1. OPEN BRIDGE TOURNAMENT - 24 TH AND 25TH FEBRUARY 2007

Though Bridge started as a means of relaxation and enjoyment, the activity has generated so much interest and enthusiasm that with the help of Mrs. Hema Deora,Dignity held a Bridge Festival at the Foundation premises at Topiwala Lane on September 2006. Mrs. Deora, an international player of repute, needs no introduction to the Bridge fraternity.Not only did she inaugurate the Bridge Festival, but she also motivated our players by gifting boards and bidding boxes.

She has been such a source of inspiration that the Foundation has been emboldened to hold the Dignity Open Bridge Tournament for senior citizens of 50 plus under the auspices of the Maharashtra Bridge Association on February 23 – 24 , 2007 . The tournament, was again inaugurated by Mrs. Deora, with Dr. Sheilu Sreenivasan, the President, , who has inspired and supported the activity of Bridge at Dignity, welcoming the dignitaries at the inaugural function.Deviating from the standard practice of awarding the first three winners, Mrs. Deora contributed towards prizes for those in the 4 th , 5 th and 6 th position, in order to encourage more seniors to come forward.

Fourteen14 pairs of seniors competed in this very first Open Bridge tournament organized by Dignity.We also had players of national standing participating like Dr.Vahalia, Mr.Umesh Athavale, Ms.Usha Joshi, Mr.M.D. Shirsekar, Mr.P.S. Chiplunkar, Mr.Moghe and many more. Many of the participants, even at the age of 80 were such Bridge enthusiasts that some had even traveled far from the suburbs.

It was particularly a proud moment for us at Dignity that the third winning pair was from the Dignity Chai Masti.

The Winners of the Tournament :

2. CHAITRA HALDI KUMKUM, 10 TH APRIL 2007

We organized a Haldi Kumkum, in which our members participated.

3. GUESSING THE PHOTOS CONTEST 13 TH APRIL 2007

A very unusual game was organized for our very spirited members. Each of the participant had to submit their Wedding Day photograph with their spouse. All the participants photographs were stuck onto one card sheet and numbered. The other participants were not allowed to see the other person's photograph. All the participants had to guess the couple in the photograph. Prizes were given for the

1) The person guessing the maximum number of couples

2) The person or couple guessed by the maximum number of people

3) The person or couple guessed by least number of people

One can imagine the amusement and pleasure the game would have given to all the participants????? Imagine going back 30, 40 years back?????

4. 11th MAY 2007

A talk by Dr.Ravindra Kapadia, Homeopath, MD Radionics on "Understanding the Health and Health Remedies"

5. VISIT TO RESERVE BANK OF INDIA MONETARY MUSEUM - 22 nd MAY 2007

Members of Chai Masti visited the Reserve Bank of India Monetary Museum . It was a very educational trip to the Museum. The members were given a very warm welcome by the staff of RBI

Orientation by Mr.K R Gupta

7. PRIZE DISTRIBUTION BY MR.VIJU KHOTE, FILM AND STAGE ACTOR - 05 TH JUNE 2007

We hold a number of competitions at our Chai Masti Club. To motivate and inspire the members to participate in large numbers, we invite celebrities to give away prizes to our members. Well known film and stage actor, Mr.Viju Khote kindly agreed to come and honour our winners and also spent a very interesting interactive evening with the Chai Masti Members.

8. ORIENTATION ON VIPASANA, BY MR.J S SHAH - 19 JUNE 2007

9. SINGING COMPETITION – 30 th JUNE 2007

Music is the common language, loved and understood by all our members. Old Hindi Film songs take them down memory lane.

Every week, we have one of our Dignity members, Mr.Surendra Shah, coming and conducting group singing sessions. To keep members motivated and interested, we organized a singing competition. About 27 members participated in a well competed competition. The Chai Masti room was packed to such an extent that not even a single more person could have got into the room. Such was the response and such is the love for old Hindi music.

We had 2 very talented judges in Meera Nagpal, who learnt music for 6 to 8 mths from Shobha Mudgal and is a great singer herself

The second one was Smita Joshi, a Sangeet Visharat and sings very good Classical Sangeet

On tabla we had Kiran Vardham, who comes to CM to accompany our singers o tabla many times.

On the harmonium we had Mandar Bhagwat

Vithal Pandit played the Dhafli.

All the enthusiastic participants were the winners.

10. 10 TH JUNE 2007

Mrs.Saraiya, Chief Dignitarian “C” Ward visited the Chai Masti Centre and shared with the members her work experience and how she enjoys being a Dignity member and working for Dignity

11. "UNUSUAL SINGING COMPETITION"WAS ORGANIZED ON 13 TH JUNE 2007

In this competition, Men Sang Lata, Asha songs and Ladies sang - Rafi, Kishor songs

12. CERAMIC POTTERY DEMONSTRATION BY VANMALA JAIN - 17 TH JUNE 2007

EACH ONE TALKS ABOUT HIS/HER MOTHER - 20 TH JUNE 2007

In this session, each of the members recollected memories of their mother. It was a very emotion filled hour.

13. FANCY DRESS COMPETITION – 10th AUGUST 2007

Members at the Chai Masti club love activities and competitions and that's what really encourages us to organize more and more events and competitions that would keep the whole crowd lively and interested. This is the second year that we held the FANCY DRESS COMPETITION. This year too, the response was tremendous and we had around 28 participants. Each participant had taken so much of effort to come in innovative outfits that the judges found it an extremely difficult task to decide upon the winners.

Our judges were 1) Susan Stanton 2) Mr. Parulekar 3) Mr. Menon

The winners were 1 st Mr.Ramesh Ranade – Tongawala, 2nd Ms.Chandrabala Kapadia, Girl Guide and 3rd Mr.Damji - Beggar

14. MAGNET THERAPY - MR.GAJABHIYE – 24 th August 2007

Naturopathy Institute, Maharashtra Gramin Arogya Seva Sanstha, Nagpur

15. DR.SANJAY GODBOLE, CARDIOLOGIST AND DIEBETOLOGIST - 11\09\07

Dr.Sanjay Godbole who is attached to the Saifi, Harkisandas, Motiben Dalvi, Elizabeth and Brahman Sabha, explained through a power-point presentation about "Lifestyle Diseases"

16. LORD GANESH DRAWING/PAINTING CONTEST – 18 th SEPTEMBER 2007

On the eve of the Ganapati festival, we organized a Drawing competition with the topic as Lord Ganesh. It was wonderful to see the creativity shown by our members. It was difficult to pickout the Best three.

17. NAVRATRI DANDIYA – 16 th OCTOBER 2007

Dandiya is really enjoyed by all our members and during Navratri times it is one of the most popular happening at our Chai Masti. The stamina of all the members is really something that one should appreciate as they can dance endlessly.

18. CHOTTE MIYA USTAD 19 TH OCTOBER 2007

 A surprise programme on English Vocabulary, in which Kunal Bhagwat, 1 and ½ years of age, answered boldly on mike in front of an audience of approximately 60 members, meaning of around 150 words. The words were asked to him in Marathi, his mother tongue, which he translated into English. Wasn't that a wonderful programme?

19. PAPER KANDIL MAKING CONTEST/ HAND MADE GREETING CARD - 2nd November, 2007

With Diwali just round the corner, we organized the Greeting Card contest. Members made some beautiful cards.

20. AVALI BHOJAN 06th NOVEMBER 2007

Everyone prepares delicacies at home for Diwali. But the fun in sharing it with your friends and eating together is something Special. So on the Avali Bhojan day each of the members brought to the Chai Masti centre, something of what they had prepared for Diwali at home. Can you believe, a huge table was full of mouth watering DIWALI FARAL which could easily serve around 100 people. A very special Day immensely enjoyed by everyone.

21. BRIDGE FESTIVAL 13 TH AND 14 TH NOVEMBER 2007

The tournament open only to our Chai Masti members, basically with the purpose of giving practice to them to participate in outside tournaments and also with the aim that members pursue the game seriously. This is the second year that we held this competition.

22. GUJARATI KAVI SAMMELAN - KAVITA VAACHAN - 23rd November, 2007

Dr.Vahalia, a very keen Bridge player and a Dignitarian, is also a very good poet. He alongwith his wife, Tanman Vahalia, have written wonderful poems in Gujarati and published a book. They read out the poems and explained their meanings to all the members. The same was enjoyed by all the members.

23. ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATIONS 15 TH DECEMBER 2007

The spirit, enthusiasm and talent of our Chai Masti members, prompted us to organize a Fashion Show and Personality Contest to celebrate our 4 th Annual day.

Judges for the evening were

•  Mr.Viju Khote

•  Mr.Vihang Nayak

•  Mrs.Nandini Sardesai

THE FASHION SHOW comprised of two rounds

•  Round 1 took you back to the 1940's and 1950's. With the help of old Hindi songs we wanted to depict what a Fashion show would have been in the 40's and 50's had there been one.

•  Round 2 was a Modern Day Fashion Show.

PERSONALITY CONTEST

16 participants, 8 Female contestants and 8 Male contestants were contesting for the Shri and Shreemati Chai Masti contest.

The contest comprised of Two Rounds

•  Round I had, 4 sequences – The Presentation, Smile, Style and Walk Sequences.

•  Round 2 had 4 sequences – Walk, Confidence, Photogenic and Message Rounds

•  The contestants were given marks by our panel of judges for each of the sequences.

At the end of all the rounds the winners were finally decided by our panel of judges.

SHREEMATI CHAI MASTI

WINNER – SABAR JILLA

RUNNER UP – A TIE BETWEEN USHA PATEL AND NIRANJAN SHETH

SHRI CHAI MASTI

WINNER – MR.DILEEP WAGLE

RUNNER UP – MR.BIPIN BHIWANDKAR

We also had wonderful dance performances by some of our members.

A group of four danced to “It's the time to Disco” whereby proving that Senior Citizens too enjoy Disco.

Our Chai Masti's Nergish and Raj Kapoor danced to the old hit “Jaha Mein Jati Hoon Wahi Chale Aate Ho”

Abhinay a dance by Col.Neela Pandit who is only 81, song sung by Mani Mulla – The dance depicted the feelings of Radha.