Staging a show

This sep 11, was my br's fst wedding anniv. ( so was soorya- jo's). Neither i nor my father are good at conducting functions. For we both always tend to shy away and keep a low profile. We like the cermonies to be less noisy and more joyful. So it was only expected that neither of us took the initiative to celebrate the occsn. My mother ,thankfully, took the initiative by fst making the proposal and by bringing it up in such a manner that father wld react in a condescending manner.

I suggested thins like getting to-gether in the beach or going to mahabalipuram. My mother instead insisted on booking a party hall, and arranging some dinner and thus celebrating the evening. She had the final say. Booked a hall she had in mind, that she had visited on some other occsn.And the we Ordered for a cake from a bakery. That was all we had done till the evning of sep 11, apart frm calling evryone and inviting them and bothering to reach the hall erly.

I felt it was very bad way to stage a show. it was very obvious to all of us that the hall did not look inviting at all, the spirit was missing. The hall was jus a big rooom with some chairs laid out. There was a stage. and on one side of the hall the food was laid out. We had some time left to turn things arnd.

one of our relatives, who does screen printing for his business ofered to make one for the function. That banner, with the couples name and the occsn printed, arrived. We pinned that to the screen in the backdrop of the stage. Bought some balloons frm a hawker in a nearby bus stop and tied them on the to back-drop. Now the the look changed a lot and was more suited to the occsn.

A table lying in the corner , probably abandoned bcos of a broken leg , was put on the stage and covered with a silk cloth, that was again lying in a corner, abandoned but good for the purpose. And the cake was laid on it.

All this was done in a few mins. It was revealing to me to discover how a little effort could turn things arnd.