From Holiday Inn Express to Holiday Inn for reception dinner on July 2nd evening.
From Holiday Inn, comfort suites, and Hampton Inn to Palace Theater [July 3 & 4]
Available Time : Morning 8am -10am; Evening: 9.30pm-11.30pm
Shuttle Service From Airports
Subsidized shuttle service is arranged for convention attendees between Hartford airport [BDL] and Palace Theater and adjoining hotels. Look for FeTNA assigned shuttles at the airport.
Hotels
Holiday inn express is within walking distance from Palace Theater
Holiday Inn is about 4.8 miles form palace. No shuttle service is available between Holiday Inn and Palace theater.
The Star night reception Dinner on July 2nd evening is to happen at holiday Inn.
Parking
FeTNA 2010 signs will be placed at the highway exits leading up to the parking garage.
Free Parking is available at Palace [behind, follow sign -> Palace Theater Parking], Holiday Inn & Holiday Inn Express
Street Parking
The Scovill Street parking garage, which consists of close to 800 parking spaces, is located directly behind the theater. A $4.00 parking pass can be purchased with your tickets by calling the Box Office at 203-346-2000, no later than 10 days prior to the event. Within 10 days, please visit the Box Office at 100 East Main Street or pay the parking garage attendant on the night of the event.
MARG ProperTies is sponsoring an event called ‘FETNA Tamil Vizha 2010’ in North America. FETNA is an umbrella organization of Tamil Sangams that function within the North American Continent. FeTNA is a registered, non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c) (3) organization. It was founded in 1987 by five Tamil Sangams: Tamil Association of Delaware Valley, Tamil Sangam of Washington & Baltimore, New York Tamil Sangam, Ilankai Tamil Sangam and Harrisburg Tamil Sangam. An assembly of over 400 Tamils near Philadelphia celebrated the inauguration in the spring of 1988. Since then the Federation (FeTNA for abbreviation) has organized an annual convention each of the subsequent years.
1988 – Broomall, Pennsylvania
1989 – Washington, Washington DC
1990 – Staten Island, New York
1991 – Hoffman Estates, Illinois
1992 – College Park, Maryland
1993 – Kenosha, Wisconsin
1994 – Somerset, New Jersey
1995 – Toledo, Ohio
1996 – Stamford, Connecticut
1997 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 – Edwardsville, Illinois
1999 – Atlantic City, New Jersey
2000 – Tampa, Florida
2001 – Southfield, Michigan
2002 – University Park, Illinois
2003 – Trenton, New Jersey
2004 – Baltimore, Maryland
2005 – Dallas, Texas
2006 – New York, New York
2007 – Raleigh, North Carolina
2008 – Orlando, Florida
2009 – Atlanta, Georgia
Now the annual convention is going to happen in Waterbury sponsored by Marg Properties. The Tamils are spread over the entire country. A few well-organized Tamil Sangams are present in large metropolitan areas where there is sufficient number of Tamils present to obtain a sense of Tamil togetherness. By and large, most Tamil Sangams consist of less than 100 active families. These are too small to form active communities and develop community features and resources, and fragile enough to fall prey to factionalism. Networking with other Sangams offer the possibilities of connectivity, stability, and increased resources. FeTNA meets this need. FeTNA provides for developing connectivity among the Tamil Communities in North America. Its primary objective is the preservation and growth of Tamil Language, Culture, and Community.
