Prizes won in FIS- 2nd Std

Yet another year has begun. And so have the prizes for Ahana.
1st place in English Recitation Competition. http://pitara.org/talespin/poems/online.asp?story=10
1st place in Whats the Good Word.

Updated March 2012
We were pleasantly surprised with the below award. She got this for Juniors category (Class 1-6).
  

Proud of you baby... 

Gumma banda gumma

chacha said I am getting goose bumps sitting here in this auditorium...reminds me of my childhood days...we werent so lucky to be taken out for all the plays that would come by. The last drama I saw was Snow white..which was close to 18-20yrs back.
Ahana anxiously waiting for the play to start. Getting impatient..."How long??" she says.
Just then the lights went off and the characters walked in. 
This play was about the daily life of a parent & children. How the mother manages both her kids, the younger one, a daughter is the naughty one, not afraid of the dark and the elder one, a son cannot sleep alone if its dark, always bullied by his sister, always taking all the blame for the mischief's done by the younger sis. Overall a thoroughly entertaining act. 
Ahana enjoyed it too...she was able to relate the sis in the play, to her own younger bro who's a brat. 

Summer Surprise(Summer Holiday Special)

This year we decided to put Ahana in drama classes. Luckily we had Bangalore School of Speech & Drama holding summer classes near our place- That's my cue- Summer Theatre Workshop at BSSD. It was a 15 day course culminating into a Stage performance at ADA Rangamandira. 


About 15 kids, all part of this play- The La-La- Rhapsody. 15 day rigorous practice for 2hrs. Ahana was given the role of the 3rd Fairy (chichi). The female fairies called Chichi's and the male fairies called Chachas. The moral of the play was "You are who you are". Ahana I know, really enjoyed this play and playing the part of fairy. Why?? coz she had to be dressed as one...with wings, pretty pink shoes and wand...which meant shopping again :-) 2 full days gone in search of the right dress for the play..thanks to some of my friends who had the patience to shop with me to look for the "right" pink dress. 
On the D'day Ahana & I were dropped first to the venue at 9.00AM and then both her grannies were picked up with her bro and brought to the venue by her dad. By the end of the play Manju mama & Sujaya atte were also there to watch her on stage. 

The confidence that my darling showed on stage was unbeatable!! Even the older kids who were performing with her were trying to remember their lines when some other child was talking....but Ahana was standing there with no fear. Everytime she is on stage she makes us proud. We are glad that Ahana has always been blessed with the presence of her elders for most the important events in her life till now.


The next day she & her brother left for Mlore to stay there for a month. Doddamma(grandma) had enrolled her for chess classes at Derik's Chess School. Again a 15 day course. She managed to win 2nd place in the chess competition which was held on the last day of the class. She was awarded with a certificate and a medal. Sandy mama...get ready, Ahana is ready to challenge you.