Shukriya from Nina foundation

My dear friends and students,

Greetings.
we began with a crisis on 13th nov 2010. for some reason the choreographer shortlisted did not turn up.
Enter, the Sai Bakht, Subhodh ji with his enthu team of Jeetu, Hemant and Robin.

We had 13 sessions of practice at we school.
Sanika and her parents came from virar, nandlal from vrajeshwari- 6 hours of travel each time, madhuri got carried down two flight of stairs each time her mom got her lovingly, madhu and sunita travelled from khar and andheri, neenu rejigged her busy schedule at work, gopika took special concession from work, nisha changed her mind and joined us in the 3rd session, bhavna 's mom reworked her schedule and missed a few doc appointments too and child krish made it too from borivili with his mom.

Pooja , Resch Asst with me in WRC is a STAR for us. Terrific in her dancing and impeccable in her co-ordination.
She cajoled the most appropriate students to be part of our dance and logistics team. Today they are committed to the cause of NF, even after they leave We school. Wow.
She co-ordinated with all the bureaucratic red tape which goes with any large institution and managed to get the rooms, AV, housekeeping, canteen, security etc ready each time to perfection.
The standing ovation at the end of our performance was a culmination of all the meticulous hard work put in by MY ONE PERSON ARMY...Pooja! God bless you.

One week before the performance, Sunita, our key performer, discovered a fracture on her thigh. Her good wishes and Hardik's acceptance to my appeal to join saved us. Also we had one more sancheti - Disha who flawlessly performed kathak to ganesh stuti. Harsh and Dev with their MJ act communicated everyone's responsibility to 'Heal our world'!

Nandlal's sudden convulsion an hour before us taking the stage was unsettling for all who were witness to this episode. Sunita's brother Shailesh and Dr Abhay Nene's timely call for Dr Shalini Saxena had him back on his wheelchair ready to groove. And How!!

Oliver's wheelies and acrobatics had the team and audience roaring. Watch out for this young man and his antics!

The audio at Trident failed thrice. yet the tenacity and spirit of our team was so defatigable that we overcame these 'minor' hurdles. Hardik's spirited lead in singing charged the team and the audience.
Subhodh's 'out of the box' thinking to go ahead with the 'Bharat song' as he connected his mobile to the music system and we concluded to a rousing standing ovation.

We together motivated even the spine surgeons for all the hard work they do to fix our spines and for once they knew that we got our spunk back!!

The we school student team was a dream team. Each and everyone not only were dedicated but also got involved and bonded with all our members.
there were classes, project submissions and exams - yet they multitasked superbly. Priyanka and Pooja also doubled up as trainers when the choreographers were missing and guided us beautifully. NF volunteer Aditi Moorthy was an inspiration for all in her dance form.
Of course our youngest member VIDYA SHENOY stole the limelight by putting us to shame with her energy and youthfulness.

We are all richer today in our hearts with the knowledge that we have shared ourselves for a true cause.

Thanks to dr Salunkhe for always believing in Nina Foundation and making our campus available for practice. Thanks to Dr Bhojraj for recommending NF to perform at the prestigious ASSICON, and the entire NF team for supporting us throughout.

God Bless you all.
best wishes and rgds
ketna
p.s: the snaps are in picassa ...do enjoy

Link: https://picasaweb.google.com/ketnam/NINAASSICONDANCE2712011?feat=email#

NINA ASSICON DANCE - Ganesh Stuti by Disha and Krish

NINA ASSICON DANCE - MJ by Dev and Harsh Mehta

NINA ASSICON DANCE - Wheelchair inclusive dance