Kalakar

This year, a team of creative-arts enthusiasts from grade 12 carried on the legacy of our school's independent, arts-focused fundraising event. The result was an intimate platform for participants and established artists to share their talent in a variety of categories, including spoken word poetry, stand-up comedy, dance, and music. From relentlessly contacting potential judges, rushing to seek permissions from the school authorities, and promoting the event on social media, all of us poured our blood, sweat, and tears into the project. When we found ourselves unsure and struggling, our teachers, Ms. Elisabeth, Ms. Nitika and Mr. Sreeraman, never failed to encourage us to keep going and make the event a success. Their motivation worked, and we were rewarded with big smiles on the evening of 24th January as the Spotlight event commenced. Realizing our artistic vision and product of our hard work, was extremely rewarding. It was a dreamlike night, with purple spotlights bathing the auditorium stage, shining on the singers' melodic voices, poets' powerful words, and dancers' awe-inspiring grace, that was all part of the magic. The audience remained enraptured throughout the evening, laughing along with the comedy performances.

 

 

Our talented judge, Jackie Thakkar, evoked the most raucous laughter of the event. The admiring silence during our equally gifted judge Nadeem Raj's spoken word performance was broken only by the goosebump-inducing snapping of fingers. The delightfully enriching evening came to a close with the distribution of certificates, garlic bread, brownies and significant funds to share with our NGO.