10th Annual Day Celebrations
22/01/2010
Jain International Residential School celebrated its 10th Annual day today with great fervor at its campus.
The ‘Sprintoor’ indoor stadium at JIRS campus was booming with excited parents who had come all the way to see their children perform and also to be a part of the grand celebration. The audience was addressed by the CEO, Wing Commander- Ganesh Sharma followed by Dr. R. Chenraj Jain, Chairman, Jain Group of Institutions who held the interest of the parents with his lively examples. Mr. Sabyasachi Mukherjee, young but renowned designer from Kolkata was honored by Dr. R. Chenraj Jain.
The building blocks of the institution who have been there since inception and are still a part of the family were also honored and appreciated for their contribution to the school.
The achievers, both the Board and class toppers, for the session 2008-2009 were also awarded.
The Champion’s Trophy has been launched this year for the overall performance of the students in sports and cultural activities. The award for this year was bagged by the Buddha House.
The cultural programme prepared by the students was that everyone was waiting for. It was a 45 minutes non-stop classical dance choreographed by Ms. Shweta and Ms. Mridula who said that they had a wonderful experience training the kids.
The theme was ‘Colors’ which was related to the 5 elements. The dance started with the color ‘white’ depicting the Apsaras and the Fairy. The Apsaras dressed in white and golden apparels were looking ravishing and stunned everyone with their wonderful performance. The next color was the color of Sun - ‘Yagna Kunda’, an offering to the purifying element, the Fire. The dancers beautifully depicted the effect of the sun on the earth by their dance. The next color was blue – The color of Water. The dancers dressed in blue showed how the monsoon is welcomed by the people on the earth. The celebrations of the start of rains were illustrated brilliantly. After the rain comes prosperity, and the Green flora and fauna comes along with it. The cry of Mother Nature was also depicted at the same time. Then
the color Black - symbolizing the darker side of man was shown with some wonderful dance steps. The dance concluded on a wonderful note telling that even though evil is trying to take over the good in humans, there is still hope. The Fairy godmother will bestow her blessings and the 5 elements will join hands for peace to prevail forever.
The choreographers were also praised for their incredible efforts. After the breath taking performance, the audience broke for lunch. The menu comprised of variety of dishes like Indian chats, Mexican salads, south Indian and north Indian food, sweets, ice-cream etc.
Post lunch the parents got busy with the exhibition of projects, made by the students of various departments that were put to display. This was followed by Equestrian show & some fabulous matches.
The parents were very satisfied and overwhelmed by the performance. They felt that it was a well coordinated show.
