The count down had already begun. We were not much afar from our final performance. All we needed at that time was to rehearse and rehearse as much as we could. The previous day, we got a rough draft for our "Mirza Sahiban" performance and we were really happy about that, though it still needed a neat execution. Our stories required refinement too. So there was a lot of stress on our minds that how the things will work out, how will we turn out as performers.
I had concerns regarding my own story particularly. What I thought was that the element of "drama" was somehow missing in it. Though my friends seem to disagree and liked the way it was. Dr. Erika Hughes did a special favour to our "visual group". She took out her time and exclusively watched our stories being performed and particularly guided us as to how to go about the moments of transition during our performance. That was indeed of great help in polishing our work.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday were the days that were fully dedicated to our practices and no doubt, all of us tried our best. We practiced, we laughed, we sang, we danced, we took selfies, group photos and what not. Those days were a perfect blend of exhaustion and amusement, which actually was not quite a toll. When you have such wonderful teachers and mentors around you, all you do is that you learn and you enjoy. And that is what we did!
The highlight of the day was a huge iridescent dupatta revealed by Miss Asma Niaz. that big dupatta was made up of all the lustrous dupattas contributed by us. It was simply AWESOME and the way it had to be utilized for the exit of our honourable guests was truly a unique idea.
At the end of the day, we were all ready to set every corner of the stage on fire.
