Global Goemkars !! COURTESY - GOAN VOICE CANADA Photographs : http://www.goanvoice.ca/ Westend Seniors Club (Toronto) Celebrate World Goa Day By Lenny Lopes There seems to be no end in sight for the Toronto Westend Seniors with yet another successful event! This time the event was to celebrate WORLD GOA DAY on Friday, August 12, 2011. The beautifully decorated hall with pictures and posters of Goa and India, including a beautifully modelled ship made of cardboard by “Fisherman Lenny”, coconut trees swaying from the walls and paper boats surfing on each table; were all groomed for the eventful evening and created a true atmosphere of our ancestral roots. The event in the guise of Konkani songs by a group of Seniors and a couple of dance performances namely an Indian traditional dance soloed by Katy Mulla, and the “Bongo Masala” Dancers consisting of six youthful teenage boys and girls with their Bollywood dance, who all showed their talents and hopped, jumped and wiggled, enthralling the audience who thoroughly enjoyed the shows. Another notable observation worth mentioning was the traditional costumes and superb acting by many Seniors. Outstanding was Dolly Braganza as a Goan Widower with a rosary and prayer book. And so was Fred Carvalho who, as a Toddy Tapper, satisfied some of the Seniors’ pallets with his free taste of Goan Feni, leaving an aroma of Goa in the air! Concluding the event was a typical Goan meal of Sorpatel and Pulao, leaving yet another wonderful memory of Goan nostalgia. The very enthusiastic Social Committee together with their many helpers, expended their untiring efforts to make the event a memorial and extremely successful one. Cheers and Well Done! oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo rene barreto - WORLD GOA DAY-WORLD KONKANI DAY 2OTH of August - every year. Bringing Global Goans together GLOBAL KONKANI ORGANISATION ================================
