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burning  it  off  and  causing  pollution.       Our  team,  Team  Miami,  won  the  first
               The  advertisement  of  their  product  is       place overall by a huge margin, which
               linked at the end of the article.                made  each  and  every  one  of  us  so
                                                                happy and proud not just of ourselves,
               Next,  we  had  Artemisia,  an  art              but of each other. It was so wonderful
               competition. The participant needed to           and enriching to work as a team, trying
               create five works based on the prompts:          all  these  new  things.  In  a  not-so-ideal
               ‘fantasy’,  ‘stuck’,  ‘loss’,  ‘heroic’  and     situation, Cornucopia gave us a way to
               ‘empty’. Aaditya made five absolutely            come  together,  collaborate  and  share
               marvellous  works  and  won  the  third          our  ideas  and  while  doing  that,  we
               place.                                           remembered to have fun too.

               The  Dude  Perfect  Show;  ah  this  one
               was  tough,  mostly  because  it  was            LINKS         TO        ALL         OUR
               something we’d never heard of before.            PERFORMANCES:
               It  was  a  trick  shot  competition.  But
               even  though  it  was  unfamiliar,  that         THE VOICE
               didn’t stop Team Miami from snagging             Acapella:             https://youtu.be/L-
               second  place.  The  video  speaks  for          ZTp5AHDYY
               itself, so don’t miss out;)                      Duet: https://youtu.be/k6-pz0bbd5I

               As  part  of  the  dance  competition,           IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
               ‘Shake  It  Up’  Kasturi,  Prajana  and          https://youtu.be/hhY1FJkUBxE
               Navya  did  a  fusion  of  Bharatanatyam,
               hip-hop  and  Garbha.  It  was  so  unique       NEXT IN FASHION
               and  enjoyable  and  they  won  the  third       https://youtu.be/McjI9bftFpQ
               place.
                                                                SHARK TANK
               Lastly,  we  had  ‘Through  the  Lens’           https://youtu.be/u5fbjWdrtrg
               which was a videography competition.
               It  was  a  combined  effort  between            ARTEMISIA
               Chione and I. It was so much of fun to           Art Works: https://docdro.id/TovazGJ
               make and our efforts  paid off because           Video: https://youtu.be/Pal_KgOM9-A
               we won the second place!
                                                                DUDE PERFECT SHOW
               Cornucopia  was really well organized,
               right  from  the  program  co-ordinators         Pathway:
               who were so incredibly welcoming and             https://youtu.be/JMuPzPq9g3A
               understanding  to  our  amazing  team            Trickshot:
               who  put  came  together  on  such  short        https://youtu.be/0P0ksT3jJZA
               notice.    They  say  behind  every
               successful  team  is  a  driven  coach  and      SHAKE IT UP
               ours was no exception with Sir Gaurav            https://youtu.be/kO-MlojmVY8
               who  trusted  us  and  cheered  us  on.
               Thank you for pushing us sir!                    THROUGH THE LENS
                                                                https://youtu.be/QZsdCH6j0-Q

                                Jade da Silva from Class 11A enjoys playing with her dog, reading (mostly
                                historical  fiction)  and  journaling.  She  loves  exploring,  be  it  a  different
                                country or just a street in her neighbourhood, she’s always down for an
                                adventure.  She  aspires  to  be  a  lawyer  and  absolutely  loves  a  good
                                argument.

                                       Photograph: Mona Eendra (via Unsplash)
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