Students of Chinmaya School have emerged overall champions in the Jaycee Week - 2009 which concluded recently. The highpoint for students was the inter-highschool cultural competition. Namaste India won prizes for the best anchor and best costumes.
Patriotism
A 15-member-student-team depicted national integration through the cultural event. Students were successful in bringing to the fore the essence of nation: unity in diversity, by presenting the nation's rich cultural variety.
In the allotted 15 minutes the team came up trumps as they had squeezed in the welcome dance, group song and group dance based on the theme of integration and patriotism as well as a fashion show that highlighted traditional attire of different states without succumbing to modern influences.
Sheeba of Std. X, a participant, said that four members from her team presented a Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam jugalbandi for a Malayalam song as the welcome dance - a perfect start highlighting the theme.
From there the programme moved to patriotic songs in Kannada: Bharatiyaru Navu Bharatiyaru with students making a brief appearance as Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhiji and Mother Teresa, adding to the songs' effect. Motivating factors
Apoorva of Std. X, who led the team and also won the best anchor award, said they began practising a week before the event and having a choreographer was definitely an advantage. "Though I have been master of ceremonies earlier, it was the first time that I had the job of connecting the items together and also sharing the limelight with others on stage," she said. "The confidence shown by the teachers in us and the choreographer made us work that much harder and motivated us to achieve the feat," said Amrutha of Std. IX.
Nikita of Std. IX said that though energy and synchronisation were their advantage, if provided with another chance they would have liked to put in more energy. The trio comprising Pranav, who played Gandhi, Vishwajit, who played Nehru, and Rohan, who played a Punjabi (the only instrumentalist in the team,) of Stds. VIII, IX and X, respectively felt that they did their best as they were selected because they looked the part.
Shivani, Divya, Aishwarya and Shraddha of Std. IX, Aparna and Ramya of Std. VIII as well as Samhitha and Ashwitha of Std. X were part of the team.
