"Ciesta 09"-- A Success Saga

A messed up schedule on a festive week, a rigid/stingy Princi(with apologies :P) with very less co-operation, with literally no sponsorship, very less paisa-collection from batch mates/juniors, we kicked off the preparations for CieSta-09.It all began with Satish taking up the enterprise of organizing the fest at any cost. The volunteer meet made sure we all seniors were left with some job on hand to handle the fest. Believe me, even after that I was very much skeptical about the fest. Budget was of huge concern and the timing too. I was given the mantle of handling the Entertainment Quiz (EQ). With Aparna, Santhosh, Chethan and a bunch of juniors, we started off preparing for our maiden quiz show!! We also involved ourselves in other committees helping out our friends.

A week before the fest, the publicity committee came up with some amazing set of placards which really electrified our cranial nerves! It gave us that much needed kick to begin with. In the background, we were preparing for a surprise, a surprise storm which later swept the CieSta Dance floor!!! Also PJ and Sanjana involved me in the Fashion show too (my 1st ever walk)!! Sadly, until the previous day of the fest we never practiced but still we managed to fire up the ramp on the D-day (!) all credits to Lakshmi and Sanjana.

So with all those initial glitches and hiccups, finally we reached the D-day! It was our fest, the fest which had all our hearts and brains involved in it, we wanted to make it a Box-office success in JCE history!

The inaugurals went well and were kept pretty simple.”Antakshari” organized by my friends Greeshma and Aparna gave an auspicious beginning to the final success saga! The decibel levels in the auditorium crossed the limits throughout the event and many were left with the dampened vocal chords. The cultural evening waved off with a bundle of skits sharing the limelight! The satire and humour filled “NON-VEGGY” skits/playlets left us with no option but to gag with the hearts in our mouths and girls had to tickle and giggle themselves out of half embarrassment and half understood antics! Though NIE skit was way better than HOGE-BOYS playlet, the favoritism and home crowd advantage made it a memorable night for HOGE-BOYS.

The 2^nd day commenced with “us” practicing for the ramp walk and later Dumbcharades ushering the morning show. Then it was our maiden Quiz show which made a decent impact. The evening began with a picturesque looking lady hosting the show and all JCE dudes having their eye “LINES” glued to that host! My roommate Adarsh with his soothing and quixotic vocal chord switched on lots of fans around making the atmosphere still emphatic.

“Garbage Collectors”- A bunch of multi-talented guys (including me:P) then broke the jinx. After a successful campaign as “ Besurdas’ - Jayciana-08” , they rocked the CieSta floor with their peculiar/unconventional/rib tickling dance steps. The sounds of “ONCE MORE..” reverberated around the auditorium through the entire JCE campus! VIBHINN ‘s percussion expertise energized our senses. The day ceased off with a retro, provocative and ethnic fashion rounds heating up the ramp!

And that’s our success saga. "CieSta-09" is a moment to savour and remember forever. “CieSta-09 “will always be an inspiration to juniors. We showed everybody that it’s not about sponsorship and spending money, it’s about getting things organized and managing well. My sincere salutes to Satish and Arvind, they were true leaders in every sense. So with just around 5 fortnights left for our farewell, I will always remember “CieSta-09” as one of the major bookmarks in my Engineering career :)

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Bharat Rao P,

8th CS 'A'