Shreya Ghosal at Spandan
Spandan - the annual cultural fest of our college. Three consecutive days of cultural extravaganza in February. Third years in charge to organize the frenzy. An additional responsibility aside from the campus interviews. Preparations began as soon as the semester started in January. Hunting sponsors, tracking performers, inviting other colleges, getting radio stations to cover the event, finding important people to be the chief guests, deciding a theme, getting it implemented, drawing up a three day schedule – I tell you it was no less than a madness. But still we loved it. It added manifold to the importance of being in the third year of college.First Day was always Saree Day!
Classes remained closed for these 3 days. The first half of the day 1 was about opening ceremonies, debates, quizzes, several inter college competitions and speeches. But the real fun began after that. Dance, dramas, our college band and fashion shows sizzled the first half and the second half was for professional performances. We had Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Vinod Rathore, Euphoria perform in our college during our four years.Rupam Islam performing
Apart from them we were particularly fond of the Bangla rock band Fossils. So Rupam was a regular visitor in our college. Religiously, every year. Spandan couldn’t be complete without Fossils performing. He stayed in our own guest quarter, ate with us and talked with us in a most un-celebrity like manner. We loved him.The final half of the final day of Spandan was open floor. We danced crazily through the night while DJ’s played their music. Often the local police received complaints about loud volume of music from the township residents. We tuned down only for a while.All these were fun but Spandan was more than that. Three days of no class and only fun. A meeting ground of students from all the years and disciplines. Getting intoxicated. Dressing up. After midnight we went to Sher-e-Punjab on these three days. Made fun of each other’s quirks, how funnily one danced or how drunk yet another was. But most of all to see it conclude successfully, to see people enjoying, to experience months’ efforts come to fruition.Spandan was our first introduction to organizing things in a disciplined manner. It was a lesson that helps me till date.P.S: Guess what? While I knew I had some photos of Spandan, I never imagined I'd stumble upon this! A grainy bad one! Yet enough to fuel my nostalgia. I don't know if any of you would understand this, but for my own sake:
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