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Dear GMA Members, I feel extremely proud to be the secretary of Gloucestershire Malayalee Association for 2013/2014. Our association is truly one of a kind: it accommodates people with a huge range of talent, whether it is cultural or whether it is sports. Our association is continuously growing every year and it is moving from strength to strength. Personally, I feel that we have had a successful year. Our events such as the Charity night and Onam have had a great response, from both our members and executive team. I believe that this success is the result of everyone’s cooperation. Without all your support none of what we achieved would have been possible. We started the year with our Charity night, and for the first time in GMA history, we had a youth talent hunt. This talent hunt was thoroughly enjoyed by both the audience and the participants themselves. Through the talent show we saw how gifted our youth was, and that they are a great asset to GMA. Also, our GMA was awarded the title of best association, during the British Malayalee award show which was held in Leicester. This is a great achievement for our association and it is something that we should all be proud of. Our annual Arts day was the next event in our GMA calendar. This event too showed us the immense talent which is present within our association. The children especially worked extremely hard for Arts day and it reflected in their spectacular performances. 10