Yodaai Pink Ribbon day

Stamp out Breast Cancer!

The White House is bathed in the color pink for the first time ever to help raise awareness for breast Cancer this October.

We on this blog join the White house and the rest of the country in raising awareness for Breast cancer amongst our families and friends, 

The fountain at Eastchase Mall turned pink...

emphasizing the importance of Mammograms

 and self Breast examinations.

See the Pink Ribbon Pictures below

 At the Picnic inMontgomery,

  The social secretary supplied 

the iconic symbols for remembering this disease - the pink ribbon. 

sisters helping sisters pin on the pink ribbon

Both men, women and children sported this accessory in a clear signal

 that we are taking the disease seriously

 and all getting our mammograms. 

She later awarded gifts to the first 3 ladies that had done their mammograms this year.

 Its not too late if you haven't done your mammogram yet...

F. A

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The Medals story...

The Medal ceremony for the 1st Yodaai Intercity sports event.

Winners, below, in the area of spectator sports...

And the gold medal for the 100m dash goes to...

the silver

and the bronze

For the lime and spoon
the gold medal goes to...

the bronze

And standing in for the shy lady from Milbrook, the silver medal goes to

 For the egg toss, the bronze medal winning team below, 

For the egg toss

the gold medal goes to...

For short put, the bronze medal went to

For catching the train, the gold medal goes to

the silver medals

the bronze

For the Tug of war, the Gold medal went to Birmingham

Short put Gold medal went to Birmingham

Silver medal tug of war

Bronze medal, Tug of war.

Gold medal

 Montgomery Spectators

Rice, Soup Very Plenty!

Winner, threading the needle

Threading the needle, Bronze medal 

And the Overall game winner was 
the great city of Auburn

Led by their able team captain...

And now the battle is over, it's time to make up... 
From the magnanimous captain of Auburn to the captain of Birmingham

and again the magnanimous captain of Auburn to the captain of Montgomery

Thank you tokens to our judges, below.

Everybody in the end won
 in the area of cheering on the squads...

Until next time, here's looking forward to a wonderful Ajodun celebration and holiday season!

F. A

A Tale of 3 cities...

Dateline Montgomery: 19th of  October  2013

The Occasion:

The 2013 Yodaai Picnic 

& 1st intercity sports event!

The die was cast.
 And the warriors and contenders from the cities of Montgomery, Auburn and Birmingham arrived.

 From the very young...

To the radiantly and beautifully aged...

Hosting the whole event was the city of Montgomery and its merry team...

And our team captain, 

the Balogun of Ibadan himself

And the team from Auburn, the tiger breathing, fire spewing, secret - weapon - possessing ones...

They brought all kinds of hitherto unseen-for-months- reinforcement ....

Birmingham's team,  not to be outdone...

The Cheerleaders tried to rally the troops...

The social commandant, taking charge...

appointed impartial, independent  judges,

 all the way from Dallas, Nigeria to judge the events.

And the race was on!

100m dash!

The sac race...

Lime and spoon race...

Don't you let that lime drop off the spoon!

The girls run to Catch the train....

and then get dressed in our native attire in the process...

Tug of war...

Don't be pulled in by the smiling faces of the Auburn team - that smile is their secret weapon...

and for fun, table tennis!

Next post, the winners and the medal ceremony !

Stay tuned...

FA

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