The battle for the top position at the 55th State School Arts Festival is hotting up.
Palakkad was leading with 489 points on Sunday, the fourth day, on which folk dance, Kuchipudi, and drama contests attracted large crowds. Host and defending champion Kozhikode was just one point behind, at 488. Kannur was third with 480 points, followed by Thrissur (479), Malappuram (466), Kottayam (464), Kasaragod (461), Thiruvananthapuram (460), Alappuzha (459), Ernakulam (455).
Results
Bharatanatyam (High School-Boys): 1. A. Srihari (Perambra HSS, Kozhikode), 2. P.V. Pranav (GOHSS, Edathanattukara, Palakkad), 3. R. Nandakumar (St. John Baptiste, Kadathumkadav, Kannur).
Margamkali: 1. Devika Manohar (Presentation HSS, Kozhikode), 2. Riya Babu (St. Mary’s HSS, Kidangoor, Kottayam), 3. Krupa Geevar (BCGHSS, Kunnamkulam, Thrissur).
Classical Music (Boys) : 1. Akshay Mohan (St. Joseph’s, Mathilakam, Thrissur), 2. P. Aswanth (Ilahiya, Kappad), 3. B. Deekshith (Chettikulangara HSS, Alappuzha).
Girls: 1. N.J. Pooja (GHSS, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram), 2. P. Anagha (BEMGHSS, Kozhikode), 3. M.K. Vani (GRHSS, Kottakkal, Malappuram).
Orchestra: 1. K.P. Gopika Menon (Presentation HSS, Kozhikode), 2. P.S. Anamika (Nirmala Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram), 3. Arunima Pradeep (St. Teresa’s, Ernakulam).
HSS section
Thiruvathirakali: 1. Gopika Rajan (Parudur HSS, Pallippuram, Palakkad), 2. A. Arunima (MES, Olavakkode, Palakkad), 3. P. Athira (GJHSS, Naduvattam, Palakkad) and Anjana Radhakrishnan (VBHSS, Thrissur).
Kathakali (Boys): 1. Arjun Subramanian (Jyothi Nilayam St. Andrews, Thiruvananthapuram) and S.P. Nithin (GHSS, Puthur, Kollam), 2. Vivek G. Namboodiri (NSBHSS, Mannar, Alappuzha), 3. Deepak Sajeevan (St. Michael’s, Kannur).
Mappilapattu(Boys): 1. P. Mohammed Ajmal (DUHSS, Panakkad, Malappuram), 2. P.K. Naseeb (GMVHSS, Nilambur, Malappuram), 3. Amal Mohan (GHSS, Palayad, Kannur). Girls: 1. Fathima Henna (Silver Hills, Kozhikode), 2. Rasha Anjala (WOHSS, Pinangode, Wayanad), 3. Arya Ramachandran (St. Joseph’s, Thalassery, Kannur) and Sulfa Kelamthodika (GGHSS, Manjeri, Malappuram).
Bharatanatyam (Girls) : 1. Sonia Shaji (St. Teresa’s, Ernakulam), 2. R. Sreelakshmi (GVHSS, Nadakkavu, Kozhikode), 3. J. Meenu (Karikode TKMHSS, Kollam), Ardra Lakshmi Ashokan (Ideal EHSS, Kadakkassery, Malappuram) and S. Abhirami (SDVB, Alappuzha).
Mohiniyattom: 1. K. Uma Bhattathiripad (Silver Hills, Kozhikode), 2. Ardra Lakshmi Ashokan (Ideal EHSS, Kadakkasery, Malappuram), 3. S. Akhila (St. Clare’s CGHSS, Thrissur) and Jemsheena Jamal (Christava Mahilayam, Aluva, Ernakulam).
