13/01/2015

13/01/2015; 01:48:

Impulse, the newly christened IPM Dance Club held its first event for the year. ‘Footloose’- a crazy evening of fun, games and of course, dancing was held on the evening of 12th January, 2015. The games ranged from the usual party-dancing games- Paper Dancing & Balloon Dancing to the rather difficult PropMaster and Mis-Connect.

Meximus- the new Mexican place in Indore was on campus, offering free food as prizes all while making brisk sales; JAM meanwhile dished out Spaghetti courtesy their new guest chef. A beautiful stage had been erected on the lawn opposite JAM, with dancing space on all sides.
The first game for the evening was Paper Dance- the rules were simple- get a partner and a sheet of newspaper and join in the dancing! Both partners must remain on the paper at all times- music is played, partners attempt to dance on the limited space; at the end of each round, the newspaper must be folded in half and the fun continues. The event began with partners dancing next to each other and ended with people in each other’s arms, on each other’s toes and on piggyback.
The next event was called DanceBasanti- the objective was simple, a popular song was played and the participant had to dance out the signature step of the song, correctly and with enthusiasm!

The next event was called CopyCat- a dance video was played and the participants had to copy the video as well as possible- where B-schools are all out against plagiarism, we have this!
This was followed by another round of Paper Dance. BumbumBole- I don’t know who named that one!- came after. A box was tied around the participant’s waist- the box was filled with paper balls. A booty shake was the key to get all the balls out of the box in the shortest possible time. A rather difficult, ‘PropMaster’ was up next. A chit was to be picked, each chit had a prop mentioned on it; each prop had a song assigned to it; the assigned song was played and the participant danced to the song, using the prop accordingly.
This was followed by ‘Mis-Connect’ where one partner did the other expressions and the other was the hands, standing right behind the guy who was to be the face. The Dance Face-Off was next. This was the Grand Event of the evening- it was nice to see a lot of participation for all the events, through the evening. The concluding event for the evening was ‘Close Up- Do jism, ek Balloon’- it was the classic Balloon Dancing party game- the event worked in pairs- each pair had a balloon that had to be balanced between them while they moved to the beat of the music.

The event that began at 7 p.m. finally came to a close around 10 p.m. Everyone danced; everyone was happy! I got to be the M.C for the evening- the stage was all mine! (since the dancing all happened on the ground for the stage was not designed to take on all the Bollywood jhatkas that the evening saw).

Lined up for tomorrow evening i.e. 13th evening is a bonfire as part of Lohri celebrations at 8 p.m. 14th has a Mathematical Modelling Quiz during the day, Kite Flying at 2 p.m.(Makar Sankranti!), and Pongal-celebration related games being at 3 p.m. The day ends with a Pongal feast later in the night.
In other news, the group discussion round of Campus Roadies was held yesterday i.e. 11th Jan and the interviews were held earlier this evening. We’re waiting for the event to proceed to the ‘task’ stage, where we can follow the action, live! Our Sports Fest, Ranbhoomi is all set to happen; our FaceBook page is now live! Meetings are in full swing, of different verticals and related to different sports.

There's a Basketball as well as a Volleyball league happening on campus- the best part is that there is a sufficient number of women participants for both games! An auction was held on the night of 11th January, in the girls' hostel. Each captain was given 2000 points to bid for players. I got to build a team for both Basketball and Volleyball; life's good! Looking forward to when the matches begin!
In happier news, we got media coverage for various events, day before, yesterday as well as today! And, there was also this meeting with the Chair, HS&A, this evening. It was more of an 'introduction' session where he wished to meet the SAC EC members. Looking forward to flying kites on Makar Sankranti!!