October Meeting: Demonstration by Sensei Ambika Chandrashekar and talk of trek in the Hampta pass by Chelvi Gopinath
O ur October meeting was held at ABK on Saturday the 14th of October with nine members in attendance. The meeting began with a talk by our member Chelvi Gopinath .She was part of an eight member group of trekkers , who had taken a four day trek through the Hampta Pass in Himachal Pradesh. Hampta pass , a navigable pass in the lesser Himalayas. The Hampta pass is at an altitude of 14,000ft above sea level. Chelvi shared billiant photos of the boulder-terrain enroute the trek. Our member Chelvi participates in treks and marathons very often. Sensei Ambika Chandrashekar gave us a demonstration on flower focus. in an arrangement. For her first arrangement, Sensei Ambika arranged hosta lily leaves and carnations in a nagiere and she brought out the beauty of the white carnations in the arrangement thus emphasising colour focus. The second arrangement by Sensei Ambika was in a moribana. She had used foxtail ferns and Gerberas and the colou...