The Charter Day Practice

Every year, our club celebrates the day it was chartered, which was 58 years ago.  This year, the Lions Club of Juhu hosted a grand dance competition, inviting professional competitors and celebrity judges. The Leos were all geared up to give their best performance to welcome our guests. The Charter day practice was two weeks of immense excitement and energy.
The Leos were giving a tribute to four iconic Bollywood stars-Govinda, Shahrukh, Salman and Ranveer. Every night, after a routine day of work and college, we'd all arrive to practice with great energy. We would meet at “The Studio Under” in Vile Parle West, crank up the music and practice hard, having exceptionally fun nights! There were always those enthusiastic few to drag us to our feet when we thought we were too tired to go on, and after vigorous practices, there was always a tempting snack waiting for us to wrap up the day, provided by our parent club. Every night's practice left us tired but satisfied and every day we returned to practice better. This is my first year as a Leo and the Charter day was the first event I was a part of.  It was really, really wonderful to meet and to get to know all the Leos and I’m looking forward to getting to know everybody better. Every single day of these two weeks was truly exciting. We all loved to learn the wonderfully choreographed dances, but the real thrill was to be with everybody and have a whole lot of fun together. Somewhere between all the craziness, dance, late nights, exhaustion, and laughter, we formed bonds and memories that will last with us forever, and I’m sure that each one of us hopes to have many more :) 

​ Leo Anushka Doshi