10000 Reasons

10000 Reasons... that's the name of that song...

And I have... 10000 reasons... to thank you.... 

Where Reason = Pageview, I have to thank you for the 10000 Pageviews on this Blog.

For those who've joined us recently, thought you would like to look at some of the most popular posts on the blog.



And the Top 10 Posts on A Musical Twist to Life are: 

At #10

One Year of Blogging

May 22, 2016

includes my top 5 blog posts from my first year of this blog. I said One Year not One Week (Barenaked Ladies).

At #9

The Lilting Voice of Indian Cinema - Lata Mangeshkar

September 28, 2016

Tracing the association of the great Lata Mangeshkar through eight decades of music on her 87th birthday.

At #8

Mother Teresa - Model of Mercy

September 4, 2016

On the occasion of the canonisation of Mother Teresa, this post includes many more songs inspired by St. Teresa of Kolkota.

At #7

Let's Dance... It's International Dance Day

April 29, 2016

Posted on International Dance Day... Just Dance.

At #6

TWIST

October 3, 2016

From just a few days ago, on the #MusicalBirthday of Chubby Checker...The King of Twist...

At #5

Much Ado About Shakespeare

April 23, 2016

Posted on the 100th death anniversary of the bard, this post includes songs inspired by Shakespeare or movies based on his writings. 

At #4

Chak De India... Rashtriya Khel Divas

August 29, 2016

The birthday of hockey legend Dhyan Chand is observed as National Sports Day...

At #3

Around The World... in 14 Songs

September 27, 2016

On World Tourism Day, we did the trip to various destinations around the world... Roam (B-52s).

At #2

Happy Friendship Day 2015

August 3, 2015

Posted on a Sunday morning, this post got me connected to friends from many years back... Friends (Michael W Smith & Amy Grant).

And at the top spot - #1

Back To School

June 29, 2015

A reminiscence of music at school, on being invited to coach the school choir for the feast. Did not include any music on the post... but the picture of the talented students was worth a million words. 

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Let's Dance... It's International Dance Day

Today is International Dance Day.... So shake a leg... Do You Wanna Dance?

The thought of dancing took me back to the days when I was a kid. With a big family and lots of friends, we would just love to go for weddings... because we loved to dance. 

In the seventies we loved to 'Disco'

Disco Dancing was popular even in Bollywood and was a rage in the 80s with 'Disco Dancer' Mithun - the GrandMaster on 'Dance India Dance'. 

Anytime is the 'time to Disco'. My nieces and nephews in the '80s were 'fida' on this song... 'It's The Time To Disco' Kal Ho Na Ho

Back to the growing years, we loved to jive cause 'Rock n Roll Is King'. 

My dad was a fantastic dancer... At the family weddings we attended, there would be bookings for the Ballroom dances from my aunts (his sisters) and cousins. He could waltz and foxtrot right across the dance floor in perfect step. For a lighter moment, a cartoon waltz - with 'The Blue Danube'

The waltz was more often than not, followed by the Cha Cha Cha. You need a lesson... here goes, '1...2...cha cha cha' 

From Bollywood to Hollywood... with 'Cha Cha Slide'

'Cha Cha' originates from Latin America, which is the land of the rhythm... including the Rhumba and the Samba... 'Samba de Janiero'

 

I'm not a very good dancer... I've got the rhythm but not the style... Much happier playing the tunes for people to dance to. 

Dancing is very popular in Mumbai... and there are loads of classes for people of all ages... Do you remember 'Shall We Dance?'

Richard Gere learnt to dance in the movie and put up a fantastic promise. Would you like to dance. 

Just about a month ago, I was anchoring a dance exhibition put up by the dance academy run by a friend with multiple branches in Mumbai and even an international association. 

If you think you can dance, maybe you could try contacting some of my friend who count teach you to at:

Trudyann D'Souza teaches Zumba

Darren Das is starting a Waltz batch on 2nd May.

Brian's Academy of Dance has something for all ages.

Will leave you with a thought and a song... 'Better When I'm Dancing'...