May King after the Queen

The main purpose of the May Queen Ball is to bring the young boys and girls together during the summer vacation so that they can learn to sing, dance, make new friends and hopefully find future life partners, explained Dr Porns Turner, president of the Sir Ness Wadia Club. The second aim is to gather funds for the numerous community activities like the All Parsis Athletic Coaching Camp, The Body Beautiful and the weight lifting competition, cricket, football, badmin-ton and other all Parsi tournaments, be-sides different events organized by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) on the Rustom Baug grounds. These activities are greatly encouraged by the N. N. Wadia and R. N. Wadia Trust headed by Nusli Wadia and assisted by Dhun Gagrat, notes a press release giving de-tails of the 14th May Queen Ball held on April 30, 2006.

The May Queen 2006 crown was conferred onHoorzanirani with Vahbiz Billimoria being the first runner up and Kaizeen Kayani, the second runner-up. Kainaaz Billimoria won the Miss Viva-cious title, Dilshad Palia, the Colgate Total Smile contest, Phiroza Cooper, the best hair and Shaheen Guard, Body Beautiful. "It was a delight to see our young girls so confi­dently and with great poise walk the ramp displaying their beauty and elegance," states the release. The contestants were put through 10 days of rig­orous yet fun-filled grooming under the efficient supervision of Hutoxi Doodhwala, supported by Mickey Mehta of 360° Gym Health Beyond Fitness. The grooming team included Yasmin Kadodwala. Farokh Chothia, Anaita Shroff Adajania, Sandip Soparrkar, Y azmeen Contractor. Perizad Kolah Marshal, Viraf Patel, Hufriya Bhiwandiwala, Shermeen Jal, Zenobia and Sharukh Davar. Next year they are planning a May King contest after grooming the boys.

Clockwise from left: Guzder, Minoa Shroff, Irani, Viraf Patel, Doodhwala, Tarapore, Turner, Mehta, dance sequence, pageant winners Palia, K. Billimoria, Kayani, Irani, V. Billimoria, Cooper and Guard Photos: Homz Prints

The highlight of the evening was the entertainment program where Hommzd Khambatta choreographed the dances and NatashaBhamgara handled the costumes. The cheering and loud clapping and the repeated request for "encores" showed the crowd enjoyed the performances.

Commending the support of the BPP, particularly trustee Dinshaw Tamboly, the organizers also recognized that the pillars of the May Queen Ball are its sponsors. This year they had a record number of six sponsors: Jamshed Guzder, Colgate Palmolive, P. N. Writer and Company, Hilla Builders, the House of Tatas and Pepsi. As always the Ball was promoted by the Sir Ness Wadia Foundation and supported by the World Zoroastrian Organisation.

Among the others who deserve credit forthesuccessoftheprogramare Sarosh Daruwalla of Mazda Audio Video Lab for the sound and music and many other courtesies, Bhola Sharma for the lights, Pavri and Company for the dance floor,Parvez Unwala and Pervin Mistry for the catering, Berges Tarapore for his compering and Rustom Jasoomoney, Adi Vazifdar, Rohinton Anklesaria and Ashdin Billimoria for their valuable in- puts.