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Rehearsals are on in full swing

The Annual Day function of the Club has been postponed by a week. Instead of December 16, it is now being scheduled for the following Saturday, i.e. December 23, 2017. The timing and venue remain unchanged.
Although no formal announcement has yet been made in this regard, the general opinion around is that holding the function on December 16 would deprive us of the active participation of many members who would be out of town or otherwise unavailable on that date. Most of them would be back within a week.
Significantly, December 23 being the Christmas weekend would not make much of a difference. None of our members (at least, so far) has any plans to take advantage of the holiday on Monday and combine it with Saturday and Sunday for an extended vacation out of Mumbai.
Meanwhile, rehearsals for the function have begun with renewed enthusiasm. One group took up a corner of the China Hut and another, occupied the adjoining shed of the Swasthya Kendra for a play reading session. These enthusiasts had to break out of the exercises 15 minutes before time, thereby missing the second laughter and tai-chi rounds. They would meet again in the evening.
From all appearances they are gung-ho, going full throttle for the Big Day.

Bihari Milwani:
Wow! This year my birthday will be celebrated on a grand scale at no cost to me!!!