Wedding Day 2 - Neha's Sangeet

After a day on Safari and some well needed afternoon naps, we all got ready for the Wedding night Round 2! The itinerary invite stated... 

"Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya...

July 4th at the Simba Union Sikh Club in Nairobi - 8pm-onwards...   

(And onwards did it go!!!!)

Music is the soul of any wedding ceremony, regardless o faith or origin. Back in the day, wedding folk songs were sung and all the relative and friends used to dance to the tunes of the music. This ceremony is considered auspicious as the wedding songs are said to be full of blessings for the prospective couple."

What a night this was! We arrived at the Simba club to what looked like a giant glowing bubble sprinkled in fairy lights. Very delicate, very beautiful and utterly perfect for the nights festivities for the bride. Even down to the smallest detail, the crystalline theme did not fail to awe the audience and guests. We walked down a twinkling tunnel into the tent area that easily seated 500+ people and then some. The tables were clothed in black fabric, the chairs where transparent, the chandeliers fell gracefully from the ceilings as if everything was a frozen over dew morning, everything sparkled. 

The Epic tent saga continues...

Deanna at the entrance to fairy tale land. 

Looking ethnic in our Indian outfits! 

The Roedean Clan (minus 1) Abby, Caz and myself.

Wendy and Deanna at our table, gorgeous ladies with gorgeous chandeliers in the background!! 

Brendan, Katie and Lauren at our table.

Jane and Tina at our table. 

Monogram's galore!!!

I went inside trying not to let me jaw drop to the floor, and greeted the bride and her family and prepared to welcome the grooms entourage. The servers were supped up in brightly colored jackson type jackets in pink blue and yellow. The watermelon martini's were flowing and even the napkins were monogrammed. 

I was extremely honored that Neha asked me to sing at her sangeet. After his family were greeted and seated, I opened the night with an original vocal track about love. 

The Master of Ceremonies kicking off the night. 

 Performing for the bride and groom as they entered the tent was thrilling. Afterwards Rahul gave his official proposal to Neha and they exchanged rings. <3

Download the song here!



The official ring ceremony.

Renee and Neha both gave very touching beautiful speeches that made me well up a little!

- on the hunt for the videos... anyone?

 The bride and her ladies performing an indian dance. 

After the ladies awed us with their dancing, the Punjabi drum boys called Ecstasy performed a rather epic drum performance leading to an entire night of dancing. 

 And again.... Rahul has a cheeky smile! 

The night was filled with laughter, drinking, dancing and amazing performances. 
After the we finished all the Jaeger it was time to join the indian conga line!

Myself with Gurpreet (to the left) and Prianka (on the right) 

FYI: On this night I wore an Indian outfit called a Chaniya Choli. A Heavily embroidered skirt with tight fighting tummy revealing top and scarf which can be worn simply draped over the right shoulder as in in the picture on the right or draped over and tucked in like in the picture on the left. 

I would like to thank Wendy Yang for a lot of the photos from this night as I was incapacitated most of the time... And that Chaniya Choli has no pockets!