All three lead dancers agree that ultimately, however, "Gala Performance" is about giving one's all for audiences, which is not a bad virtue to practice in any dance era.

They advise against upstaging other actors and turning the drama into a competition; they also advise against not giving one's all due to the presence of a smaller audience.

It's refreshing, you must admit, to meet a man and woman with so many shared interests: dancing at El Morocco, drinking Scotch from the bottle and giving one's all to good-looking fellows in uniform.

Giving one's all for the revival of the Kannada language and establishing a firm foundation for its growth in the coming century, and yet remaining an unassuming humble person - this was Professor L. Gundappa.