It all began in May when some members of our Governing Body met with the Principal of MIS. During this meeting it was decided that the Society would sponsor and co-organize the annual Talent Festival held in the school. Subsequently, the Society and the school both got busy with their own agendas and nothing was discussed till the first week of November.

A meeting was called by the Principal and the Society was informed that the Festival had been fixed for November 14 (Childrens Day). Mrs. Mahrukh Singh was very excited about the event and was confident that we could pull it off, despite the very short notice. We, on the other hand, were just plain nervous!

Two thousand one hundred students and nine days to get everything ready! That is how we saw the organizing of the Talent Festival 2007. A meeting with the Student’s Council put us in the right mood. They all seemed so happy, so excited, so ready to get into their events that there was no way we would let this opportunity slip.

There was a gigantic task lying in front of us. Events had to be finalized, judges had to be invited, prizes had to be finalized and duties had to be assigned.

The Primary section decided not to have any competitive event for their children. They opted for a puppet show and class participation games for that day.

The Middle and Senior school got together to finalize 27 events ranging from English Creative Writing and Spin a Poem to Art and Craft events like Mask Making, Bottle Painting, Poster making, Rangoli, Flower arrangement and etc. There were competitions for Dress designing, Salad making, Bulletin Express, art related Different Strokes, Dance and Music was also given equal importance.

Once the events were finalized, calls were made to our ex-students. Some said they were busy, some said they would call back but most of them were glad to be part of the show. A variety of things were given as prizes – books by interesting authors comprised the major chunk.

Mr. Anil Mangla from the batch of 1976 sponsored the gifts for Web Designing and Mrs. CharuLeekha from the same batch gave the gifts for the Dress Designing section. Then there was this huge effort from Mr. GautamDhawan (1991), who managed to rope in a person who makes mathematical toys and convinced him to do a whole event based on it. Gautam managed to get gifts like books, Educational CDs and mathematical games for the Primary Section as well.

The day of the event arrived and to our pleasant surprise, all the judges and volunteers were in their respective venues right on time. Old memories and new talent made every ex-student’s contribution worthwhile. The sheer joy of being back in school was clearly evident on their faces. After a round of tea, results were declared and prizes distributed.

Every student of the Primary section was given a set of crayons and toffees and every student of the Middle and Senior school got a small packet of chips and a chocolate.All left with a smile on their faces. We, the organizing committee, were thrilled on being congratulated for conducting the Festival so smoothly. The feedback so far has been very positive and of course, the alumni is quite pleased with its efforts!!