vadodara tiny feet dancing to the beats of hove hove are a common sight at various garba venues in the city at gujarats cultural capital garbas are not just restricted to the young and the old vadodara is also capital of children garbas which are organized in maximum numbers to catch the revellers young before they step into bigger venues some participants are as young as oneyearolds the tunes of ramjahniyu followed by dj are the highlights of adukiyu dadukiyu a children garba organised by citybased shiv om group we have a music troupe comprising 30 young kids who themselves sing the garba songs play musical instruments and set the entire tone for the nineday long festival said dinesh yadav an organiser of adukiyu dadukiyu our volunteers help the little ones take their first steps towards garba we also host garba for children from underprivileged communities who are given complimentary passes said jitendra rai organiser of bal gopal children garba the fast paced garbas are most preferred by the young revellers children sway to the beats of mumbai thi gadi aavi re and mahisagar ne aare dhol at most of these venues including alaiya balaiya which is credited of being the oldest children garba in gujarat at most of these garba venues children who form the choir including singers and those playing musical instruments start getting training from professional singers almost a month before navratri we have trained over 30 students in various instruments and vocal two months prior to navratri our students are performing in various children garbas across the city as instrumentalists and singers said jignasu pandya a professional singer we have a group that consists of two lead singers and chorus and instrumentalists who play dhol keyboard and tabla we practised for three hours every day for a month before the event said rishabh doshi a 17year old who has been a lead singer at adukiyu dadukiyu for over five years box siblings add musical fervour vadodara she may not be able to converse fluently in gujarati but she sings traditional gujarati songs with fervour at garbas during navratri elevenyear old akruti tiwari has been gracing citybased adukiyu dadukiyu children garba as a lead singer for the last three years her eightyearold brother ayush tiwari is the youngest singer in childrens choir that performs at the garba trained under her mother who is a music teacher the duo practised garba three hours every day after their school box muslim boy who sets the tunes vadodara hailing from a musical family he was bound to find his calling in music today taufil darbar 17 is a sought after keyboard player for children garbas in the city taufil got inspired to take up music by watching his father mukhtar hussain who runs citys famed darbar band apart from being an instrumentalist taufil also wants to make a mark in singing i have also sung a few songs at garba venues in the last two years