twestival | Jerry Mannel

The Twestival 2009 Bangalore has been long over and i’m not going to report on the event. The event was fun all together. I was transferring the photos from my mobile and i stumbled up on the pics that i took during Twestival. Added on some of the lighter moments of the event.

Twestival was organized for charity and i believe they did good. The highlight for the day for me was the free beer. Yes, free booze and i’m there. The first pint is free, the second drink onwards the money goes to charity. Pause!

The guy who runs TechBangalore, yes H. N. Prashanth, the guy who orders ‘ondu masala dosa, ondu cutting chai’, changed his order to ‘ondu masala dosa, ondu beer’. Yes! he drank for charity

That was the effect that Twestival had on the twitterati.

It was a Saturday morning and i had promised Daaku, that i will join in for the Twestival. So got up, brushed, cleaned myslef, put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that had the IBM logo on the sleeve and RedBulls written on the chest. Landed at the place for twestival and i realized immediately that i made a mistake with my attire. I wore a Halloween costume for a Thanks Giving dinner… oops!!! Worst of all, people miss took me for a guy from Red-Bull, didn’t they notice the ‘s’ at the end of the Bull,

The most embarrassing part, that no one knew – Nakul Shenoy, yes the magician, the techie who only learned to do anonymous mem-reads on other unsuspecting people, was done with his show (which was brilliant btw), dressed up in plain formal attitre and came all the way to the place where we twitterers were having a merry time and joined us in tweeting. First thought that crossed my mind, ‘I have seen this guy somewhere… Where?… Have i met him before?’. It took me full 15mins to realize that it was the same guy on stage reading other people’s thoughts. (Hope he didn’t read my thought at that point)

Prashanth proved that he is a bigger techie, when i complained that i cant find a free wifi to connect to. He took out his Nokia phone and said ‘No problem, wait a few secs, i’ll connect via GPRS and make my phone a wifi hot-spot, then you connect to my phone..’. My jaws were on the floor … LOL

The very first twestival that took place in Bangalore was for the cause – ‘clean and safe drinking water’. Unlike other charity events where you have to bid for some boring piece of art or just buy the tickets to attend something that wasn’t of any interest for you and the only reason for you to do all that was a cause, the twestival is different. Its fun and it makes you feel good for what you did.

The last time it was for a global cause but this time its, lets put it this way, for a more localized cause. This Bangalore twestival 09 is to help organize funds for DreamADream. So whats DreamADream?

Founded in 1999, Dream A Dream is a registered charitable trust which seeks to empower children from vulnerable backgrounds by developing life skills and at the same time sensitizing the community through active volunteering leading to a non-discriminatory society where unique differences are appreciated. Currently, we enhance the lives of 1500 children from vulnerable backgrounds and engage over 1000 active Volunteers who represent an increasingly sensitive community.

So getting on with the details for the event –

When - Saturday – 12th September, 2009

Where - Kyra Theatre, Bangalore

Time - 12:30 – 4:30pm

Full Address - Kyra, 2001, Katti-ma Centre, Above Adidas Showroom, 100 feet road, Indiranagar, Bangalore

The question now is, what is happening in 4 hrs?

Live show by Swarathma band
Nakul Shenoy presents ‘Beyond Magic!’
Stand Up Comedy by Papa CJ and Aron Kedar

Just that … oh no!!! apart from that there will be free beer from Kingfisher for everyone ..

So join in … Join in for the Cause with fun or Fun with a cause

Jerry Mannel

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