{"id":4530,"date":"2022-05-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-punjabi-dance-contest-in-telford\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T05:00:00","slug":"ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-punjabi-dance-contest-in-telford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-punjabi-dance-contest-in-telford\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies all smiles at colourful Punjabi dance contest in Telford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"story-content-figure\">\n<div class=\"lazy-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:75.3333%\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-Punjabi-dance-contest-in-Telford.jpg?w=1300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"lazy-image-image with-dimensions\" alt=\"Telford &amp; Wrekin mayor Amrik Jhawar with the winners from Derby\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-content-figure-caption small\">Telford &amp; Wrekin mayor Amrik Jhawar with the winners from Derby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">Teams from all over the UK descended on the Telford Cultural and Leisure Centre in Hadley for the first ever UK-wide Gidda contest. A team from Derby, \u201cAddi Tappa\u201d, emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">Councillor Amrik Jhawar, the mayor of Telford and Wrekin, was the chief guest and handed the prizes to the winning team and to all those who participated in the competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">One member of each team was also selected as the gidhna de Rani (folk dancing Queen).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">The event was covered by three UK Indian TV stations and national Indian newspapers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"story-content-figure\">\n<div class=\"lazy-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.6667%\">\n<div class=\"lazy-image-outer-placeholder\"><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1652380447_156_Ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-Punjabi-dance-contest-in-Telford.jpg?w=1300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"lazy-image-image with-dimensions\" alt=\"UK's 1st gidha competition winners were Addi Tappa from Derby, with Councillor Amrik Jhowar during the trophy presentation\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"story-content-figure-caption small\">UK&#8217;s 1st gidha competition winners were Addi Tappa from Derby, with Councillor Amrik Jhowar during the trophy presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">It was organised by Mokesh and Sunita Mehmi, the owner of Prem\u2019s Wedding Decorations, in Wellington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">In a joint statement, they said, \u201cIt was unbelievable. The atmosphere was electric. All the ladies had come dressed in traditional Punjabi dresses oozing in bright rainbow colours and they were just full of life. Every ticket was sold out and because they were all so good, picking the ultimate winner was the hardest job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">Mokesh and Sunita said they wanted to thank all those who attended the event and in particular the two hostesses and five judges, and their other team members Taro Kaur and Hardeep Baglee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">Trophies were sponsored by Julies Conveniences Store in Hadley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/telford\/2022\/05\/12\/ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-punjabi-dance-contest-in-telford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telford &amp; Wrekin mayor Amrik Jhawar with the winners from Derby Teams from all over the UK descended on the Telford Cultural and Leisure Centre in Hadley for the first ever UK-wide Gidda contest. A team from Derby, \u201cAddi Tappa\u201d, emerged victorious. Councillor Amrik Jhawar, the mayor of Telford and Wrekin, was the chief guest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191570323,"featured_media":4531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1404],"tags":[1932,1935,1934,1930,1933,1931,1936],"class_list":["post-4530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decoration","tag-colourful","tag-contest","tag-dance","tag-ladies","tag-punjabi","tag-smiles","tag-telford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-Punjabi-dance-contest-in-Telford.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pciheA-1b4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4748,"url":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/ladies-all-smiles-at-colourful-punjabi-dance-contest-in-telford-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4530,"position":0},"title":"Ladies all smiles at colourful Punjabi dance contest in Telford","author":"ESPACE STUDIO","date":"May 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"UK's 1st gidha competition winners were Addi Tappa from Derby, with Councillor Amrik Jhowar during the trophy presentationTeams from all over the UK descended on the Telford Cultural and Leisure Centre in Hadley for the first ever UK-wide Gidda contest. 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