The Students of St. Jude’s School Shine on International Dance Day
Posted on: 29 April 2022
An Inter-School Folk Dance Competition was organised at ‘The Kasiga School’ on the 29th of April, 2022. A total of nine Schools participated in the event. They were Ecole Globale, Welham Girls High School, Mussoorie International School, The Asian School, The Indian Public School to name a few. The students of St. Jude’s School came first.
A troupe of 14 dancers from St. Jude’s School set the stage on fire with their highly energetic performance ‘Jogwa’ popularly known as the ‘Jaagar’ too.
Jaagar is a popular Marathi worship folk dance practice where the devotes of Goddess Yelamma get married to the goddess herself, leaving all worldly desires. The Chief Guest, Mr. and Mrs. Batta, praised the performance of our young Thaddeusians and gave them a standing ovation.
The audience were agog seeing the innovative and enthusiastic performance of our young dancers. The judges Mrs. Meetu Bansal and Mrs. Sadhna Vijay complimented the mesmerizing performance of St. Jude’s School.
The winners of the ‘Folk Vibes’ 2022 were St. Jude’s School. Welham Girls High School came second and Kasiga School came third
The dance was choreographed by Mrs. Shama Kukreja. The Principal, St. Jude’s School Mrs. V.R. Gardner and Ms. Michelle Gardner, Vice Principal, St. Jude’s School complimented the dancers and Mrs. Shama Kukreja on the spectacular performance. It takes tremendous effort, hardwork and determination to win a contest. Well Done
In another dance event called Feet O’Inspiration (an Inter School Duet Dance Competition) organised by Shri Ram Centennial School on the 29th of April, 2022 our School students performed very well and won the second and third prizes in various categories.
A number of renowned Schools like Welham Girls High School, Doon International School, Mussoorie International School and Him Jyoti School to name a few participated in the event.
The Chief Guest Mr. Anil Garg, Chairman Shri Ram Centennial School applauded the efforts of the young dancers from all the Schools. The judges were Mr. Harshit Gupta, Mrs. Chetna Dobhal and Mrs. Sadhana Negi.
The Competition was divided into four categories which were as follows:
CATEGORY ‘A’ – Classes I – III
CATEGORY ‘B’ – Classes IV – VI
CATEGORY ‘C’ – Classes VI – VIII
CATEGORY ‘D’ – Classes IX – XII
In Category - 1 Sanvi Gupta and Aashna Sajwan of St. Jude’s School won the 2nd Prize enthralling the audience with their charming Punjabi dance.
In Category - 2 Adrian Kumar and Vedant K. Kimothi of our School won the 3rd prize charming the audience with their ‘Hip-Hop’ performance.
In Category - 3, Aaditri Dharamvanshi and Ekagra Chauhan of St. Jude’s School mesmerized the audience with their Salsa dance and won the 2nd prize.
In Category - 4, Anishka Karki and SrishtiKashyap of our School entertained one and all present with a lively Hip Hop dance and won the 3rd prize.
It is worth mentioning that Anishka Karki won the ‘Golden Hat’ and was declared the Best Dancer of the event.
Well done children. We take this opportunity to thank both Kasiga School and Shri Ram Centennial School for creating a platform for so many young enthusiastic dancers.
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