This year an amazing monumental event was planned by the students of IBDP Year 1 of Sharad Pawar International School, to organize a community service at an extremely large scale, which should not only help the community but also enhance their talents and skills. Keeping this in mind everyone enthusiastically started preparing for it.
After several discussions, meetings, and planning we come up with the title "CASthenix" which is going to be our program's name. Each one of us were divided into several groups to manage and decided the necessities of a particular section, like stage management, music, lights and sound, artists, models, performers and so on.
After going through all the requirements we calculated our budget for which we now need sponsors. Then all of us worked together to collect the required amount by contacting companies, organizations, agencies, committees who are interested in helping us in funding the event, and we did get positive results as well. Not only then but also are own school helped us a lot for it.
Finally it was decided that the event will take place on 12th February, 2011 at Ishanya Mall's Amphitheatre, Pune. There begins the printing of the invitations and tickets, their selling whereas we the students on the other hand began preparing for the event.
I was supposed to work in the music and art sections and was also have to gave a performance on the event. Therefore I started practicing for it and finally prepared one of my best song to perform.
On the day of the event the students who were selected for the stage management including myself reported at the venue at around 8 a.m. We began preparing and decorating the stage with huge banners and posters which we are supposed to draw and paint by ourself. This task seems to be quite daring and difficult but eventually with the help of our art teacher we did it and were successful too. And the stage looks awesome.
As the clock hits 6 o'clock in the evening the crowd of people starting gathering in the Amphitheatre and there began the program awaited since so long. The program started with a traditional welcome dance by a professional. Thereafter the students studying in village schools were given a chance to showcase their talent and they did it. They performed so well that the claps of the audience didn't stop for such a long time. After them we had a dance performance by a group of professional dancers, who too gathered a lot of appreciation from the audience. Finally after this it was time for my performance. I was all set and performed really well as can be seen by the audience's response. Finally the program end with a band performance after which everyone was directed for the dinner place, and hence the program comes to a successful end.
Therefore conducting, participating, and managing such a great program was indeed a really great experience. Not only we learned how to organize a program on a higher level but also learned how to be the role model for the society. I feel great pleasure when I saw the smiles on the faces of those students who never get such chance in their entire life to heighten their talents. But we made it possible too.
At the end all thanks goes to our CAS Co-Ordinater, our IBDP Co- Ordinater, Teachers, music staff, technicians, artists, stage management team, our sponsors, the venue owner, our school and our well wishers who made it possible. Last but not least a great thanks to the CAS, the fundamental part of the IB Diploma Programme who encourages students of doing such things for the society, for the school, and for ourself.
Reported by,
Aakash Gupta
IBDP- 1
Sharad Pawar International school,
Pune,
INDIA
