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The first edition of Oxygen, a Manipal Institute of Communication (MIC) special monthly Cultural programme for the session 2019-2020 was held at the college lobby on 30th August 2019.
The cultural talent show for MIC, it is held monthly and is usually themed. Being the first one of the year with only the freshers, the event lacked a theme, but not the high spirits as the the event which begun at 5 pm was filled to its total capacity with a lot of people seated on the floor and standing due to the lack of seats. Being a first year myself, I couldn’t understand what the hype was about, especially since this event was for First years only across the various streams that the college offers.
The Director of the college, Dr Padma Rani along with Professor Kavitha Nagasampike welcomed the Chief Guest of the evening, Mr Satyabodhi Joshi. The event got kicked off after a prayer and a welcoming speech by the faculty members and the Chief Guest.
Dr Padma Rani, Director, MIC, Professor Kavitha Nagasampige and Chief guest Mr Satyabodhi Joshi lighting the auspicious diya to flag off the event || Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Mr Satyabodhi Joshi giving his speech || Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Whatever transpired during the next 3 hours of the event was way too good to be described in words and I finally understood all the hype around Oxygen. It was indeed a brilliant experience to see such talent, that too only from the first years and with the event happening every month, people are bound to just get better. Even though the event was something which one can only experience, our photographers Ranjith Rajeshawar and Shresta Hebbar put in their all to recap the evening via some wonderful pictures.
The hosts for the first half of the event, Neemah and Shirali || Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Hosts for the last half of the show, Alankriti and Amritanshu ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Pratiksha and Group from Animation kicked off the event with a great group singing performance, invoking nostalgia with the World Cup 2010 Theme song by K’naan, Wavin’ Flag ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Satwik Pandey from BAMC delighted the audience with his Hindi Poetry ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Joanne from BAMC sung beautifully, her song being complimented by Sagarika from BAMC who played the Ukulele ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Rohan from BAMC mesmerized the audience with his voice as well as his skill with the guitar, singing 3 songs, including a popular Coldplay score and Slow dancing in the Dark by Joji. ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Sagarika from BAMC went solo for singing accompanied by her Ukelele and beautifully delivered two songs for the audience ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Meghna Abhyankar from MAMC set fire to the stage with her energetic and wonderful traditional Maharashtrian dance, leaving the audience totally awestruck ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Rhidheema and Aditi Premjit from BAMC hyped up the audience with their wonderful dancing performance ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Anush and Asher from BAMC did a great performance among massive cheers from the crowd ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Sharatchand from MAMC shocked the audience with his precise mimicry skills ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
Pratiksha from Animation sung wonderfully as the sun finally settled and the phone flashlights of the audience finally came out ||Picture by Shresta Hebbar
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