The Annual Fellowship meet (AFM) of the Hyderabad Chapter of the ICSI...a platform where the new committee members are introduced and the past ones are felicitated. i was overjoyed when i got permission to attend the meet . the meet was meant to be attended with family....but somehow, i got to go alone.
the AFM for the year 2010 was organised at Sailing boat club near Tank Bund. the venue was a scenic beauty with Tank bund at the far end....lighting on the necklace road...and the lush green lawn outside the meeting room. i went there with many hopes...expectations to be a part of the fun games there. the room was decorated with loads of balloons, light music at the background..kids running everywhere.......members of the Institute split into groups chit chatting.
the meet was attended by top notch CS including the DHR, PVS, PS Sastry, Av Syamala, Ahalada Rao, S V Suryanarayana, A V Syamala, Jagannatham...etc
Now about the actual programme...if you want to understand the importance of an elevated wooden plank for the artists to perform (also called the stage)...attend this programme....if you want to understand the importance of clarity in PA systems (also called mikes) ..attend this programme...if you want to understand the importance of hosting/ organising ....this programme is a must to attend....why is it sooo impritant?
the lack of stage...really was a big flop...the artists were mixed up with the DJ guys..and the backstage supporters. the audience were confused between the performers and the supporters. the mikes were of poor quality which added to the flop show....the people at the far end the hall were unable to understand or seewhat was going on at the head of the meeting hall.
Now comes the dance show by the students, which was supposed to be the hilarious video of the year (posted by Youtube)...but the performers and audience being on the same plane (without a stage) the dance became a mourning show.. the performers 9who were actually supposed not to give expressions, which is a part of the comedy)) appeared to be dumb people...who move their hands and legs .
the skit by the students, though had imitations from Dharm Paaji and Sunny deol...was flop show again ..coz of poor mike quality and lack of platform. the audience were like commenting..what is happening there?? are they talking to themselves or performing anything??
then comes simple quiz from the host, who was literally inaudible and the kids surrounding him answered all questions by peeping into the questionnaire itself....no point in quiz..the lady accompanying the host was so slow ..that she took her own sweet time to pass on the mike to people who were actually trying to answer....still, they managed to get answers from one or two from audience..surpassing all the kids. The next game was find your partner.....the members were toooo lazy (or disinterested may be) to find their partners from the slips given.....the host had to help each one find their partner..and he had a tough time to gather them on the stage..request them to participate...train them to dance to the music by DJ.....
then comes our new chairman..who has an awesome authoritative voice...to calm the dance floor for the felicitation to happen. the felicitations......was a cake cutting programme....which was surrounded by kids again and other members having a gala time chit chatting with each other. Then there was dinner...which was tasting good...but the space was tooo less to accommodate the people. ..thats all ...after this dinner...i left the meeting...without knowing why i was there.......
