Musical festival starts on fun note
A 30-member team from 15 schools has been reduced to 12 teams in the preliminary round. The final day promises to be fun-filled with loads of entertainment.
"The prelims saw a lot of enthusiastic teachers participate in the written round, which was divided into four," stated Roopali Patel, the Joint Secretary of ASHA who would be the anchor at the upcoming mega event.
Segregated into four rounds, the teachers had to fill blanks by supplying the missing word of a song, identify the singer for given songs, correct song lyrics and identify songs from a host of given situations. The day definitely involved a lot of action.
The real test would, however, be on the final day when teams cross swords at the semi-final round, which consists of audio and visual rounds.
Once the team strength gets reduced to six, the event would provide much-needed entertainment for the nervous teachers. This will be followed by an interesting final session.
There will be five rounds in the final and it would be a tough battle for the competing teachers.
For a change, teachers would be at the receiving end when students from other schools randomly throw questions at them.
This will certainly demand that the teachers do their homework, as far as honing their musical skills go, before the competition.
"The interaction between teachers and students is always so formal, so we thought of getting them together on a more relaxed platform," put in G.Lalita, senior member of ASHA while she was busy finalising the last minute details of the rounds.
Organisers are looking forward to the interactive ?school and college campus? round based on songs featuring academic institutions.
"It would be fun to see the role reversal of the teacher-student relationship outside the class," a member of the organising committee said.