My top few picks are here:

Last year I couldnt attend the Rangoli competitions for various personal reasons. This time I didnt miss the fun.

Divided by teams and united by one spirit and that is to “WIN WIN WIN”
We started our program @ 5:00 P.M in the most unannounced manner. Why do I say so?
That’s because even the camera men didn’t knew that we have started… I could see from the second row the silent conversation between both the camera men and lighting men eying each other quizzically whether they should start operating the equipments.
Why they were quizzical?
The rehearsals just got over. The banner was still being tied at the background. In the mean time our boss went backstage got changed and started the speech.
That’s our boss. He operates by the only rule of “No RULES”…
I was a little sad the whole day because I couldn’t participate much as I did last year… the only reason being I recently delivered a baby… and have not yet shed the extra tummy fat and pounds that I had gained… That’s a huge story will blog about it in another post.
We had a lot of dances… that’s basically our boss is a dancer / choreographer and it really portrayed well in the stage.
A lot of performances looked more amateur. There are a ton of reasons for that. But its ok…
a) We have very few talented performers… they are all good at technology and computers and if you ask them to dance or sing… you will know what to expect.
b) So to fill the stage as well as give opportunity to the fascinated souls we had to train a few non-professionals.
Overall it was all fun. We have reduced the mistakes and have committed a few new ones but have learned.
The longest running show was a RECAP of GENIE 2008 and Genie 2009, it went on for nearly 2 hours. Then came the current year’s new programs.
My most fav was the Samba and Brazilian dance performed by Vijay and followed by a few other dancers.
I contributed as fillers with a couple of singing.
The most interactive and attention-grabbing event were the audience events.

We had games like
Boys Vs Girls
In Boys Vs Girls 5 of each sect was selected and was asked to perform a set of tasks like:
Singing, Dancing, Getting a few objects. Boys took a lead and won cash Prize of Rs. 500/- each.
KBH – Kaun Banega Hazarpathi.
We had developed a software using JQUERY and PHP very similar to who wants to be a millionaire US version / Kaun Banega Crorepathi (Indian version). It was again a hit.
Because of the audience events we were unable to organize a couple of events that were practiced. Overall it was a satisfying experience and we all left with contented heart.

What made it special to me and why I thank my boss, is he gave me an wonderful opportunity to sing the song I love the most, among 300+ audience. The song is not famous, but it is a good song, good lyrics, good music. And I had a chance to promote this less famous song. Soon I will post the video of this song, which I sang

Till then check out my previous post on this song:

http://www.yourlara.com/tag/arai-305il-kadavul

QUIZ FINALS – Wonders of the World as task for object making. Each of our team where given three weeks to create a Wonder of the World Nominee / Old / New and a related electronic object, to enter into finals. Each team picked up what they found to be easy.

Team: IVth place did the Great Wall of China using loads of paper, plaster of Paris, paint and thermocol. It took 2 weeks with a effort of 4 hrs a day to complete both the wall and the electronic object. As electronic object they did a ancient seismograph. A snapshot of Great wall of China miniature as created by team IV.

Great Wall of China Miniature

One of the most beautifully built object, was Taj Mahal. Though the team could not grab a place in the TOP 4 teams, there object is still in grand display in our office premises. They had used a lot of cardboard, charts and a couple of straws and balls painted in white. Though the materials were not so rich a lot of engineering has gone into this piece. The team planned every dome and pillar in the structure. They missed out some points in the electronic object, as well as other rounds.

Taj Mahal Miniature

The object with a lot of tough work put in was Coliseum. The only word tough about the structure was the circular structure. We have used a lot of vinyl sheets, bamboo sticks and foams to build the steps. The garden in front was just a imaginary decoration. We bought 2 Rs dolls dipped them into plaster of Paris, and added each as a statue in the floors. We used a huge vinyl sheet, drew arches and windows, use red hot scissors and blades to cut out the structure. A lot of people helped us, and most prominently is our boss Vijay, Office boy, Ravi in cutting the shapes. Sharon helped in the electronic object. We created a set up for electronic object. The idea was a imaginary alert fortress near the coliseum. We imagined a border line. a metal sheet was laid below the border paper, had a doll attached with metal plate on his leg (Supposed to be our enemy). When the enemy touches the border line, we have a few soldiers carry torches. For torches we used chart cones and LED’s. The working of our electronic object was, the LED in each soldier’s hand glow in sequence as soon as the enemy steps on the border. This alert is taken in sequence to a tower nearby where a guard rings the bell which in sequence opens a Fortress door, where a huge group of soldiers are ready for the Emergency fight. We won the first place; it was our complete team effort. Our team name is “Mind Powers”. It was a complete team effort that has bought in good leading points till the finals. Starting from the first round we have at least 150 points ahead of other teams, and finally we have won a Cup, certificate and 10,000Rs cash prize with good lead points of 500+. It was great fun throughout the event.

Coliseum Miniature

colosseum aerial view

Machu Pichu Miniature

The team that won the third place in the event, was Arun’s team. They had a lot of hard work, but still some ingredient was missing which pushed them to the third place. They created the Chicken Itza and the site around it. It was very catchy. They didn’t do the electronic object, where they lost some points.

Chicken Itza Miniature

There object was very good. But some nice ingredient was missing in their team throughout the competition. If they had worked on that, they would have been unbeatable competitors. They managed to come through finals, but were a lot behind in points and it was a little difficult to cope up. But the one team of which ‘Mind Powers’ were afraid of was this team; it is because of their capabilities. They simply didn’t use their capabilities to the fullest.

Petra Jordan Miniature

handmade ganapathy with beetle leaves

 :) Its was a part of the last year quiz competition. We had to create a object using anything. We had UMA in our team who is a ardent devotee of Lord Ganesh. So we decided to do this object. We were impressed about the output. So did the judge. We also won the Quiz competion last year.

sitting  at

The Highest Position of the

World ?!

U.S  President , George Bush   ?

NO

Osama Bin Laden  ?

NO

UN General Secretary  ?

NO

Pope Benedict  ?

NO

I Will Tell You

But Please

Don’t  

Wonder

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