Every body knows that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And to sweep away all the boredom and create a youthful exciting environment, the Ace Higher Secondary School organised Kaleidoscope 2013, Inter School Festival on February 15 at the Nepal Academy Hall, Kamladi.

Kaleidoscope 2013 is the second edition of the festival where 25 A-level and higher secondary schools participated in various competitions held around the Academy's premises such as Ph painting, sketching, photography, debate, solo dance, group dance, kite making, digital ad guru, quiz, fashion show, band competition and much more.

About the festival Jayanta K Pokharel, Principal of Ace HS School expressed, “The efforts of the students can be seen where the event has definitely nurtured the creative talent of students and has become a platform to establish friendly network with other educational institutions.“

This year the event was more interesting where there was a thematic round in the fashion otos: Naresh Shrestha / THT show where the partici pants had to walk the ramp as one of the characters in a movie. The characters that emerged on the stage delighted the audience where one wit nessed the pres ence of Gabbar and Basanti, vampires, Mari lyn Monroe, Cat woman and more. Meanwhile the solo dance competition and group dance competition wowed the crowd gaining much applause and cheering. For the photography, dance and fashion competitions, the judges were Raj Bhai Suwal, Renasha Bantawa Rai and Shivangini Rana respectively.

In each competition, there were one runner-up and the winner where Kanjirowa National School and Ace HS School won the maximum number of competitions as winners and runner-ups.

Meanwhile other schools that got the victory were Graded English M e d i u m School, Penta gon Interna tional College, Chelsea Inter national Col lege, Prasadi Academy Higher Sec o n d a r y School, Bud hanilkantha S c h o o l , S a i n i k Awasiya Ma havidyalaya, Moonlight HS School and Whitehouse International College.

About the festival, Joyti Shahi, a parent in the audience shared, “The programme offered a variety of things to witness and it is a good platform for students where there was not a single time to get bored and the audience get to learn different things from the events.“

Yashwant Prajapati, a student of Class XI at Kanjirowa National School whose team also won the digital ad competition opined, “The event has become a way to gain practical knowledge and helped to explore one's creativity. We are looking forward to take part next year as well.“

source: The Himalayan Times,20 Feb 2013