Part 1: Pre-India FestTime: 8:30 pm -- night before India Fest Location: Niyati's House The first and last practice that we have as a group (Niyati, Asmita and I). There's still a bit of choreography and a lot of coordination left. We inhale our pizza and start soon after. These were good times; lot of messing around, snap-chatting, ice cream and of course, dance :) These are the memories we will cherish forever. Part 2: India FestTime: 8 am -- 6 pm Location: Niyati's House; Temple We were all up at normal time and started to get ready for the performance. We were all planning to get ready at Niyati's house, so I took a shower and threw on some clothes before leaving. The weather wasn't the best...gray clouds suffocated the sky, but it hadn't started raining yet. We reached her house and practiced a couple times before starting to get ready. My dad had already gone on and said he would text us about an hour before the program started. That should be the time we left from her house. When he actually sent the text, we hadn't even started to get ready yet. We had finished practice and only just started to dress. Asmita and I were also in the Fashion show and were supposed to dress up like Madhuri and Aishwarya Rai from Devdas so there was a lot of prep work. We left when the 6th program was going on. We were the 13th. I would take us at least 20 minutes to get to the temple. It was raining quite hard at this point. Forget walking down the ramp on time; we weren't even sure if we could walk through the door on time. I hate to keep you guys in suspense, but I know this is very exciting ;) Ok, I'll tell you, yes we did make it (even if it was about 5 minutes before we were up). Overall, the 10 minute fashion show turned out to be a success. Everyone looked great, and most importantly, no one fell (and since we were the characters from Devdas, we even did one of the famous steps) As soon as that part of the afternoon was completed, both of us had to immediately change for the actual dance. In about 30 minutes (with butterflies eating out the inside of our stomachs) the music was cued, and we danced. And we danced. And no matter what, we danced. Although I have to admit that the performance could have gone a bit better, based on the limited amount of time that we had to practice, I would say that it went off alright. But I have to say, normally when we dance on stage, the song goes by really fast and the music ends before we even realize it. This time, I felt like we were dancing for a much longer time than what we originally practiced with. Not sure why... After the actual dance, I had to MC (for the first time!) to a dying crowd (...). Not the very best experience but it was all worth it. By the end of the MCing it was about 5. I hadn't eaten anything but one bowl of cereal from that morning at about 8. Now if you know me, you may also know that I have to be constantly fed in order for me to even be on my feet. During the performances that I had to MC for I had a couple of chips, but other than that nothing had gone through my normally bottomless pit. So as soon as we could, the three of us went out to scavenge for some food. Now, a large part of India Fest in the numerous stalls that are outside, filled with clothes, jewelry, paintings, and of course, snacks. But with our luck, by the time we were able to make it outside, most of the stalls had already packed up. Fortunately, we were able to find one last stall selling bhel, all the way in the back. When asked, we made it extra large and extra spicy, in order to satisfy 3 girls hungry stomachs (I'm actually surprised we had stomachs at all because of all the butterflies that were in it). Not only could we barely hold it because it was so full, but (once we got a table) when we went to eat it, it started to fall out! In fact, I was forced to use my backup fork that I took just in case things got out of hand. (For instances like this it is always good to be prepared.) By the end... Well I guess you can see that... Although the weather may not have been up in spirits, everyone over there sure was :) Part 3: Post-India FestTime: 7 pm -- 11 pm
Location: The Mehta's residence Soon after we got home we were off again, this time to Manavi and Pranav's house for a Holi/Pool party.Even though the water was freezing, the jacuzzi was actually really hot and even though I spent a long time straightening my hair for earlier today, it still felt nice and it was a good way to end the break :) But the hardest part? Not being able to eat uncle's famous chicken, which smelled ohh soo delightful when he teasingly waved it under my nose.
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