Xpressions..the grand show

October 6
The Final Day..

The 4-day extravaganza, Xpressions came to an end today with a concluding performance by Indian Ocean. Of all their compositions, ‘Bande’, ‘Kandisa’, ‘Maa Rewa’ were the special hits.

Xpressions definitely was a huge success this time and the efforts of all, especially the SEC bore fruit. The event began on 3rd Oct. but the fervour had started much before with pre-Xpressions events. After a number of competitions running all over the week, the In-house cultural function on 2nd was a huge success. The function began with a brilliant performance by X-Stage - "The Ghosts of the Marvin Grange’ and then there were some songs and dances. The entire event came out so well that one of the faculty members, sharing the opinion of many others, had a belief that we don’t seem to have enough work load….we(the students) could devote so much time for the preparation for the evening and come up with such a wonderful performance! Well Sir, we have lots of work….but then Xpressions happens just once in a year and that is the time to move a little away from books and give space to hobbies and passions. (I also happened to be a part of X-Stage and also performed a dance and sang a song. Don’t think I know all that….but that was my way of relieving pressure after the deadly 4th term. So, just went ahead….for I love dancing and thought of trying out drama for the first time in life, singing was just for fun).

The main event, Xpressions kicked off on 3rd with the Conclave. The conclave had some luminaries sharing their views on ‘FDI in India’. In the evening, we had a ballet troupe's performance which was everything else but ‘ballet’. Then, there were a number of competitions on the following days which invited participation from all key B-schools.

And finally, it’s time to wind up the event. G-Sec, Himanshu’s plan of getting more and more students involved with Xpressions came into action with a number of new competitions and the overall arrangements. Xpressions this year, surely, has been a true celebration of excellence.

Congrats to one and all for such a great show. Hip..hip..hurray!!!

October 5
The Rocking Night!!!

On third day of Xpressions, we today had an amazing rock competition – Decibelz. The day with the theme ‘fire’ just became too exciting and enjoyable. With 6 teams from XLRI, Darjeeling, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, it was a tough competition and that meant a treat for the music lovers. :) Mr. Atul from Silk Route was our honorable judge.

As the competition began, the first two teams fell short of enthusing the audience. But then came the much awaited XLRI’s ‘Bodhi Tree’ and set the stage on fire. With their original compositions, real good music, they won a lot of appreciation. One of their compositions ‘Too many potatoes’(inspired by the plethora of potatoes served in their mess) won the Best Composition prize…..hats off to their mess ;) But well, even our mess rules in this aspect, just that they have a special affinity for both potatoes and paneer……little wonder, when I & Anny were enjoying her birthday dinner at Silver Streak Restaurant today, my first concern was, “Anny, order anything which has no potatoes!!”

After Bodhi Tree, presented the Darjeeling Band and they were superb. The crowd just loved the performances.

The program came to an end with special performance by the judge. The first and second prizes were won by Darjeeling Band and XL’s Bodhi Tree (they were known as ‘Bodhi Saplings’ till last year, guess what the tree would grow into next year :) ), respectively.