Let the Dance Flow On…
Thank gawd by the time the Odissi items were scheduled to go on, the rain had stopped so the rest of the program was done outside, on the stage. The rest of the event went on quite smoothly, except that (1) the music stopped suddenly during Mangalacharan, and (2) the stage was rather wet from the rain dripping off the leaves of the trees. But our dancers managed to hold their own and despite the slippery stage, no mishap occured After the first nite, I think we were all praying really hard that it wouldn’t rain, so we were really really lucky on the 2nd day that it rained both BEFORE and AFTER the show, and not during the show. Phew! I did Kalyani Pallavi, Lalitha Lavanga, and the long Moksha on the 2nd nite. Parents, CL, Merv & Rudy came to watch. Didn’t make any noticeable mistakes, hehe… I think it went quite well The 3rd nite, I did Mohane Deli Chahi, Kolabati Pallavi, and again, the long Moksha. There was a bit more pressure to perform on this nite coz so many ppl I know were there to watch : CL, CL’s parents, sis + hubby, Sam + Aisha, James, Shasha, Hazel, and Marion. Man!!! Soooo many ppl!!! And Rachel (my ex-boss from VS) was there too!!! Not to watch me intentionally but she happened to know Michelle (my classmate) or something like that. And after the show, I bumped into another one of my salsa classmates. Such a small small world!
( So the first half of the program, the Bharatanatyam items, were performed in the studio. I guess the kids were a bit kelam kabut coz of the smaller space and closer audience but at least they still managed to put on the show.
) ) But when I was on the way home, the sky burst and the rain poured like there was no tomorrow! And I was just thanking my lucky stars that it held up till after the show. No pics from the 2nd day.
Made tons of mistakes during the Kolabati, right from the very start! I was laughing to myself on stage when we were supposed to do a turn but didn’t and everyone started on the wrong note. Haha! I found it quite funny… hehe. After that, I was just basically winging it, coz I’m not that familiar with the dance yet, and couldn’t remember the sequence 100%.
Anyway, James and my sis were busy snapping away throughout the show. James has already posted up the pics on his Kodak gallery. Anyone who’s interested to view the pics, pls email me or drop me a comment to get an invite to the album.
Here’s a preview, pics from James’ album (thanks, James!) )
…from Mohane Deli Chahi (an abhinaya/expression piece abt a teenage Radha, who meets Krishna and is captivated by him)
“Oh, wat a pretty saree!”
Searching for Krishna…
“See, my friend, wat He’s done to my heart…”
Hehe… if u look closely, u can see me smiling widely here coz I’m laughing to myself…
Am waiting for my sis’ collection now. Hopefully, she won’t take too long to post them up 
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I shall let my family and friends tell you about me. These comments may be rather old but I think the gist of them still hold 
WAHhhhhh! eh nice lah!! next time tell me then we can all go and clap hands for you
are you the only chinese dancer there?
Hehe… u sure not??? Afterwards u go there and fall asleep… can hear u snoring all the way on the stage! Haha!!! *evil grin*
No, I’m not the only Chinese dancer…
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OMG!! No more Red Dress!!!! OMG!!….
It’s ok, I go keep Winn company so she won’t snore so loud, ok?
Calm down, LB… still got red dress lar, u just need to do more work to find it. Go to my Flickr album lar :p
Haha… yes, u can dig her in the ribs when she starts snoring :p
Cool pics, i’d love to see more !
Ull r definitely smiling more than us even though u scared Krishna with that ‘grim’ look ! Since this was our first proper Odissi presentation and not one of the productions, we were too busy trying to get stuff right…..hence the smile disappeared a few times !
Haha!!! I think I was smiling like an idiot during Kolabati coz we were making sooooo many mistakes and we weren’t in sync… I dunno why but I just found it hilarious and had to stop myself from laughing out loud on stage!
I need your email to send u an invite to my friend’s album. Do email me at: ailingng [at] yahoo [dot] com