into force and India became a truly sovereign state, completing the country's transition towards becoming an independent republic. McLean County India Association (MCIA) celebrates this event every year.

The Patriotic fervor of the Republic day brings together all the Bloomington-Normal Indian community. All the local Indian associations have come forward to participate and support the celebrations which shows that we are all united.

As part of the event we have Children singing the National Anthem, Cultural activities having patriotic theme represented by all the local Indian associations, and 2011 Committee introductions. Reputed guests from the local community have been invited to attend the event.

The event is free and open to the community. Refreshments with Tea will be served. Please forward this invite to all of your friends in the community.

Kindly request you to attend the event and make it a grand success.