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Achievement Board By Jade da Silva
CORNUCOPIA ‘20
It was the beginning of December the other videos by our team from the
when we got a bright yellow brochure competition will be at the end of this
through WhatsApp full of contests article, so don’t forget to check it out!
we’d never heard before. Brochures,
calls, confusion, and copious amounts Next, we had Rhea who delivered a
of time spent on video calls, yes, that soliloquy depicting Vanya from the
was Cornucopia. We didn’t think it Umbrella Academy. She was
would be possible to prepare for absolutely sensational, and hey, the
EIGHT competitions in such a short judges didn’t disagree because she won
amount of time but we did it! And first place! Yes, ladies and gentlemen,
here’s a shout out to everyone who presenting Rhea Saldanha; and she’s
participated and help us emerge here to blow your mind away.
victorious at the finish line: Kasturi As part of Cornucopia we also had a
Karkare (11A), Keane Sequeira (11A), debate competition wherein I
Chione Ribeiro (11A), Aliyah Andrade participated along with my
(11A), Blayne Gracias (11A), Giovanni ~charismatic~ friend Ved, and I think
Saxena (11A), Rhea Saldanha (11A), we made a pretty powerful duo. We
Prajana Kumar (11A), Ved Nagarsekar had some tough opponents but we
(11C), Ronan Godinho (11C), Navya emerged victorious, gold medal in hand
Jain (11A), Aaditya Parekh (11D), (well, figuratively at least).
Ayush Majithia (11D) and me, Jade;)
The fourth competition was ‘Next in
Cornucopia was unlike any contest Fashion’ featuring our beautiful girls
we’d ever prepared for before. Of Kasturi, Nathania, Prajana and Aliyah.
course, the fact that it was online made The theme revolved around re-
the territory even more unfamiliar. imagining TV characters. From desi
Right from the contests itself, to the Cinderella to a female version of
format, it was just so greatly different Thomas Shelby this one absolutely
and that really gave us an opportunity BLEW my mind because the amount of
to have fun with it. creativity put in was absolutely insane.
Starting off we had ‘The Voice’, which And well, the gold medal doesn’t lie, so
was a singing competition that was I’m not the only one.
divided into two categories: Acapella The most interesting competition was
and Duet. For the Acapella, our team definitely Shark Tank, which involved
(Team Miami) consisting of Aliyah, the presentation of an invention to a
Giovanni, Keane, Chione and Blayne panel of judges (think of it as a sales
performed All of Me, Stay with Me and pitch). Our participants, Ronan and
Hallelujah. They sounded absolutely Ayush endured a really tough fight
heavenly and won third place. The duet from the judges with their sales pitch of
by Chione and Keane was another treat an app through which farmers could
to the ears, and they won third place! sell paddy husk which would be
The links to their performances and all converted into electricity rather than
Photograph: Mona Eendra (via Unsplash)
