The Cambridge School Winter Festival 2018
The Cambridge School Winter fest, the eagerly awaited annual affair, was held on December 7, 2018 at Uttam Mancha. As always, all members of the TCS Community – students, parents, teachers, administrators , well-wishers worked sedulously together to present the programme and to ensure its success.
The evening began with the Principal, Mrs Sunita Chowdhary’s welcome address to the distinguished chief guest Dr J. Ram. A renowned Psychiatrist, Dr Ram needs no introduction. He has done outstanding work in his chosen field and is almost a household name to school children and their parents in our city and beyond. Happily for all of us he also shares a very special connection with The Cambridge School.
In his brief address to the audience Dr Ram spoke in appreciation of the deep commitment shown by our school to children who come from diverse situations across cities and countries but merge together in a safe and happy environment. High praise, indeed from someone with such vast experience.
In her Welcome Address Mrs Chowdhary informed the audience about the continuation of many of the exciting co-curricular projects and activities that were introduced and arranged in response to parents, guardians and well-wishers the previous year which included Sports- Cricket and Football training, Chess, Dance classes, Robotics and many more.
These activities have not only been popular but have been of great value to our young students, teaching them a variety of life skills.
Mention was also made of events like Food Festival, Children’s Day, the visit to an Old Age Home in Tollygunge by students from Travel and Tourism department.
While addressing the audience the Principal reminded the audience of the wide, varied and challenging curriculum offered by TCS to students which encourage and help our students to achieve high grades in their chosen subjects.
Dr Ram was then requested to award prizes to the meritorious students of our school. As the prizes were being awarded by the chief guest, the principal thanked parents, guardians and well-wishers for their generosity in sponsoring the cash prizes and also announced the Cambridge scholarships in Science, Business and Humanities departments, (really coveted ones as these mean fees are waived for a year) as well as the Young Achiever awards.
After the prize distribution it was time to sit back and enjoy the evening’s entertainment.
Order of Events:
The School Song sung by students of Junior/Middle School
Dance Drama: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly presented by students of Nursery-Class 7
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney presented by Classes 8 -10
A small Presentation by A Level student.
The curtain dropped and went up again after prize distribution to show young students of Junior/Middle school assembling on stage to sing the Cambridge School Song. This was a very special number, also a special moment, a rich experience, a matter of immense pride.
This was followed by scenes chosen from the Gothic horror novella of Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, to celebrate 200 years of the publication of the story. The story of a young scientist’s ambition with its devastating consequences was brought alive on stage with song, dance and acting performances by students from classes Nursery to 7. The show had it all—a macabre, evil environment combined with exotic music, period costumes and noisy, robust movements of the young enthusiasts. A well-choreographed and well-coordinated mix that went well with the story’s themes of science and the supernatural.
The third item presented had something very interesting and new. The novelty of a Stand-up comedy show was guaranteed to make everyone curious and ready for laughter. The age-old clash between generations took on something like a real challenge within a conflict zone when our hugely talented students from classes 8 to 10 came up and took center stage. It brought a smile to every lip as the actors snapped out the punch lines one after the other, sometimes breaking into gyrating movements accompanying the tongue-in-cheek thrusts and counter thrusts. Family relationships in the 21st century! Food for thought.
The last item of the evening was a brief song and dance performance chosen and choreographed by A Level students, It was brief but poignant. The realization of the moment of the parting of ways, passing out of school and into the great wide world. The lingering strains of Country Roads Take me Home seemed to spread that very message.
A fitting finale in more ways than one.
With this, the curtain came down on this year’s annual concert.
As always we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New 2019.
