A celebration of living life in the moment, while honouring those less fortunate.
The Idea
A world record breaking attempt for the largest number of people dancing a Bollywood routine in different locations, in order to raise a minimum of RM20,000 for two local charity being Agathians Shelter and Persatuan Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Klang. We are helping our fellow friends in UK to break the current record of close to 4,500 people.
We are appealing to friends and colleagues to help us make this event a success. There will be events set to take place in Capetown, Edinburgh (a prison!), New Zealand, Manipal, London, Kathmandu and Petaling Jaya so far.
We suggest a small RM10 fee from each participant to contribute towards our RM20,000 target.
We hope to gather 1,000 people to dance to the track Jai Ho. With the help of a renowned choreographer, Jay Kumar a routine has been devised and uploaded to Youtube so participants can familiarise themselves with the dance.
The inspiration
Sophie Parr, a 24 year old, vivacious redhead from Somerset, lived life to the full and loved music, especially Bollywood. In the 16 days between her diagnosis and her passing, Sophie set up a blog that raised money for Macmillan cancer support and we are going to continue her legacy.
The plan
We have posted the 4 minute routine on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbyVBe0pPRc simple enough that anyone – no matter what age, race, gender, or fitness level – can bhangra, to their heart’s content.
At the BollyforCharity event, there will be enough dance captains around to teach the routine again and help the more rhythmically challenged of us. After one or two rehearsals, we will go for the record.
The whole event, from start to finish, will be approx 60-90 mins.
Given the number of people expected (1,000 – 2,000), there will be 20 volunteer marshals to make sure everyone’s safe and having a good time. Our volunteers include ex-Sri Amanians and we’ll be making sure they get their Bolly on too!
The team
This event is supported by the Persatuan Alumni Sekolah Menengah (P) Sri Aman , Taman Gembira Foundation , and Ace-Youth.
The reason to get involved
As a participant or donator
Because it’s easy: for just a few minutes of your time, you could help BollyforCharity put the fun into fundraising and raise much-needed money for orphans.
Anyone can join the BollyforCharity community and be part of something big, whatever dance skills we do or don’t possess. BollyforCharity is about uniting for charity and having a laugh at the same time.
As a sponsor or team member
As a volunteer team member, you can get involved, even if you can’t be there on the day. Just contact us if you can contribute anything to making BollyforCharity a massive success, honouring Sophie and others like her, who loved life.
Donations and sponsorship can be directed to this account:
Persatuan Alumni Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) Sri Aman
Maybank Account Num: 014301304500
Details: 12 May 2012, 10pm, Dataran Petaling
The routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbyVBe0pPRc or search ‘BollyGood – the Dance Moves’
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/322385167832192/
Hope you will join us in taking part in this truly global event! Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you require further information.
Suganya Tirukumaran 014-9314235
Khavishankeri 017-6264997
Tenesh Kanagasevai 012-6703211
