ASTOUNDING SPIC MACAY

PROGRAMME
BY : PRANAV GOEL IX-D

ON 22ND APRIL 2024, (MONDAY) STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

WITNESSED THE SUBLIME PROGRAMME OF “THE SOCIETY
FOR THE PROMOTION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND
CULTURE AMONGST YOUTH” (SPIC MACAY). THE
PROGRAMME STARTED WITH WELCOME OF THE ARTISTS
WITH HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THE PROGRAMME WAS
ABOUT THE KATHAK RECITAL BY KALAMANDALAM
RAMACHANDRAN UNNITHAN. SPIC MACAY IS A
VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT FOUNDED BY DR KIRAN SETHI IN
1977. THE SHOW BEGINS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF
ARTISTS. THE MAIN ARTIST IS SHRI KALAMANDALAM
RAMCHANDRAN UNNITHAN. HE WAS THE TROUPE LEADER
AND SNIOR ARTIST. DR KALAMANDALAM RAMANKUTTY IS
PERFORMING ARTIST CUM TROUPE MANAGER. SURESH
THOTTARA IS ALSO A PERFORMING ARTIST. DR
KALANILAYAM KUNJUNNI IS CHENDA INSTRUMENTALIST.
SADANAM DEVDAS IS MADDALAM INSTRUMENTALIST.
KALANILAYAM HARI IS THE VOCAL MUSICIAN.
KALAMANDALAM RAJESH IS THE MAKE UP AND GREEN
ROOM ARTIST.
 THE SHOW BEGIN AT 11 AM IN THE
BUDHPRASTHA HALL. THE CHIEF GUESTS WERE MRS.
RACHNA AGGARWAL, MRS. MONIKA SINGH (ADM’S WIFE)
AND MRS. RITU BHUSAN. SOME POINTS WERE MADE
CLEAR TO STUDENTS THAT NO ONE SHOULD ENTER OR
EXIT THE HALL DURING THE CONCERT. ALSO TEACHER’S
CELLPHONE’S MUST BE SWITCHED OFF FOR THE
DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME. THE ARTISTS WERE
WELCOMED WITH GARLANDS. STUDENTS WERE
REQUESTED TO NOT MAKE ANY NOISE DURING THE
CONCERT AND ENJOY THE PROGRAMME SITTING
PATIENTLY. AFTER SOME TIME MAKE UP OF ARTISTS
WERE OVER AND THEY WERE REQUESTED TO TAKE UP
THE FLOOR. THE CONCERT IMMERSED STUDENTS IN THE
RICH TAPESTRY OF INDIAN CULTURE. THIS EXQUISITE
DISPLAY OF TRADITION AND ARTISTRY MADE STUDENTS
AND TEACHER’S EYES OPENED WIDE. THE WERE
WACTHING THEM BREATHLESSLY. THE CONCERT WAS
JUST NEXT TO NEXT LEVEL. TRULY UNBELIEVABLE ! THE
ARTISTS DRAMATISED THE FRIENDSHIP STORY OF LORD
KRISHNA JI AND SUDAMA VERY PERFECTLY. ALSO THE
ANCHOR SAID THAT THE MAKE UP OF THE ARTISTS TOOK
MORE THAN 2 HOURS. HOLDING FACE FOR 2 HOURS IN
STILL POSITIONS STATES THE DEDICATION OF ARTISTS
FOR THEIR WORK.

AFTER THE PROGRAMME FEW WORDS OF APPRECIATION

FOR THE CONCERT WERE SAID BY THE ANCHORS AND
HEADS OF SCHOOL. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF
CONCERT EAGER STUDENTS SHOOT THEIR ARROWS OF
QUESTIONS TO MR RAMACHANDRAN JI. THE ANNOUNCER
THANKS THE ARTISTE AND THE HEAD OF SCHOOL HAND
OVER GIFTS TO ALL THE PERFORMERS. AT LAST THE
PERFORMERS WERE THANKED AND APPRECIATED BY THE
STUDNTS AND TEACHERS WITH SCHOOL CLAP AND
STUDENTS LEFT FOR THEIR CLASSES SILENTLY. THIS
PROGRAMME BROADCAST THE RICH HERITAGE OF
INDIAN CULTURE AND DIVERSITY.

THANKING YOU

SHARDEIN SCHOOL