Monday, October 24, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

HAPPY ECO DIWALI, ONLY FOR ONE RUPEE

The festival of lights, Diwali is just round the corner, this is India’s most celebrated and oldest event.  There are many stories about Diwali, but the cause to celebrate is the same.  The making of sweetmeats, shopping hits the list, and of course the art of gifting that is sharing whatever we have with all our family members and close friends.  Most even offer some charity to orphanages, old age homes and institutes for good causes. 
This time as the costs of living has hit every family has not affected the spirit of Diwali, because the Angel Rangers, who are into harmonizing their communities where ever they go are now conducting, “The Fine Art Of Chocolatiering.”  We at www.a2opr.com have creatively designed our HAPPY ECO DIWALI FOR ONE RUPEE ONLY, a mind full of wisdom, a soul full of happiness, a body full of health and a pocket full of money.  These are community based programs where viral marketing works the best, each one tell one and so the commercial value of the product is all about getting people together, to learn to love their neighbors as they love themselves.
This is a special workshop aiming to bring people together who have a passion for sweet tooth.  Everybody loves chocolates and the varieties that the art of Chocolatiering teaches the concept, making, storage, designs, and packaging. 
Making Chocolate, Cookies, Cuppy Cakes at the Chocolate Factory will cost you one rupee buying them in the market will cost you ten rupees onwards.  In our Chocolate Factory you will find children and parents participating coming from different cultures, states, religions, nations, ages, generation, with one love for chocolates. 
Theresa Micheal whose best friends make chocolates for Cadbury’s, CafĂ© Coffee Day, one of them who has set up his own restaurant in Mumbai has also catered to Mr Dhirubhai Ambani, some of my friends main line of business is catering to the Corporate sweet tooth.  Whenever we get together and knowing the social activities I do in the neighbourhood, give me the tips and fine nuances of making Chocolates at home.  Those who travel abroad, and learn something new or buy something new will always share it with me.  This has made me not just a capable chocolatier but I can offer the same affordably to those who cannot make regular purchases at store or dine at fancy restaurants.  For me I had friends who helped me, now it is my turn to help others through  Art of Chocolatiering.  My workshops are not just aimed to get professional skills but to focus more on personality, morality, and understanding that goes a long way and it is the best way to get people together, teaching parents skills to bond with the children, the children making the parents proud with their plating manners and culinary skills.  The target age group was 3 years onwards and free for parents.   
Now that the children have learnt, The Fine Art Of Chocolatiering, Vatsal Sharma from Ashiana Public School Age 5 says that making chocolates is better than bursting crackers, Saumil Singh Age 5, would like to make more chocolates at home and would save more money, while Ravi and Shavy age 5 and 4 would love to make the chocolates and cookies at home and share it with their family and friends.  Kids were also addressed how they can make a difference in the world where every child is especially talented to take care of the natural resources we have.  They said they would prefer lighting diyas and not indulge in bursting crackers as it would pollute land, water, and air all at one time, even pet animals, birds and butterflies can die because of the accidents the crackers which burst in the air causes.
Soon after the kids finished their classes it was now to check on the mother’s skills, each of them were given muffin cakes, chocolate cream, toppings and moulds, they were asked to decorate each of them in their own way, children were giving instructions to the parents and as the minute was over, we had one challenging chef on the table.  That was Mrs Sharma and Vatsal Sharma, who could make one chocolate cuppy cake in a minute.  They were naturally declared the winning family of the event.  The Factory bells rings and the shift is over.  As bonus all the working parents and children were allowed to take their Diwali gifts home, obviously they took all the goodies they made, wished every one a HAPPY ECO DIWALI and left for their homes, soon to make the world a better place.


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Press Cover: Theresa Micheal 








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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Neighbors Day 2011, A Living Celebration




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A big, big thank you to all the neighbors and members of the Kendriya Vihar Society, and specially to all the Angel Rangers for taking events to the next level.  ENJOY....

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

DANDIYA RAAS: The Fight For Victory Still Goes On...

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Dandiya Raas
The originality of dandiya is still a mystery as most dance forms are bequeathed to a God of locality, regionality, nationality and even perhaps mentality.  This is a sword dance, which is danced to the rhythm of drums, clapping of hands, single stick, or a pair of sticks, there’s not much singing is involved in it.  The dance movements also look like as if the dancer is actually wheeling a sword.  This dance was put people together and motivate them to fight for victory and defeat all evil.
Today’s dandiya is very synchronized and well choreographed, but in the ancient dance form the attack and defense was for real, the main aim of dandiya was to strike the sticks and confuse the opponent with a variety of movements.  Moving around silently, striking, rapidly alternating between slow and fast movements and putting up a stiff technique of defense with the opponent with by continuously changing the style, steps and speed.  Then, the drums were played in accordance to the movement of speed, dance behavior of grace, attitude, arrogance, thanksgiving, sadness, and even stillness.  With the advent of commercialism and recorded music we see the reverse trend, all dancers dance according to the music.
In Dandiya Raas men, women, and even children take active participation.  Dancing in pairs, circles, whether the partner is male, female, young, old or even children, men and women dance  with or without sticks in their hands. The accessories used in the dance form are colorful, generally all colors are seen in the dresses they were, the more color the better the costume.  The dandiya sticks are also beautifully decorated, will bells as an attachment, the jingling of the bells is the significance of ushering victory.
From the fitness angle, this is an aerobic dance form with low to high impact.  In my fitness menu card, the dandiya is a must.  While people have loads of fun, they are also getting healthier.  This aerobic dance form increases stamina, strength, flexibility, agility, and youthfulness.  It also provides great results for joint and back pain relief, if done under professional instructor’s care and control.  In this dance style, the hip movements consisting of arms, hip and leg in forward, backwards, lifts, drops, circles, stretching, bending, lunging, repeating these movements is beneficial to the all the muscles and joints of the body.  The dance movement increases the flow of nature’s lubricant in these joints which is much need for the sedentary lifestyle that we are leading.  It also reduces mental and physical stress.
People of Chandigarh will get to enjoy this event for the next nine days at Gujarati Bhavan, along with special Gujarati food and snacks.  In some societies pendals are put up in the neighborhood for the local residents to come an enjoy moments of unity and harmony.  At Kendriya Vihar, sec 48, the residents will trained and treated to this beautiful event organized by Angel Rangers, a group for the kids, by the kids, and of the kids.  The event begins 6:00 pm onwards, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  There will also be a Dandiya King and Dandiya Queen contest, the best decorated dandiya award and the best social message award.
The article is written by Theresa Micheal, who is an author, fitness instructor, dancer, choreographer, and social entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in bringing people together by bridging the gap of traditional arts and culture.


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Saturday, September 17, 2011

ANGEL RANGER'S Kabir's Birthday and Happy Neighbors Day

BLESS ALL THE DEAR CHILDREN IN THY TENDER CARE
Hi,
We are proud to invite all of you in celebration of Kabir's Eight Birthday.  Please make it in time as we will be also celebrating Happy Neighbor Day and there will be dance performances by the students of the Angel Rangers Finishing School.  Followed by a get-together party. The performance details are as follows.
           Program            Item                     Lead Participants 
  1.  Angel Rangers - Welcome Song by Saurav and all the Children. 
  2.  Bharat Natyam -Welcome Dance by Khushi.
  3.  God Loves Me -Song by Raavi, Shavi and all the children.
  4.  Birdy Dance-Dance by Shavi, Vatsal, Saumil, Kashvi, Ekansh, Asherya, Khushboo, Jainy and others. 
  5.  My Life Is In You Lord- Song by Vatsal, Saumil and others. 
  6.  Awara Bhaware- Dance by Shavi, Raavi Vatsal, Saumil, Shavi, Raavi, Shania, Kabir. 
  7.  It's The Time To Disco- Dance by Shavi, Raavi Vatsal, Saumil, Shavi, Raavi, Shania, Kabir.
  8.  Mama U Caro Closing Dance Sheetal and Everybody follows.

The schedule may change as per situation demands.  Looking forward to see all of you.
Kindly confirm your coming well in advance to avoid disappointment.

RSVP:
Theresa Micheal
+91 9501151511.