Arangetram

Thank you one & all, for your wishes. The Arangetram yesterday went off well, in that Ramya's dance was good, my voice 'behaved' decently in the 3 items that I sang. There were a few backstage hitches, like- we realised we had not got one piece of Ramya's dance costume & Anuj had to drive all the way back home & fetch it; The special audio system that Ramya had arranged- the main man didn't turn up but sent his assistants instead, & so the final effect was not as good as we wanted. But I think the selected items, the dance & overall standard was good which carried the day.
Sowmya's being here was a great moral & physical support- I don't know what I would have done without her.
We are yet to get the photos & dvd. Will post as soon as we get them.
We are off to Chicago & onward to Durham tomorrow. Clearing up all the stuff at home, returning the many vessels etc that we had borrowed - it is really like the aftermath of a huge wedding! As we had only today for TSS to see Madison, we went around the University Campus, walked down the Monona- Mendota lakes.
Looks like we will be able to relax only after reaching Durham!
Gayathri