Shashank Shekhar
Bokaro ( Jharkhand) : The Inter-house music competition at DPS Bokaro witnessed melody, harmony and rhythm in the solo classical singing and orchestra cum folk music on the second day of the Cultural Week mesmerising hundreds of students and the guests who were were cheering repeatedly.
In the solo classical singing group competition, songs were taken from Sufi music based on various Ragas sung during different seasons offering platonic love signal to Lord Krishna.
In the solo song competition, Naina Priyadarshini of Jamuna House bagged the first prize followed by Akshita Pathak of Ganga House who got the second prize while Anushka Ganguli of Sutlej House bagged the third Prize.
In the Orchestra Group Competition which was based on ‘Arabian Tunes’, Jhelum House bagged the first position while Sutlej House and Ganga House got first and second runners- up award respectively.
In the Primary Wing Group Dance Competition based on ‘Folk Dance’, Ganga House got first rank followed by Sutlej House which was declared second while Raavi House along with Jhelum House were declared jointly third.
Pandit Chetan Joshi, Bhaskar Ranjan Dey, G N Parmeshwaran, Abha Kumari Jha, Dr. Padmalaya Dash Choudhary and Aatreyee Bhattacharya were the judges for this competition.
Addressing the participants and guests at the Primary Wing, Chief Guest Chinoo Kumar showered praise on the school for giving holistic quality education not only in field of studies but also in music. She said that DPS Bokaro was playing instrumental role in all round development of a child which is highly praiseworthy.
Speaking on the occasion, Director and Principal Dr Hemlata S. Mohan showered praise on all the participants including primary and senior wing for being brilliant in all their presentations and even complimented their teachers and mentors for exhibiting quality work but added that still there is always scope to reache greater heights which can come with hard labour and sincerity.