 JUNIOR
SCHOOL DAY 2009
It was the 29th
of October, and contrary to predictions, the evening
was clear and mild...
a perfect setting for the Junior School Day.
The choir started
the proceedings with the song ‘Make me a blessing’.
The young voices blended and soared to the strains of
this beautiful song.
The Head Mistress
welcomed the parents and grandparents and the well-wishers
who had packed the auditorium. She spoke of the importance
of inculcating the right values in the children and
reiterated the need to fill the children’s intellectual
back-pack with skills and values that will make them
good citizens.
The
LKG children took us to a world of fantasy…to
the deep end of the ocean with adorable mermaids and
starfishes and octopus among so many other sea creatures,
and then on we went to a world of make-believe on a
magic carpet. The entry of “Ali and Jasmine”
on the magic carpet quite took our breath away...
After that, the audience enjoyed singing along with
the UKG to the strains of Mr. Sun, Old Macdonald and
20 little Sishyites, and to hear the shrill young voices
singing with gusto was sheer delight.
A stunning splash
of colour was provided by Class 1 who went from blue
to green to red to yellow and finally black…Not
one step was out of place as the tiny dancers swayed
and sashayed to different styles of dancing for each
colour.
Alice led us all
into her wonderland of flowers on a golden afternoon,
followed by the 21, yes, 21 dwarfs who were out digging
for rubies and diamonds. Class 2 put up a delightful
performance which show-cased their singing and acting
talents.
Class 3 followed
with a wonderful spectacle as well; as they danced with
exuberance to the songs of three different fisherfolk
- the Bengali, the Malayali and the Goan.. Their well-co-ordinated
steps, the beautiful costumes and their sheer joie de
vivre as they danced, made it a brilliant show!
Classes 4 and
5 together attempted an item in Hindi, in English and
in Tamil with ease.
The Hindi Qawali was a lovely spectacle, as the children
sang of the woes of learning the various subjects in
school, till they came to their favourite Games period,
when their excitement and joy were apparent.
The choral recitation
of Hansel and Gretel was executed with panache…the
clear rendering of the lines; the action and the humour
were truly appreciated by the audience.
And then finally,
there was the Tamil play: The Golden Sambar. The little
actors performed earnestly and beautifully as they spoke
the lines in perfect Tamil and emoted so naturally.
The 2 songs that were incorporated into the item were
also admirably rendered.
At the end of
the programme, the audience left with a feeling of appreciation
and wonder at the good work put up by our little ones. |
