An evening at my community function

every year my community organises a function. my community is called the ' Shree Surti Panchal Gnati Samaj '. so we are basically 'panchals' i.e some kind of artisans i.e my forefathers were either blacksmiths or dealed with metals. at those times they were called engineers. ( that may the reason for surnames : engineer, contratctor, lohar, panchal,etc in my community).

anyways this annual function has always got something different each year. we have been in gujarati dramas, sangeet sammelans, dandiya raas, etc. it is a nice place for people to talk who hardly meet otherwise in daily life. they ask about each others life and their well being.

this year we had a show with many different things : fungames, magic show and some demonstrations. My exams got over earlier and so i was given some work to do for the function. i first created 4 boxes in which each member of the community put a chit of paper. this chit contained the name and the membership no. the 4 boxes were to classify different age groups. my responsibilty was to oversee this part. people for the games were selected from a lucky draw.

i reached there by 2 pm. initially we registered the different families that arrived. each of them were given a pad and a pen for the demos and games.

the gates were closed at 5 pm owing to the rains that day. (it actually happens every year). initially there was a general GK round in which i was asked ' why did india became a republic on 26th jan 1950? '. i answered it correctly and was rewarded with a scent bottle.

after this happened the american auction. if u dont know this then i should tell u that the person that correctly determines the exact price of a commodity gets a prize. commodities like horlicks, surf excel, fa shampoo, etc were auctioned like this.

after this came the majic show. the person displayed tricks like hiding a hankie, guessing someone's thoughts from a crowd, removing water from ears when that person was made to drink,etc. it is not possible for me to explain each magic item in detail.

then came the games. for kids there was a ballon game. youngsters had to drink pepsi from a bottle using nozzle. elders were made to exhange polos using a stick from a mouth.

but the best part was the couples games. the first round was our true pals elimination. in the second round the husbands were asked to kiss their counterparts as much time as possible in 1 min. after each kiss they were to run to their starting position. in the 3rd round wives were supposed to help the husbands in wearing a saree. after this the husbands were told to do a catwalk in their sarees and also seduce the judge. this was fun.

ofcourse there is a break like intermission in a movie in which academic performances are rewarded. also at the end of the ceremony a dinner is kept. overall it was a very nice sunday for me for i was not bored that sunday.

joke of the day:
on the wall in the ladies' room :" my husband follows me everywhere"
written underneath:" no i do not "