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.