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TEGSA’S MOTHERS' DAY
SPECIAL
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Rosalind wins Bingo Prize |
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Mothers Make Karoke |
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It should
have been called the Mothers' Day Spectacular. Every
lady that walked in was greeted with a chocolate Rose to
celebrate all Mothers. The food, catered by Patsy's
Catering consisted of shrimp with okra, beef chilli fry,
tuna cutlets, mango curry, plain rice and fruit custard
for dessert. Could it get more Goan than that?
Absolutely delicious.
Joachim Menezes, the Emcee got the night started with
Doug Fernandes, a member of the Canorient Choral Group,
and a staunch TEGSA member, singing Sway, an oldie but
goodie. Doug's very professional performance and smooth
voice did not stop all the amateurs from coming up and
rocking, crooning, and singing, in ones, twos and 10s.
People were on their feet, clapping their hands and
stomping their feet – in fact, some of them were dancing
in the corner because they didn't want to minimize the
performances. DJ Symphony catered to all the singers'
tastes.
Halfway thru' the evening, Natty Viegas taught line
dancing and the floor was packed with line dancers, some
veterans and some novices. The on-lookers were laughing
and pointing making fun of all their friends – but it
was all done and taken in sporting style. During the
second half of the karaoke session Francis Pinto gave
his own rendition of Woolly Bully, grinding and shaking
his booty to howls of laughter. We were also given a
preview of the singer from Yester Melodies and TEGSA
committee member - Austin Viegas will be performing on
Fish Curry Nite, whetting our appetites for more.
And then there was Bingo. The winner got $100 - she was
very happy, and in true Goan style there were moans and
groans when so many hopes were dashed. Most people did
not want the evening to end and the Emcee had to
practically chase people out telling them that the night
was over. To top it all, in good TEGSA tradition,
everyone helped in the clean-up. All in all, a fantastic
evening was had by all and we can't wait for the next
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