Its street play result time folks!!!!

So, well even with a really new team we managed to come 2nd. Yayyyyyyyy it's an achievement!!! 1st position was bagged by Sachdeva Public School. Man they were actually good! and this was for the first time ever that we felt that someone was actually better than us! and the 3rd position went to Springdales School and Mt. Carmel School (special evening batch for EWS). A brilliant show all in all and we got to witness some amazing performances and some really harsh realities that we usually close our eyes too. It was the last School Street Play for me and nostalgia did set in. But the best part about this time was that unlike previous  times I found myself much more relaxed, somehow winning and losing didn't matter anymore.Perhaps when you reach a certain level it does stop mattering!!!! But yayyyyyyy we did win (almost)!!!!!

Its street play time folks!!!!

wel wel!!! as u mst hav figured it out already dis post is bout Street Play (also popularly known as NUKKAD NATAK!!!).More specifically The Annual Inter-school Literacy Week Street Play of which i've been an active member for the past 3 years.

For those who're interested in knowing bout Street play n Literacy week , here's some background(others may decide to skip it)-

(Thanks to Wikipedia)

Street theatre is a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without a specific paying audience. These spaces can be anywhere, including shopping centres, car parks, recreational reserves and street corners. They are especially seen in outdoor spaces where there are large numbers of people. The actors who perform street theatre range from buskers to organised theatre companies or groups that want to experiment with performance spaces, or to promote their mainstream work.The logistics of doing street theatre necessitate simple costumes and props, and generally there is little or no amplification of sound, with actors depending on their natural vocal and physical ability. This issue with sound has meant that physical theatre, including dance, mime and slapstick, is a very popular genre in an outdoor setting. The performances need to be highly visible, loud and simple to follow in order to attract a crowd.

Literacy week- is a 1 week fest conducted under the Delhi Schools' Literacy Project (under the National Literacy Mission).Various social and educational programmes are organised and environmental projects are taken up during the year. Various schools involved with the project put up a short cultural programme on the theme of literacy.

National Literacy Mission (NLM)- was set up by the government of India on 5 May 1988 with an aim to eradicate illiteracy in the country by imparting functional literacy to non-literates. Thus, National Literacy Mission was established not only to make everybody just self reliant in the three Rs — reading, writing and arithmetic — but also to make them aware of the development issues affecting the society. The target group of NLM is people between the age of 15 and 35. National Literate Mission works under the guidance of National Literacy Mission Authority, an independent wing of Ministry of Human Resources and Development.

Well well dat wuz d info part of it!!!! But the fun element comes in here.My school(ie New Era Public School, Mayapuri) has been actively involved with the project for a long long time and so we get to participate in d literacy week activities.The most interesting part of the "fest" being that it is conducted entirely in hindi(dats pretty obvious considering that hindi is our mother tounge!!!bt still.......).Its pretty rare in today's times with the country going crazy bout english education 'in this era of globalisation'(pun intended) bt thats a different debate altogether. so..............well the activities include declamation, recitation, street play(of course!) n sm other things which i dont exactly know much bout!!! Our team has probably had the most consistent performance in past decade or so(dunno where to verify my facts bt i'll try to get em sorted out).

The prep starts about a month or so before D-day.Well actually they neva end considering that we keep a hawk's eye ;-) on the events(as in happenings in d city, country n even world) which can be related to literacy.The initial days usually involve discussion of events, n making up of the script (thats behind the scenes so not many people know bout it!!). But the actual fun begins wen the practices(ie putting together of the play) start. well i dunno if there's any other activity in the school to which the euphoria, enthusiasm n,obviously, the amount of masti!! of the Nukkad Natak can b compared to.really.n im not even exaggerating (one of my fav teachers says that exaggeration is my forte!!).The memorising of dialogues, the innovativeness n of course the at-the-last-moment-changes bring out the creative best in MOST (saying ALL wud definitely be a helluva exaggeration)!!!!And finalli the travelling to the venue on D-day n d jitters during the performance n anxiety of the results makes it a worthwhile experience.Winning or losing takes a backseat at when 1s put in their best and even enjoyed every single moment .but yeah i wont say it doesn't feel gr8 2 win ;-).

Well well, so it is D-day 2mrw. competition's loads tougher than previous years (coz of a modification in d zones). But gonna give it r bestest neways!!!!