Dear Members,

The 20^thAnnual Bunts Association (U.K.)

Venue : Cedar Court Hotel, Denby  Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
WF3 3QZ

Date:     Friday 10^th - Sunday 12^th September 2010

Cedar Court Hotel Package

Saturday 11^th of September

Rooms are charged at £62.95 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £87.95 pp.

A triple room for two adults and one child is charged at £20.00 per night extra for bed and breakfast only or £32.50 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

 Interconnecting rooms for two adults and two children will be £50.00 extra per night for bed and breakfast or £65.00 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

Rates on Saturday include, afternoon drinks and biscuits, accommodation, pre-dinner drink, dinner and breakfast. For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply and charge £10.00 per night including breakfast.

 Friday 10^th and Saturday 11^th September

Rooms are charged at £107.95 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £142.95pp.

A triple room for two adults and one child the charge is £20.00 per night extra for bed and breakfast or £32.50 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

Interconnecting rooms for two adults and two children will be £50.00 extra per night for bed and breakfast or £65.00 per night for bed, breakfast and dinner.

Rates on Friday & Saturday include dinner and accommodation on Friday night, breakfast on Saturday morning, afternoon drinks and biscuits, dinner and accommodation on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday.

For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply and charge £10.00 extra per night including breakfast.

Children will be having their evening meal in the restaurant at 6:30 pm on Saturday.

In case anyone does not want to eat at the hotel on Friday night the cost will be £20.00 cheaper.

For those who are attending the Saturday dinner only, the charges are £36.00 pp.

Reservations

The direct telephone line for bookings is: 01924 261 294

 The reference for booking :                           BUN11091

Credit or Debit card details will be asked for while booking. When booking, please give full name  and address, in order to avoid confusion between members. Please make note of the reference number given at the time of booking. Room reservations are available to be booked between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

In order to receive the discounted rate please book by 20^th August 2010.

Once you have made your reservations please send an e-mail to the secretary

sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com with regard to the numbers of adults and children

attending the Friday and Saturday evening events.

Please can you ensure that all reservations are made by the 20th of August 2010 to enable the hotel to obtain the exact number of delegates in order to make arrangements for the rooms and buffet dinner.

Parking throughout the weekend will be complimentary.

Directions are on this link http://www.cedarcourthotels.co.uk/Wakefield/Location.aspx

Itinerary

Friday 10^th September 2010

Check in time is 2:00pm, however, it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.

Friday night dinner

Saturday 11^th September 2010

Breakfast is from7:00 am to 10:30 am, for those who checked in on Friday.

Check in time 2:00pm, however it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.

Cricket match (subject to availability of the pitch)

Registration 3:00 to 3:30pm

Meeting and entertainment 3:30 to 6:00pm

Pre-dinner drinks at the Cocktail bar 7:30 pm

Dinner and Bingo (bring loose change) 8:00pm

Dance 10:00pm to 01:00 am

Sunday 12^th September 2010

Breakfast 7:00 am to 10:30 am

Check out 12:00pm

New Members

During registration on Saturday an annual subscription fee of £30.00 will be collected from new members .A standing order can be set up for subsequent years.

To participate in the entertainment this year please contact Solme Shetty or Hita Shetty or any one of the committee members.

More details of the programme and updates will be put on the website closer to the time of events.

www.bunts.org.uk

Please could all members send their e-mail address to the secretary, Sabeena Shetty, if  it is not in the Bunts Directory, incorrect or if it has been changed, as further updates can be sent directly to you via e-mail.

Looking forward to seeing you all again.

President : Ramesh Shetty  E-mail id rshetty16@hotmail.com

Secretary : Sabeena  Shetty  E-mail id sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com

Committee  Members: Dr. Asha Ballal,  Mrs. Rita Shetty,  Dr. Sujatha Bail,  Mrs. Sumalini Prakash,  Dr. Thimmappa Shetty and  Dr. Vishwajith Hegde.

Dear All,

2010 UK Bunts Association Annual gathering will be held on 10^th and 11^th of September in Cedar Court Hotel at Wakefield. The hotel is situated just off the M1 motorway at junction 39. Hotel address - Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Wakefield WF4 3QZ. You may view the hotel facilities on their website - http://www.cedarcourthotels.co.uk/

Please make a note of this date in your diary. Remember, this is our 20^th Anniversary meet and everyone is expected to contribute in any way possible to make it a grand success.

Program details will be communicated to all members during the next couple of months. If you have any suggestions for the event please let us know as soon as possible.

We would like to extend our thanks to all those members who attended the function last year and made it a grand success. Special thanks to our      ‘Master of Ceremonies', entertainment secretaries, committee members and to all those artists who entertained us lusciously.

May we request the non members in the UK to contact the President or the Secretary to enrol themselves as members as soon as possible?

Finally, we hope that you all had a good Diwali and Christmas celebrations and slowly ventured into the New Year with lot of good lucks. We wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year.

Best wishes,

Ramesh Shetty                                                     Sabeena Shetty

President                                                              Secretary

 15th June, 2009

Dear Members,

The 19^th Annual Bunts Association (U.K.)

Venue : Hilton Northampton, 100 Watering Lane , Collingtree , Northampton , NN4  0XW
Date:     Friday  11^th - Sunday 13^th September 2009

Hilton Package

Friday 11^th September 2009

Rooms are charged at £35.00 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £50.00 pp.
For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply. Breakfast for children under 12 is also free.
Interconnecting rooms or a room next door will be charged at half price with 2 children under the age of 18.

Rates on Friday include accommodation & breakfast.

Friday night dinner at the restaurant will be charged at £24.95

Saturday 12^th September

Rooms are charged at £83.00 pp sharing a double /twin and single occupancy at £103.00pp.
For children under the age of 12 who require a spare bed, please note that the hotel have a limited supply. Breakfast for children under 12 is also free.
Interconnecting rooms or a room next door will be charged at half price with 2 children under the age of 18.

Rates on Saturday include accommodation, pre-dinner drink, dinner and breakfast.

Children will be having high tea in a special room, next to the Collingtree Suite at 6.30 pm and will be eating from the same menu as the adults.

For those who are attending the private dinner only, the charges are £26.25 pp.

Baby-sitters may be available; however this service needs to be booked in advance with an additional fee.

Reservations

The direct telephone line for bookings is : 01604 707 533

The reference for booking :                           BUN120909

Contact names at reservation:                      Daniel Smith or Olivia Weltz

Credit or Debit card details will be asked for while booking. When booking, please give full names and addresses, in order to avoid confusion between members. Please make note of the reference number given at the time of booking. Room reservations are available to be booked between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, in order to receive the discounted rate.

Once you have made your reservations please send an email to the secretary
sabeena_shetty@hotmail.com with regard to the numbers of adults and children attending the Friday and Saturday evening events.

Rooms for the event will be held by Hilton Northampton until the 12^th of August 2009, after this date the rooms will be released for general resale. Rooms will be provided to members subject to availability after this date but at a variable rate. Please can you ensure that all reservations are made by the 12th of August 2009 to enable the hotel to obtain the number of delegates in order to make arrangements for the rooms and buffet dinner. Parking throughout the weekend will be complimentary

A map has been enclosed (attached at the bottom).

Itinerary

Friday 11^th September 2009

Check in time 3:00pm, however it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.
Friday night dinner.
A suite will be provided for relaxation for the evening.

Saturday 12^th September 2009

Breakfast 7:00 am to 10:30 am, for those who checked in on Friday.
Check in time  3:00pm, however it is possible to be accommodated earlier subject to the availability of the rooms.
Registration 3:00 to 3:30pm
Meeting and entertainment 3:30 to 6:00pm
Pre-dinner drinks at the Court Bar 7:30 pm
Dinner and Bingo (bring loose change) at the Collingtree Suite 8:00pm
Dance 10:00pm to 01:00 am

Sunday 13^th September 2009

Breakfast 7:00 am to 10:30 am

Check out 12:00pm

New Members

During registration on Saturday an annual subscription fee of £30.00 will be collected from new members .A standing order can be set up for subsequent years.

To participate in the entertainment this year please contact Solme Shetty on 01706358854 or Hita Shetty on 02088105174 or any one of the committee members.

More details of the programme and updates will be put on the website closer to the time of events.

www.bunts.org.uk

Looking forward to seeing you all again.

President : Ramesh Shetty

Secretary : Sabeena  Shetty 

Committee  Members: Dr. Asha Ballal,  Mrs. Rita Shetty,  Dr. Sujatha Bail,  Mrs. Sumalini Prakash,  Dr. Thimmappa Shetty and  Dr. Vishwajith Hegde.

2009 UK Bunt's  Association  Annual gathering will be held on 11th and 12th of Septemebr in Hilton Hotel at Northampton.
Please make a note of these dates in your diary.
Details will be communicated to all members during the next couple of months.

Non members in the UK please contact either the President or the Secretary to enroll themselves as members.
You may also contact through email at  admin@bunts.org.uk


Your support will be very much appreciated

Jeevan tied the knot with Gillian on the 24th of Jan 2009 at the Devonshire Gardens Hotel Glasgow.

You can see the video of the wedding at the link below.

http://web.me.com/bobmcaffery/Gillian

We wish the couple all the best !

Dear All,

After yet another successful and extremely enjoyable Bunts Association UK meeting, I’d like to take this opportunity, in my last year in the capacity of Secretary, to thank you all for attending and extend my thanks to the outgoing Committee Members.

We had fantastic feedback about the weekend as a whole, now all that is left to do is recognise the great job Dr. Melanta did as President over the last 3 years with the help of his wife Geetha Melanta. The organisation and publishing of the new Bunts Directory was facilitated by both of them.

For the upcoming 3 years (2009 – 2011), the new and very capable Committee Members were elected at this year’s AGM. They are as follows:

President: Ramesh Shetty

Secretary: Mrs. Sabeena Shetty

Joint Secretaries: Mrs. Solme Shetty & Mrs. Hita Shetty

Committee Members: Mrs. Ritha Shetty, Mrs. Sujath Bail, Dr. Thimmappa Shetty, Dr.Viswajith Hegde, Mrs. Sumalini Prakash & Mrs. Asha Ballal.

May we congratulate and wish them all the best for their term.

Roshan Adappa has done an exceptional job at comparing at our meetings for the last 3 years. I hope he enjoyed doing it as much as we enjoyed listening to him.

Solme Shetty has been second to none at co-ordinating our entertainment schedule for the last 3 years and thankfully, she has agreed to stay on as joint secretary for the next term, so we have more of that to look forward to.

Nitin Hegde has been maintaining our website to a very high level and has made the overall website more secure for us to log on and keep up to date with the information he posts.

I’d like to extend a huge thanks to all of the other Committee Members who have helped organise the last 3 meetings, I couldn’t have done it without them.

Last but not least, I would like to extend thanks to my family for all of their support throughout my time as secretary, my husband Dr. Dinkar Hegde, my son Deeraj Hegde and my daughter Vandana Hegde.

Yours sincerely,

Vanamala Hegde

Former Secretary

Please note the below corrections to the recent printed Directory

1. On page 29: the photo is: Rai Santosh (R) & Lavanya (Mrs) but wongly printed as Gonsalvis Ravindra & Bhagyshree 

On page 96: Santosh & Lavanya Rai
11 Laburnum Court
Collapit Close
Harrow
HA1 4YD

2. On page 122: Mr Pathvinath Shetty's address: 954 London road and not 985.

Venue: Hilton Coventry, Paradise Way, Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry. Warwickshire.CV2 2ST
Date: Friday 19^th - Sunday 21^st September 2008
Parking: Throughout the weekend will be complimentary.

This year, the 19^th annual get together will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Coventry.

HILTON PACKAGE:

The package (for both nights) is priced at £110.00 per person (2 people sharing) twin or double room.

This includes: Accommodation on Friday and Saturday nights, Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, Tea/coffee or soft drinks before the meeting on Saturday, Reception drink (non-alcoholic) and 3 course Buffet on Saturday night.

On Friday night, Dr. Melanta to organise.

If spare beds for children under the age of 12 are required, the hotel has a limited supply, the extra person would only be charged for breakfast.

Interconnecting rooms or a room next door will be charged at half price with 2 children under the age of 16 (over 16's are considered adult) in the room.

Single occupancy rooms will be charged at £85.00 per night plus £25.00 for the 3 course buffet.

For those who are unable to attend both nights, the charges will be as follows:

Saturday night will be charged at £140.00 per night, per room (2 people sharing) twin or double.

This includes: Accommodation, a pre dinner drink (non alcoholic), 3 course buffet and a full English breakfast on Sunday.

RESERVATIONS:

Booking telephone number: 02476 603000 - Please ask for ‘in-house reservations'

Booking Reference: GROUP BOOKING code, ‘GBUNB'

When booking, please give FULL NAME and address, in order to avoid multiple instances of the same surname. When booking, a reference number will be given and credit card details must be left as a guarantee.

Phone between: Monday - Friday (08.30 - 18.00).  ** Book early to avoid disappointment **

It is with great sadness we inform all our members about the demise of Mrs.Shashikala Adyanthaya, wife of Dr. Mohan Adyanthaya, on 25th April 2008 in Glasgow after a brief illness.

Mrs.Shashikala Adyanthaya, popularly known as ‘’Chechakka’’ to almost everyone, had been an inspiration to our Bunt community in the UK and North America. Her quiet sense of humour, sustained and wonderful hospitality, humble nature and the charming smile had been her great strength to be a perfect role model for all of us. She was a remarkable lady and it was a great privilege for many of us to know her. She will be sadly missed by all of us.

Our thoughts go to her loving husband Dr. Mohan Adyanthaya, daughter Shammi, son-in-law Hardeep, two grand children and all members of her family at this immensely sad time.

The funeral arrangements has been finalised and will be held on Saturday, the 3rd May, details of which are here below.

1. From 8.30am to 10.30am- To assemble and Pay our last respects at Thomas Curt Hall. Boness Road.Grangemouth.FK3 8AF.
 
2. From 11.00 am to 12 noon-Cremation Ceremony at Falkirk Crematorium.Dorrator Road.Camelon.Falkirk.FA2 7YJ.

3. From 12.30 pm Meeting and Refreshment will be held at Dr.Dinkar and Vanamala Hegde’s Residence at Avonshore.Abbots Inch Road.Grangemouth.FK3 9UX.

Hello everyone,

We would like to start by extending our gratitude to everyone who attended the Bunts Sangha and made once again a thoroughly enjoyable occasion.

Dr Roshan Adappa MC conducted the meeting professionally.

This year the programme started with a dinner and dance on Friday night in Coventry . Around 30 members attended and a bus had been organised to take everyone to the venue. Good food was accompanied by Bollywood karaoke with most of our members giving their own version of the classics. This was followed by dance session.

On Saturday the programmes started at 3.30 pm with a prayer by the young Kavya Verma. The General body meeting started with the Presidents address and report by the Secretary. There were votes taken on proposals by members. Resolutions passed were

1. Term of President and Secretary to be for 3 years (constitution to be changed)

2. Format of the entertainment programme to remain as before with no changes.

Nominations were requested for President and Secretary to take over as of next year. The nominations are to be sent to the President or Secretary before the next meeting.

The general body meeting was followed by our cultural programme

The entertainment section began with a prayer dance by Mrs Suchita Shetty. This was followed by an excellent Sitar recital by Mrs Malini Baikady. There was a skit -reverse swayamvara- produced and directed  by Mrs Prabha shetty and performed by the Midlands group. Comedy sequence Mr Prakash Shetty and group and directed by Mrs. Veena Shetty visiting from Madras. The audiences were entertained by folk dances from different parts of India by Mrs Chandra Shetty and group.  Sanjay Shetty gave a fantastic Kathak performance. There were also excellent dance performances by Santhosh, Rajesh, Santhosh and Lavanya, Arun and Saritha and a mixed Bollywood dance by Prathvi. Leena and her group amazed us with, ‘Salaam - e - Ishq' dance.  The, ‘Vote of Thanks', was given by Mrs. Asha Shetty. Thank to Mrs. Solme Shetty for co-ordinating entertainment programme.

Following an excellent dinner, the DJ had the dance floor grooving with some of our excellent dancers both young and the not so young until a reluctant closing time of 01:00. Many members then flocked to the bar area to take part in an Antakshari session and keeping the barmen busy.

Sunday morning was about last minute socialising and nursing hangovers. A Committee meeting brought an end to our Annual Get Together in which accounts were gone through. Discussion was held regarding what went well throughout the weekend and how things could be further improved. Our thanks go to all the members for making it another great meeting.

We are still awaiting photos from the photographer. Portrait copies of photos please contact the photographer directly. Details will be posted on website soon. Next year's event is from the 19^th - 22^nd of September 2008 at the same place and venue. Please make a note of the dates. Have a fantastic Christmas & New Year.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Melanta (President)

&

Mrs. Vanamala Hegde (Secretary)

P.S: Thanks to all who helped me over the weekend.