The gathering was AMAZING. There is just no other word for it – we had a lot of fun organizing it, and the kids had a lot of fun participating in it! As usual, we had it at the Yashwantrao Chauhan Auditorium for 2 days. Its such a well planned affair, that the Yashwantrao Chauhan Auditorium staff compliment us every year – that we are by far the most organized and careful school to celebrate their annual gathering in the auditorium!
OK – I know I have said this before – but we make sure ALL the kids in the school get to participate in the gathering. At least in one of the items. And we do the make up, we do the costumes – all the parents need to do is drop their kid to the school, and come to the auditorium later. And of course, the kids anchor the show – they introduce the next item, crack a joke or two, sing a rhyme, or even start and end the show. These features, we believe, make our gathering so different from other schools.
We had a lot of different things in the gathering – plays, dances, monologues and demonstrations. Kids right from Nursery to the 9th performed very well on stage. I will put up some videos and pictures soon. The gathering ended on a high note, when all the parents, teachers and children danced to the “Final Dance”. This Final Dance has now become a cult song to end the Annual Gathering. Its a medley of songs that we have made consisting of the most upbeat songs (Chicken dance, Best years and rigga-digga-ding-dong song). It consists of dancing all the steps that were performed in the days of the annual gathering, in all songs, to the beat of this song. We have the usual children dance to the Final Dance once, and then invite the parents and teachers to join in, for the second time.
The smiles and glows on the faces of children and parents at the end of the dance is proof enough to show that the Gathering was a huge success!
Now, its back to school. And time to get serious about studies and sports! The photos and CD’s will be available for sale in a couple of days. Will let you know when!
