Kota. A Poetry Recitation Competition for CBSE school students was organised on Saturday under the aegis of Kota Sahoday School Complex at Kenbridge School situated at Baran Road. The two categories were Group A for students of Classes VI to VIII and Group B for students of Classes IX to XII. 29 boys and girls of various schools in each of the categories participated in the competition. The topics given were Nature for Group A while Humour was the topic for Group B. The event was presided over by Pradeep Gaur, Chairman of the Kota Sahoday School Complex. The criteria of judgement were theme, presentation and understanding, dramatic appeal and overall performance. The judges Prof. Sanjay Chawla, Prof.SapnaBathla and Dr.JatinderKohli were wonderstruck by the mesmerizing performance by most of the participants. In Group A, Hardika of Disha Delphi School was declared first and Simrose of Modern School, NayaNohara stood second and Prachi of Lawrence & Mayo School stood third. In Group B, Jaskirat Kaur of Sir PadampatSinghania School stood first while Mridu Jain of DAV School and Ravleen Kaur shared the second position. The principal of Kenbridge School Vandana Singh welcomed the guest by offering them flower vases. The competition was compered by PritiSoni of the school.
Poetry Recitation is an Art
Speaking on the occasion Prof. Sanjay Chawla said that a poet creates a poem to shape his own feelings. Now the reciter has to shape these unsighted feelings using his expertness and efficiency. An excellent poem is like a compulsive spell and each sentence of it is unfailing. He applauded the way some of the participants excelled in their presentations and he was happy to note that some of them had come up with their self-written poems. Commenting on the wonderful performances by some girls reciting humorous poems, he suggested to them that even while studying engineering and medicine they can take up doing stand-up comedy as a hobby. Dr. Jatinder Kohli and Prof. Sapna Bathla also gave the participants tips regarding tone, intonation, rhythm and how to dominate meaningful alteration of speech and control subsistence and fluctuation of voice while reciting poems.
