On May 25th I started my ‘Self Expression and Leadership Program’. In this program I wanted to create a project related to dancing as I am very passionate about dancing. So I thought of arranging a workshop for the children of St. Catherine Home (Home for Underprivileged Children). When I was creating this project, I wanted to have Sandip Soparrkar do the workshop for these children. I approached Sandip and he was ready to be a part of the workshop. I thank him for his support and generosity.
On the Day of the project:
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I, along with 5 other people (Sandip, his crew and my friends) reached St. Catherine Home on Sunday morning at 10.30am on 20th July 2008. We started the workshop at 11:00 am for 1st set of children. These were all girls and the challenge for Sandip was that they were all under 10. I was concerned if they’ll be able to learn Latin Dance. As soon as the children came there, I was completely moved by their presence. There were 50 of them and each brought tons of energy and joy with them. Sandip started the workshop with them and there involvement was great. All of us were dancing and enjoying every aspect of it. It was fun! I cannot express in words my joy that I experienced when I was with these children. I too danced for a song in the class and then those children danced for a Hindi Song. Our workshop went on for 4 hours; we repeated the session for the next set of 50 and in total we conducted the workshop for 100 children. All I can say is that, it was fun. I request you to see the Gallery for pictures from the workshop.
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I want to acknowledge the support of Sandip Soparrkar, Bhupendra, my wife – Rachana, Vandana, Isha and everyone who was there to make this event happen.
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Don’t forget to see the videos and photos of this event in the gallery.
Videos : Click here http://youtube.com/watch?v=-6I1G8lfUpg
Gallery :
Regards
Rishi Modi
