call it a mimic's spur of the moment decision, but somehow i do manage to get myself into such things...to borrow a quote, "its a Mime Crime!" all it took was a random phone call one afternoon. And then...
...so 15 minutes later there i was at the Friends Society. for the first time in almost 3 years in Baroda i entered past the little gate that i had walked past like a million times by. to the voluntary organization that i was coerced and lured into joining in the past, and had walked away from with equal disdain each time. finally taken into the folds...both S and I...
half an hour later. i had agreed to work on a script for a play on social awareness for the 'special children' whom the Friends Society took care of and for whom they were organizing a sports meet. the next day i was discussing a few ideas with an equally flustered and new recruit, G, and by the end of that day, i was directing a Mime on a social cause that i could respect at a personal level and advocate at a social one along with a bunch of people i had never before met in my time in Baroda. 2 days later, we had a full on performance...a stage, a background score, a mime troupe and an audience!
...the actual video of the performance and the performance pictures are in editing and processing. so for a sneak-peek here is a backstage shot of a part of the mime troupe!
S: Hello! where are you man?
Me: hey! just got home...why what's up?
S: come over to the Friends Society na! there's something that's come up...
Me: what?
S: just come over...tell ya when you get here.
Me: no hints or guesses, eh?
S: chal be...come fast.
Me: ok ok ...i am on my way.
...so 15 minutes later there i was at the Friends Society. for the first time in almost 3 years in Baroda i entered past the little gate that i had walked past like a million times by. to the voluntary organization that i was coerced and lured into joining in the past, and had walked away from with equal disdain each time. finally taken into the folds...both S and I...
half an hour later. i had agreed to work on a script for a play on social awareness for the 'special children' whom the Friends Society took care of and for whom they were organizing a sports meet. the next day i was discussing a few ideas with an equally flustered and new recruit, G, and by the end of that day, i was directing a Mime on a social cause that i could respect at a personal level and advocate at a social one along with a bunch of people i had never before met in my time in Baroda. 2 days later, we had a full on performance...a stage, a background score, a mime troupe and an audience!
life can be fast and spontaneous...and creative.
...the actual video of the performance and the performance pictures are in editing and processing. so for a sneak-peek here is a backstage shot of a part of the mime troupe!
5 comments:
WOW this sounds so very interesting Nachi!
we are all 'miming' something or the other in our life :)
Nice shot too!
Keshi.
heyya bro. the friends society sound very nice. wish i had a volunteer organization that I really like over here.
hows u man. and yeh...no real post yet...coz am lazy :D
everybody looks cute in here...
btw I updated that post with winners..come hv a look Nachi! :)
Keshi.
Keshi: it sure was fun! and yeah, life and mime do have a lot in juxtaposition...
...checked the updated post!! i won!! :D
Ghosty: well, for most, its a pretty 'okay' sorts of an organization. the bitching is more than the work in all these non-profits and social orgs, although they do quite a bit of decent stuff. precisely the reason why some of us prefer to work with them, and still not become a part of the Friends team..
..and you are one lazy bugger!
d'Gypsy: from d'Sinner to d'Gypsy a change in the air!!
...and talking about cute...
:)
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