GSB UAE Talent Day 2013 held in Dubai

Dubai, May 18: The GSB Community UAE organized its Annual Talent Day Programme recently at the Emirates English Speaking School-Auditorium, Al Safa, Dubai. Competitions were held for children and adults in different categories, which saw outstanding participation.

Amchi family, Sub-junior fancy dress, Amchi Chef, Junior category-Jodi Dance, Dramebaaz, Clay modeling, Senior category-Jodi dance, Dramebaaz, Amchi Idol, Abstract painting, pot painting, adult category-solo, duet and dramebaaz competitions were held.

The audience enjoyed the adorable fancy dress by the little ones, themed dances, melodious singing, humorous dramebaaz by adults and kids, beautiful craft work and painting, and of course lip smacking cuisines by Amchi chefs.

The competitions were anchored by children, who without any stage fear took the audience through a memorable journey.

The child anchors were Kriti Kamath, Vibha Kamath, Neha Prabhu, Ritika Nayak, Arjun Kamath, Amay. S.Shenoy, Ameya Mallya, Hamsika Shanbhag, Anurag Kamath, Riya Shenoy, Pratiksha Prabhu, Shweta Pai, Unnati Nayak, Aniruddh Pai,  Vindhya Pai, Prerana Pai, Anisha Nadkarni, Nikhil Pai and Meghana Bhat.

This year, keeping in mind the concept of networking, teamwork and community oneness most of the competitions were jodi or team competitions.

The talented women of the community, displayed their creative artwork made at home, in the “Talent Corner”, an area designated for display of art work at the event. This area was adorned with craft work that included items like embroidery done by Shantha Pai, an 80-year-old senior lady, baskets, glass painting and many more such items. The audience enjoyed and appreciated the work of art by all these talented ladies of all age categories.

Felicitation

Prerana Pai, (daughter of Harish and Ragini Pai) recipient of Shaikh Hamdan Award for distinguished academic excellence was felicitated jointly by the President Shailesh Shenoy and Dayaram Pai a senior citizen from the community. On behalf of the community the President congratulated Prerana on her achievement and  applauded her for making the entire community proud.

Dr. Janardhan Shenoy, a 60-year-old senior member from Abu Dhabi, was also felicitated for his enthusiasm and continuous participation in the various competitions of the community year after year. His performance and participation has set an example projecting that participation is what matters and not winning or losing. The children and adults thoroughly enjoyed his enacting of Mera Nam joker in Konkani.

The events were ably judged by Suman Bhat,  Nirmala Kamath, Anuradha Kamath, Satyen Babla, Shruthi Kamath, Abhay Singh Chauhan, Monica Valdar, Sadhana Mallya, Sangeeta Mallya, Vidya Rao, Sujatha Bhat, Sabita Shenoy, Prabhakar Kamath, Ramesh Avadhani, Narasimha Kudva, Gopi Kamath, Rinki Duragkar and Sangeeta Shenoy .

The day long function started with a prayer by Mohan Kamath. The secretary of the GSB UAE, Sunil Shenoy started the day’s proceedings. GSB UAE President Shailesh Shenoy, welcomed the audience and thanked the parents and the participants for their active participation. Pragati Shenoy then introduced the judges for the first competition of the day. There were a record number of 132 entries for the 15 different competitions that were held under four categories viz. Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Adult.

The GSB UAE Vice-President Dr. Sandeep Mallya proposed the vote of thanks.