Independence Day Celebrations at Mount Carmel School

School News Network
Chandigarh, August 15 2017

Independence Day was celebrated at Mount Carmel School in Chandigarh today. The celebrations started with a welcome speech by Juliana Marie Thomas, the Head Girl of the School. The Directors of the School then hoisted the National Flag. School choir led by the students, teachers and other staff members of the school sang the National Anthem. March Past by the contingents of the four Houses and Scouts & Guides of the School led by the School Cabinet members was the main highlight of the event.  This was followed by speeches on Independence Day by some students of the School, in which freedom fighters of our country were remembered and poems on Freedom were also recited by students.  School Hindi Choir presented a patriotic song ‘Azadi Ki Khuli Hawa Main’.  This was followed by a dance performance on patriotic songs by the Indian Dance Club of the School.

Students during Independence Day celebrations at Mount Carmel School in sector 47 of Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Students perform cultural dance during Independence Day celebrations at Mount Carmel School in sector 47 of Chandigarh on Tuesday.

A Punjabi folk dance on the tunes of patriotic songs was also performed by students of class I to V. The students of Indian Classical Dance Club presented a medley of patriotic songs. The students of the Heritage Club ‘Darohar’ then presented a flash back on India’s struggle for Independence from the year 1857 to 1947. They highlighted the landmark events that culminated in the call for freedom and finally led to Independence. In the end the students of the Bhangra Club of the School presented a scintillating Bhangra performance.

Dr. Earnest Charles J. Samuel, Director of the School  spoke on this occasion on the importance of rooting out corruption from our country and how everyone needs to be free from the clutches of evil with which we have bound ourselves and be careful not to misuse the freedom that we have been given. The programme closed with a Vote of Thanks by Nidhil Vohra, the Boy School Captain of the School and then the National Anthem.