Loyola School Jamshedpur glows with Platinum radiance as three-day Jubilee celebrations inaugurated

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, Dec 16: The twilight at dusk had a surprising Platinum glow on Friday, December 16 as even the sun seemed unwilling to dip in the western horizon and instead, seep in the joy of the inauguration of Loyola School’s three-day gala Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The joy, elation and spirit of bonhomie lit up the sky above Loyola and one never noticed the reluctant sun sluggishly setting over the western horizon.

That is the way the Loyola Josh has been celebrated through 75 years of a blazing trek.

Flood gates of joy were opened as chief guest, HG Arch Bishop of Ranchi, Felix Toppo lit the lamp in the august presence of former MP Dr Ajoy Kumar and former MLA Dr Dinesh Sarangi who were caught the infection of boisterousness and joined the celebratory spirit.

Loyola School’s 500 students from Primary, KG to High School put up an exciting theatrical performance, ‘Kabuliwallah Returns’ in a manner that held the audience captivated and mesmerized as proven by a brief span of silence being overtaken by rapturous clapping that echoed in the auditorium till a long time after conclusion of the spectacular performance.

A special souvenir was released on the occasion by the guests of honour comprizing His Grace Most Reverend Archbishop of Ranchi, Felix Toppo SJ and Loyola School Principal, Fr Pius Fernandes, SJ.

But the joy and rejoicing of past, present and future generations of Loyoleans didn’t end there. The focus shifted from Fasy Auditorium to the basketball court where a programme, ‘Antariksh (Space)’ held audience captive from 7 pm. The ‘Antariksh’ presentation announced the conclusion of the Day-I celebrations on December 16.

The excitement continued to dominate the atmosphere long after the first day’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations had concluded and that promised to persist and grow with the dawn of Saturday, December 17.

Leadership talk, city tour, sports and music to mark Day II of Platinum Joy

The joy of meeting old buddies, recollecting the past pranks and other memories punched with the heady programmes of the day before must have curtailed nocturnal hours. But that will never be a blind man’s bluff as the kids from then to now would love to remember and recollect their times at Jamshedpur and the ‘now’ era of cityscape. A bus ride through the city commencing 9 am will arouse reflections of many miles of yesterday. While one set of big boys will board the tour bus, the others would reinvent their sporting skills in events like handball and football. These events will be held between 9 am and 11 am.

To add to the three day Platinum Jubilee celebrations, another exciting event, ‘Breakaway Session’ will be organized on Day – 2 at 10 am. The session will take off with Air Vice Marshal Tejbeer Singh who will be the keynote speaker on the subject of Leadership Talk. He will be discussing life, prospects and career in the skies while defending the Motherland.

Classical music guitarist Shantanu Das will present some of his compositions that have enabled him to climb the rungs of popularity. He will be followed by renowned cinematographer Mahesh Aney who shot top bracket films like ‘Swadesh’, ‘We the People’, ‘Tum: A Dangerous Obsession’ and ‘Kisi ka Bhai, Kisika Jaan’ to name just a few including the film, ‘Bubble Gum’ which was shot at Loyola School that will be screened with the ace and award winning DoP himself present to provide additional information on cinematography as a career.

The evening will have additional flavors of entertainment with a reboot of ‘Music Masti’ in the form of Live Music Concert from 5:30 pm in the Fasy Auditorium. Briden and Partho with their musical ensemble will set the pace for the evergreen Loyoleans who will be bound to push away their joint pains and jive and twist as they used to with trend setter Chubby Checker making all of the generation put on their dancing shoes and ‘dance away their blues’ (if any). Far from being tired, the Loyoleans would be rearing to go on to the third day’s Platinum Jubilee session the next day come dawn on Sunday, December 18 and make a splash with their brand of unbridled fun and joy.