U.N Day Celebrations

When all the nationalities inside OSC were getting ready to do their performances for the big UN Day celebrations, the Sri Lankans too were jamming up to do a good performance. So as students of the host country we all got together with our teachers and started planning and we came to a conclusion that this time we'll do something unique. We all thought our performance should be something fun loving and outgoing which can entertain the audience. So we decided to step out of the frame of presenting something traditional which enhances our culture as the Sri Lankan students always did so for every occasion. After hours of discussions and arguments we thought we would do a performance which delivers the Sri Lankan spirit and the best way to do this is through our very own form of singing and dancing which is called "BAILA". But then we thought doing a baila performance solely would result in the loss of delivering true Sri Lankan culture and spirit as Baila is a very modern way of dance and singing.
So we preferred to be modest and our initial idea was to start off the performance with a little bit of traditional dancing as that has been the orthodox way and then sing an English song in the title of "We are Sri Lanka" and then move on to a baila song which is called "Rambari" (a current favourite song popular amongst the locals) where all of us would be dancing in groups of boys and girls because the song basically delivered the idea of boys flirting with the girls, teasing and trying to impress them.
So the plot for the dance had been set and now comes the difficult part of practicing, doing the right moves and choreographing. Since the item was to begin with a little bit of Kandyan dancing, me, Sandini and Nadeera were taught some steps by Ms.Jayawanthi which I later had to improvise because we thought we weren't doing much and good. Afterwards the whole group was guided by Ms.Kithmini to sing the song and when it came to the part where we had to dance for the baila song, the real trouble arose and it became truly disastrous as no one could come up with the right steps. So as we all were struggling with the dancing I was told by Ms.Nelson and the teachers to come up with some steps.
Now I have been given the responsibility of creating steps for the girls in the baila song along with the help of Ms.Thanuja. So amidst those moments of struggle and frustration I got along with Ms.Thanuja and came up with some really good and funny steps which delivers the meaning of the lyrics. It was really important to give prominence and listen to the lyrics of the baila song carefully in order to deliver the proper meaning of our song to the audience by doing the correct gestures and moves at the right time as the audience would not understand the meaning of our Sinhalese song. It was a crucial task but we succeeded. So I guided our girls to do the dancing with some good moves to thrash the guys and I must say they all were quick and good learners as I just had to show them the steps a few times and they grasped it.
So this way I was able to help my local community making use of my talent when in need by creating steps for the baila song an improvising the kandyan dance. I am really glad for my contribution to the item which helped me to be more creative in order to achieve my CAS objectives.