READING, MA—Greater Boston’s Super Moms displayed their super dancing talents on Sunday in the first Super Mom Dance Competition organized by Gurjar in the packed Parker Middle School auditorium in Reading, MA.
“Absolutely, this will be an annual tradition now, making it bigger and better. I have already received assurances about sponsoring the event next year,” said Eshani Shah, President of Gurjar, a non-profit organization that has become the leading voice of thousands of Gujrati speaking families in New England and is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.
Here is the list of winners in all categories:
Solo – Under 40
1st place – Shaila Verma
2nd place – Shikha Bajpai
3rd place – Soumya Dharmateja
Solo – Above 40
1st place – Sunita Malhotra
2nd place – Shilpa Dodwadkar
3rd place – Radhika Bist
Group – Under 40
1st place -The Showstoppers ** Shital Botadra, Tejal Doshi, Parul Sanghavi, Priti Shokeen, Amitha Vasanth, Praharshitha Chetan
2nd Place – Asmi – Believe in Yourself**Kanali Dani, Zankhana Shah, Kanan Patel, Shraddha Patel, Ushma Mehta, Ankita Kapadia
3rd place – Dancing Divas Boston** Shikha Bajpai, Purbi Rana, Priya Bagade, Shilpa Khanolkar, Sheetal Kelkar, Shanti Satish, Samidha Sane.
Group — Above 40
1st place – The Dhoom Group**Sonal Shah, Nisha Vora, Ketki Reshamwala, Neela Shah, Ranjana Bhavsar, Archana Shah, Shaila Doshi, Parul Kothari, Pallavi Parikh, Manisha Shah
2nd place – Manmohinis**Dipti Shah, Malathi Shastri, Nihita Patel, Netra Rajnikanth, Smita Manjrekar, Sunita Malhotra, Teja Nadkarni, Uma patel
3rd Place – Rangeen Desi Club** Sumita Manwani, Samidha Sane, Sonal Bakre, Chakshu Joshi, Sheetal Aware, Harshini Joshi, Asmita Beri, Rakhee Menon, Arti Vaishnavi, Suman Bhatt, Madhu Nene, Sonal Ramani, Sirisha Bhumireddy, Rakhee Tailor
Duo ( Mother/Daughter)
1st Place – Roopa Patel and Sanvi Patel
2nd place – Nipa Mehta and Isha Mehta
3rd place – Deepal Parikh and Rayna Parikh
“The program was a tremendous success. When the idea was conceived we were not sure of the response we would get. We not only received a phenomenal response from Super Moms who participated and put in so much effort but also received only positive feedback from those who attended,” said Shah. “If I may say so it was one of the rare shows that even though the program got a bit extended the auditorium was full waiting for the results.”
Shah said was a daunting task for judges to decide on winners.
“I had four out of town judges and one local who were very impressed thus the choices were fair.
“Every mom is a supermom, multitasking and doing everything possible to make the life of her kid better. We could not have asked for a better start to a week-long celebration of Mother’s Day. It was an honor for me to open the show and co-host with my good friend Eshani Shah, who as always was our energizer,” said Dr. Sheth, a community activist and host of popular celebrity series Chai With Manju.”Every participant was superb, true winner. Audience was super enthusiastic. I was very impressed with the hard work and team spirit of Gurjar. This is one show that I can say was just pure fun for me.”