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. 

Prizes won in FIS- 1st Std

20/09/2010

Am sure the image explains the achievement :-) This is her 3rd certificate for the year from her school. 

• 1st place in "What's the Good Word"
• 1st place in Hindi Solo Song competition (patriotic)
• 1st place in Hindi Recitation Competition
• 3rd place in Quiz competition
• 1st place in Fancy Dress competition

This is what she recited for the Hindi recitation competition:

She missed winning the Kannada recitation competition, because she did not sing her poem. She recited "yelladaru iru, yentadaru iru yendendigu nee kannadavagiru..." But this disappointment brought in some aggressiveness to win the fancy dress competition. There was hardly any time for us to prepare. Both of us agreed that she would play the part of Koravanji. But where was the time to prepare!! Saturday was a busy day, Sunday was her singing competition at Rajajinagar. I had asked her dad to carry his laptop just incase we could squeeze in sometime to browse through the net for some lines for a Koravanji. Monday morning was her competition. Sunday night at 8.00P.M., we were at "ajja mamas" place and thats when I remembered that we were still not prepared. Out came the laptop and into the room we went for the practice session. Within 15 mins Ahana had memorized her song & lines for the fancy dress competition. This is how it went....

kani heluve..naanu kani heluve...then she sang the 1st two lines of the song "iddaddu iddhange nadadiddu nadange" from the movie Srinivasa Kalyana and then she explained what a Koravanji meant. Costume search happened over the net, but then tatadaaaa...ajjamama & atthe dug up their house to search for the saree that she is wearing in the pic below..then within the next few mins came the basket & stick that she has in her hand. If it weren't for their efforts, I would have to sit through the night to get a basket & stick ready at home with whatever material I had! A BIG thanks to them. On our way back, we picked up the flowers..and upon reaching home at 9.00P.M. drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I went to buy some more accessories required to complete the costume, the bun for her head, bun clips, kadha for her leg, the big bindi, the malas. All set. Morning baby got up at 6.30 and was ready by 7.40A.M to do a round of dress rehearsal. This was the November 15th. Today November 24th, she got home a certificate. She had won it!!! All efforts had paid this time :-)

Koravanji- The Gypsy Fortune Teller: Fancy dress competition @school

Om was the "soppu" seller at his school fancy dress show