Mrs Homemaker Part 4

We all were waitg for the announcement of the finalists for the Grand Finale.Kuyili did a grt job !!! One by one the names were announced....I actually din know what to pray for..whether to be in finals or not to be....if Im part of the finals, then I ve to put in more efforts...more practice...more out of home....more of leavg my 1 yr od daughter with my parents...more of pickg and droppg by my husband...more tension.....

Shd I be selected ????Million Dollar Qn....And yes....My name was announced....I was thrilled...I was one of the 12 finalists shorlisted!!!!

We had voting by the contestants to choose any 2 frm the eliminated ones...and we chose 2 more to make the finalists 14.

From here on starts the real competitive spirit...To be very frank, I never took the contest so seriously until then...Now I know ,I really have to excel..have to do smethg to impress the judges....

We had 2 group performances.One had all the 14 finalists.We danced for "Oru Koodai Sunlight" frm the movie Sivaji.All dressed up smartly in a white full hand satin shirt,black trouser, black hat, tie, black slipon...The dance had simple yet elegant movements so that everybdy cud dance.

The other one was choreographed by The John Britto Dance Co. I shd say that we all were privileged with this opportunity.Now we see JB Group performg in every other fn and part of most of the dance reality shows...Imagine in 2007 we had the opportunity to learn frm them..And only a selected few!!!This one was a fusion music..3 on the left side had western movements, 3 on the right side had folk movements and 2 in the centre Bhrathanatyam..I was in the centre with another contestant !!!!

Now for my dancing skils, I had learnt Bhrathanatyam in my school days...its like a long forgotten art...But they made me realise that " marandu thaan pochu, marainchu pogalai"

I thoroughly enjoyed the practice sessions..those 2 weeks were like real hectic...practice in the morng for Sivaji song in Annanagar....practice in the eve for JB Dance in Nungambakkam...inbetween in the afternoon practicg our invidual performances !!!! My God I jus cudnt believe that I cud handle so much physically, mentally...we all had come down on weight as well !!! And that was an indirect benefit !!!!

For my individual perf I took a fusion instrumental music,my cousin's daughter is an excellent classical dancer-she has danced all over India and believe me , she is jus in her 10 th Std.She choreographed for me !!! It was a combination of Kathakali, Kuchpudi, Kathak, Manipuri and Bharathanatyam...bend niminthu pochu.....I was tryg to drive the point of National Integration and my costume also depicted the same....

Now all the practice sessions, going around shoppg for costumes and jewelery were all over and we all over waitg for the D Day !!!

The day before the event we all gathered at Kamaraj arangam...can u guess at wat time???

At 10 pm for a practice...we had to get accustomed to the stage, lights etc....

Finished our practice around 12.00 midnight...back home....

The next day by afternoon we all were there at the venue...still more practice, followed by make up and dressing....As said earlier ,we had 2 group dances and then individual performances...

After which they shortlisted 9 out of 14 for a situation round..This was done by Abhishek of Kolangal fame...We were supposed to answer with some masala and make it funny...After that The final 5 was announced....My heart missed a beat when I heard my name in the Final 5 !!!!

The final round was a qn ans round.One qn...we were given a minute to write down the answer ..and then read out whatvr we have written...As fate had it.....I thot i answered well....probably I din impress the judges ....I cudnt go ahead and win the crown...

Anyways, I was so happy that I was able to make it till the end...and I vent lost anthg...I ve only gained so much experience, learnt new things, made new friends !!!!

Here cmes an end to my longest blog !!!