 JUNIOR
SCHOOL DAY 2008
The Junior School
Day as the Head Mistress said, is a celebration of the
spirit of Sishya. And indeed it was. The program began
with the rendering of the hymn “Let there be peace
on earth” by the Junior School Choir. The theme
for this years’ programme was Folk songs and dances
from around the world.
LKG kids performed
a variety of Indian Folk and tribal dances titled “Nrithyanjali”,
which celebrated the arrival of the seasons, birth of
a child and festivals. “Incredible India”
showcased the students of Upper Kindergarten taking
us aboard the Sishya Chennai Express to give us a glimpse
of the various traditional folk dances from Chennai
to Kashmir.
The
students of Class 1 enacted “Eyes on the Peacock’s
tail”, a folk tale from Rajasthan, which describes
how the Peacock’s tail got decorated with eyes.
Class 2 presented dances from around the world to the
accompaniment of the folk songs. The American folk song
Yankee Doodle, Blue Bells of Scotland, Hora the unofficial
king of dances of Israel, Pollerita, a Spanish folk
song and Kumbaya the African folk song were performed
by the students with much verve.
Class 3 presented a Mexican folk tale, “A dream
comes true”. The songs, dances and country customs
of the play were based on those still in use in Mexico
today.
Class 4 presented
a bouquet of poems in the form of a tableau, titled
“Kavyanjali”. They chose three poems by
Indian poets - ‘The Hero’, an adaptation
from Rabindranath Tagore’s, Bir Purush, ‘Murasu’,
a Tamil poem by Subramanya Bharati and a hindi folk
poem to highlight the message that unity is strength.
Continuing with
the theme of folk stories from around the world, Class
5 presented a play, ‘The Ungrateful Man’,
through which a dual message was conveyed. It portrayed
how greed inevitably leads to one’s downfall and
how animals are often more faithful than human beings.
After an evening
of such powerhouse performances, the audience was left
asking for more. |
