FUTURE DANCERS

My wife runs a dance school. Here is a little plug for her. She will have about 150 participants dancing at Irving Arts Center. As usual there is Bhangra, Raas, Garba, other folk dances and bunch of classical dances. Participants are from age 4 to above 50. Many of these participants have gone on to dance at college level (UT, SMU, BU, UCLA, GW to mention a few). Some have become choreographers. The show will start at 3:30 PM (NOT INDIAN TIME) on May 19. Yours truly will be compering and running lights and sound and partially manage the stage at the same time. Make up will start around noon. Some one donated food, others donated drinks (not the funny kind, just juice), some one gave cash other one donated trophies. Entry fee is 10 bucks (used to be as low as three bucks for seniors a few years back).

If you are in Dallas, come see it. It will be a bot boring in the beginning when the little ones are dancing, but by the time the 15-18 year old will be doing Bhangra, audience will be going nuts. There is one Garba item that I hope to post on U tube some day. Amazing choreography. There is a 20 minute Ramayan piece done by the school teachers. There is a true "auntie dance" where all the aunties are dancing (I won't say which one, but if you see it you will know. I call it Aunties gone wild). Here is a picture of "Rangoli" on the stage and a youngster being helped by a volunteer with picture session.

Website "nrutyashala.org" check it out.