Issue 14 (Summer Fest Special)

Established: 1995

Summer Fest Special

Saturday, June 15th, 2019

The scent of warmth and sweetness fills the air as the violet flowers bloom and move softly in the breeze ushering in the time for festivities. As heartbeats beat together to the sound of the bass and one beholds the displays of talent, each moment a thread with which a memory is woven, tucked away safely for the times to come. Summer is here and so was the fest. We bring you glimpses of moments now memories.

-Editor-in-Chief, Nandini Garodia

The First Show

- Eloziini Senachena, X The commencement of the Summer Fest on the 7th of Chamling of Class 11HB about one’s self worth and love.

June marked the beginning of many anticipated events Krish Aggarwal of Class 11C caught the audience in a for pupils new and old. On the evening of the first day, happy surprise as he rapped to rhythm and poetry and was the traditionally held Newcomers’ Evening- a was christened the ‘AVS Gullyboy’. Other excitable cultural evening dedicated to showcase the talents of moments for the audience included Naavya Thapa’s jazz the School’s new entrees who by now were well into rendition of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ and Masma Kharbuli becoming seasoned Aviators. The Williamson Magor who danced to hiphop. Apart from the students, Mr. Hall saw the influx of the students in casuals and Prajapati sang retro Hindi numbers to the delight of witnessed a mixed bag of performances. the audience while Mr. Pradhan who began with a The show got on immediately with the invitation of quiet strumming of the guitar and an offbeat Assamese the first person- Tasmin from the Seventh Grade- number, took off to the amazement of the audience with onto the stage who sang ‘Someone like You’ by Adele his rendition ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ by James Arthur. after which the rest of the show began in earnest. He had the audience on their feet cheering and singing Solos, duets and groups were sung and danced to the along as he belted out the numbers. He left the audience cheers of the audience and more discrete presentations under his spell even as the evening moved on post a included raps, beatboxing and Spoken Words by Karma quick break to the Fashion Show.

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Cheque-ing In

- Jeremy Jahau, XI “Cheques, place order, eat up!” This has been the needed reprieve for the less adventurous foodie with proverbial ‘Hakuna Matata’ of the summer fest since their classic chicken assortments, rolls and thukpa. A its inception and will most likely continue to be until new stall opened its doors to the hungry hordes selling the very end of time. As always, the food courts, in Italian pasta and rolled-up ice cream. However, among true AVS fashion, proved to be the most frequented all the old faces (including a certain over-priced waffle) location throughout the festivities. With a variety of Dominoes did not make an appearance, replaced instead food choices ranging from the staple Baskin Robbins ice by its cousin Pizza Hut. Though a welcome change, one cream, bought-by-the-hundreds Sugar Rush shakes and could not help but miss the fun little Dominoes’ Tacos. the much sought after Naga Kitchen delicacies, every While the fest drew to a close and the soda enthusiasts stall brought a variety of flavours to the Aviators. KF, stocked up for their hibernation, for those still stung by Roll’s Mania and Atung’s Kitchen provided the much cravings, Founders’ awaits.

Shafaq

- Sieyina Meru, XII The evening preceded towards a spectacular showcase in Urdu. The event began with a feeling of exhilaration where glamour met eye to eye with tradition in the form that fanned out amongst the audience unsure of what of a brilliant fashion show ‘Shafaq’ implying ‘twilight’ to expect from the evening. The show was a brilliant

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confluence of cultures across age with students and teachers walking the ramp with confidence looking their very best. The attires staying true to the diverse nature of India managed to offer colour, exquisite embroidery and plenty of patterns to appreciate. The well choreographed fashion show was spearheaded by Dhreety Haloi and aided by Avneet Kaur, Srishti Pegu and Saloni Aggarwal.

The number of teachers seen walking the ramp increased this year due to the sheer persuasion of the students.

The venture had people applauding enthusiastically as Mr. Daljeet and his family walked the ramp. Another trio that enthralled the crowd was Mrs. Ruby Bordoloi

flanked by Akansha Baruah and Himangshu Baruah dressed in traditional Assamese attire complete with a dhol. The most comical group however was Arhant Terang and Dakshyaratna Thapa receiving a yellow card from The Head of School only to exchange it for a flower, which caused quite a stir. The mother-daughter duo of Ma’am Kamalica Bhowmick and her daughter was enthusiastically greeted as was Dr. Kuljeet Singh who walked the ramp with his daughter Balkirat Kaur.

The evening came to a close amidst much excitement as the fashion show charted for itself name and much appreciation from the community.

Line of Control

- Aakangsha Dutta, XII The Community Debate this year was held on the in a School that claimed to be impartial. The conductors afternoon of the 8th of June and was enthusiastically of the debate had to continuously intervene as speakers participated in by the entire community, contrary to began to point out personal differences and instances the previous editions of this form of debate. The motion which led to further controversial exchanges. Teachers was "This House believes that there is a disparity in who voiced their opinion tried to draw the debate to the implementation of the rules on either side of the the moot argument. A fundamental flaw through the LOC”. Conducted by the Head Boy, Aaryan Sahu and afternoon was that while the motion stated the disparity the School MUN Captain, Harshika Deorah, the debate in the implementation of rules, the debate grew to started on a lighter note which talked of differences in become more of a bone of contention between the girls the administration of elements in the daily schedule of Tsuki and the boys of Murong. At the end of an hour like the Prep hours and lights out. However, through long debate, the Head of School, Ma’am Ghandy and the course of the debate, the arguments heated up Mr. Bharadwaj concluded the afternoon on a diplomatic as occupants of either sides of the LOC vehemently note pointing out that even if implementation sees a pointed out the inequalities they faced on a daily basis disparity in School, the rules remain equal for all.

Band-Aid

- Nandini Garodia, XII The entire school waited with bated breath as the final schedule of the summer semester but also allows them evening of the Summer Fest dawned on the community to celebrate their ongoing passion for music. The fest to the strings of the electric guitar and the roll of the was divided into two segments with the first half of the drums. To say that the Aviators wait impatiently for evening playing for the Junior School and the second half the Music Fest would be an understatement for it gives for the Senior school at the WMH. This year the Music them not just a chance to ease out of the jam-packed fest saw some trimmings which replaced old practices

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and introduced new features. A good example of this was how for the first time the name ‘Rock Fest’ was replaced by ‘Music fest’ which was done in accordance with the idea of opening the forum to every genre of music and not just restrict it to Rock music. Another notable change in this year’s fest was that no guest band was invited to perform which encouraged the student performers to put up a better concert as they would enjoy the complete attention of the audience. The evening saw Victor Bharadwaj an alumni and a well-known name in the AVS cultural circuit perform to Jon Bellion’s ‘All Time Low’ and won much applause from the audience.

The most loved performance in the first instalment of the show was Imna Jamir’s band singing the famous Post Malone and Swae Lee number ‘Sunflower’. The Lower School’s evening came to an enthralling end with

this and while they left the hall in eagerness to make a bee line for the food court, the evening began in earnest for the Upper School. The cheers in the hall grew louder as the stream bands took over. HB-litzkreig from 12 Humanities, a name derived from their love for history, got the crowd tapping to the beats of “Riptide’, ‘Better Now’ and ‘There’s nothing holding me Back’. The band ‘Frequency’, consisting of students of 12 Science sang ‘Shut up and Dance with Me’, a number that had the crowd swinging to it. This then gave way to the School Band ‘Hysteria’, who captivated the audience with numbers ranging from ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ ‘Radioactive’ to Kodaline’s ‘All I want’. As the concert drew to a close, Aviators left the Hall satisfied heading out for good food amongst good people having enjoyed good music.

In Good Faith

- Anoushka S. Rabha, XI The second day of the highly anticipated Summer Fest awarded to an all student team comprising of Divyana started with a Fete, organised by the Social Service Das, Thaiana Ngdam, Areeq Imran and Aniket Das. The League to generate funds for the many projects the Street Fest was another enthusiastically awaited event League spearheads across the year. The Fete was of the morning. The participants had put in long hours organised by the students of the League and Mrs Lipika of practice to make the event a success. Their hard work Borah under whose guidance and an immense amount paid off as it garnered an immense amount of attention of planning had gone into making it a success. While and support of the audience who enthusiastically cheered the Fete, as has traditionally been the custom, had many the dancers on. games to choose from, the highlight of the morning was It was mostly an all female event, with the groups most certainly the Secret Message and Face Painting comprising of highly talented dancers who enthralled stall which became extremely popular amongst the the audience with their skills at Hip Hop and students. It witnessed long queues of impatient people b-boying. The street fest concluded with a beatboxing eagerly waiting for their turn and generated maximum performance by Liki Kambu, a young talent, who left funds for the League.The fete also had a Sandwich his audience mesmerised even as they showered him Making Competition which saw teams of teachers and with a thunderous applause. It brought a musical end to students battle it out over bread. The Best Sandwich was a culturally rich morning.

The Bat-Man - Jirmeen Toko, XII

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CAMPUS NEWS

On the 12th of June, 2019 The School gathered together to commemorate the legacy of Mr. Khaitan in his memorial service which was conducted by Mr. Watts in The Williamson Magor Hall. Mrs. Majumdar began the ceremony speaking about the background of Mr. Khaitan throwing light on his childhood days and his journey towards becoming a Tea Mogul and a Business icon who gave the North East a treasure in the form of The Assam Valley School. Her speech was followed by prayers and songs sung by the Western and Indian choir. Teachers and students read verses from scriptures like the Quran, Guru Granth Saheb, the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads.

Sweet summer sensations -Takhe Tamo Reela, X

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Ripple #105 - Saziia Selvia, XII

Blowing the dust off the old typewriter she relished the lightness she felt while stretching her fingers, ready to make magic.

The gold ring which had forced her world into the background, now remained a faded mark.

Shout It Out!! “Summer Fest�

1. Exciting - Kushal Sureka, XII 2. Amazing - Apruva Agarwal, X 3. Fantastic - Nisanta Bora, V 4. Sensational - Mr. T.A. Hazarika 5. Awesome - Vidisha Pradhan, XI 6. Short - Sneha Singhal, XI 7. Hot - Mr. Siddarth Bhatla 8. Rocking - Mr. Suraj Pradhan 9. Fun - Meuaman K. Lynguh, VII 10. Food -Anguvika Zhimo, IX

Keep It Reel!

Euphonia -Himangshu Baruah, XII

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Editor-in-Chief: Nandini Garodia Deputy Editor: Sieyina Meru Associate Editor: Aakangsha Dutta Correspondents: Sempisang, Saziia, Jeremy, Eloziini & Moom Design & Layout: Moom Lego & Jeremy Jahau Illustrator: Takhe Tamo Reela Photography: The Photographic Society Mistress-in-Charge: Ms. Sarmistha Paul Sarkar Publisher: The Assam Valley School, P.O. Balipara, Dist. Sonitpur, Asom-784101, India E-mail: ave@assamvalleyschool.com Telephone: 09678074320/08812009627 Website: www.assamvalleyschool.com

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