You all know
that feeling of pride that comes from watching your very own become all that
you have hoped for and even more. The fulfilment and burst of joy that comes
with it. Well for Bukoto, this feeling was rebirthed in our spirits when our
very own Amina Nassazi got voted as District Rotaract Representative Nominee.
We then waited with a lot of anxiety during the 2015/16 District Conference Assembly
which by the way many of us attended on social media. I mean, you understand
the hustle, right? A dollar is hard to come by in this “7,000 shilling sugar economy”, so a week long DCA in Entebbe left
many of us thinking “#Lifegoals”.
Anyhow that is beside the point; it was a Friday evening when we got the news,
Amina was finally DRRE. It was excitement and jubilation for the club, let me
send my regards to the “Club X5 team” well done!!!
Fast forward, DCA 2016/17, we officially receive our DRR and we are now the DRR's club. (I will not reiterate the fact that many of us were not there to officially witness this, you guys get it). Just like all life cycles, the pressure then kicks in; it’s only natural, right? We are now the DRR's club. I don't need to emphasize the fact that it is one thing to be the DRR's club and it’s another to be “Amina Nassazi, the DRR's club”. Of course we don't want to let her down (we don’t want to imagine the consequences), we are passionate about service and fun which is what Rotaract is about but now we have something else on our plate, we need to impress, it is only natural!
So the questions kick in; is every Bukoto fellowship that Amina attends going to be an official DRR’s visit or can she still collect Polio plus when her buddy group is in-charge? Do we have to show up a certain way to events because it’s now the DRR's club? Well, we all know Tushabe Joseph will have a challenge here, how will his presence get noticed? I honestly don't want to try and imagine what being MGP Paul Nasasira is like (this MGP thing though, that is a story for another day), can't wait to see if his English utterance remains the same under all the pressure.
Fast forward, President Paul informs us of the DRR's official visit and hey, the “butterflies” stage is here. We all know that ambivalence of excitement and anxiety. The club needs to be ready, we need to tick off that “checklist” in order to be deserving of the DRR’s visit (or should I say “Amina, the DRR’s visit”), and we need to make her proud! And at the president’s request, we all agreed that we should dance for her, given this is one of the items to be checked of the list; talk of happiness!!! Allow me say hello from the other side to the Tissa group!
There is
nothing as exciting as dance practice, we get elated every time the Rotary
North Singing and Dance competitions come round because let us face it, Bukoto
has gifted dancers. As luck may have it, this rotary year, Christmas came early
and we had to show case our skills at the official DRR’s visit. A one minute
shuffle dubbed “the DRR’s visit” was
exciting I must say. It was time to put all our special dance moves together
and smile for the camera and yes, once again, Bukoto ladies love cameras, so
you now understand when I say we were ecstatic about this.
Ladies and
gentlemen, the fellowship that was on Wednesday redefined interesting. First
and foremost, I have no idea why the memo of the black dress code was shared
with everyone that was at the high table but ADDR Noah (poor guy). We also got
to learn that our DRR has got an official photographer (times really change). Hello Garvin, thank you for a job well done,
you did better that Tushabe Joseph at the ADRR’s visit, not that Tush is Noah’s
official photographer but hey, we could not help but notice that country
Facebook post. Back to fellowship, am I the only one who noticed a group of
individuals who randomly walked up towards the high table and did something
that looked like a sway, side to side, front and back and just like that they
randomly walked off again. This must have been that “DRR shuffle” and I must
say, despite the randomness, I will applaud Past President Zahara Mpaata. If
everyone had the enthusiasm that she exuded while dancing, maybe the story
would have been different. I will leave it at that, I am sure, y’all now know
where to hang out on a Wednesday evening!
