Thursday, July 24, 2008

Monday with curious!

Monday:) cool we also had general meeting, which mean the meeting which is for all the volunteers of csa not just only for Drishti team, we all met at 4pm with other volunteers, meeting was about to inform the Child Rights Week. I some how used the opportunity, when I just announced that if any one would like to join Street Theatre team, please inform and surprisingly/luckily we got two other new volunteers:):D

Siddharth was late, so team decided untill siddh come we'll just sing a song or do something weird thingy, we started and suddenly hey that's nice, sound came from siddh! hi, hello was flying for sometime! we got into play and started to practice what we did on sunday.
The curiosity started about the another half play, because siddh has told us while practicing on Sunday that, I have another half wonderful theme about it! when he came started to explain about the other half of the play, we said ok sounds like good and then he directed the left out play!

End of the day we could able to finished the whole play at around 8.30pm. We performed it for Johny sir who is CSA coordinator, Jai was there with him as rehearsal. All of us was really very tiered and hungry, because practiced too much, may about for 4 and 1/2 hours, screamed for long time, I guess you all know that when we talk about street play we should have voice otherwise the message will not reach the spectators..... Sir was happy, suggestion that was little bit more practice must be need:) we said OK:D
Then all went cafeteria to have something! I ordered Channa Battoora, some one odored south indian meals and went on, with juice every one left the place by 9.30>>>>

Sunday, productive day indeed!

He he: P good after noon guys :) the volunteers are arrived on time but not all the volunteers, that was kind of shock too.... for senior volunteers. Because previous day all of them agreed to come on Sunday but only two new volunteers came and that made us to feel very sad/bad about them, but we did not depressed completely, not canceled the workshop, though we were only 9 volunteers we started to work on our play and really started with energy and did not stop till 6pm and worked very hard, in between we had break then we had fun by creaking jokes and teasing others dialogue and making fun of others, really enjoyed! And then again we came to field to work, at the end half of the play completed! siddharth brought a person who is also belong to Christ law college for us to know about child right according to the law! All of us felt proud to be part of the team, because we put effort, especially siddharth who really scarified his Sunday to produce a good play, and he made us to feel comfortable and given chance to say our opinion about the play, took our suggestions to make it better. every thing went well! Something we did great job in just 4 hours, really we never worked such hard since my two year experience in Drishti team! New comers co-operated with us very much, they also said that I would like to be for a long time, because the team has put such an effort! And then we made noise for our out come, the credit goes to the Drishti team- that's really team effort indeed!
Then we decided to meet on Monday 4pm, as soon as our class gets over....
With tiered every body made move towards gate, myself and other two came to CSA office, Bye Bye sounds for 1 mins...

hard and fun weekend;)

Since Drishti has been asked to put a play on Child Rights as early as possible, we all had to be work hard. Previous day, that is on saturday the newcomers are said they gonna come on sunday but they did not turn up, which made slightly disappointment but we were happy because two of the newcomers had come and there were really very active too, because of both of them we were able to do something on sunday, though we would have manage without them these two gave kind of courage and made us to feel happy!
And then without wasting the time, we started to practice on the topic, before that we all cheered and sang song as usual....


As I mentioned this is the week for Drishti to work hard, in the sense research, analyze, write script, practice, practice, and finally perform!

Finally we got some new volunteer for workshop which held on 5th of July, same day CSA conducted a team building session for new volunteers, as soon as the session end, the exclusively team Drishti had meeting with new volunteers, Siddharth led the meeting with fun exercise. Then we had around 16 volunteers including both senior volunteers and juniors. Siddharth started the meeting with one old street theater song to break the shyness among the new volunteers and then we divided into three groups, to make our own small play about the child needs/rights, each group came up with one elements which says how a group or individual can help the kids or understand their problems.

Drishty starts with play, after all the exercise and everything, siddharth has given us a small introduction about the play, and he asked our suggestion on it. we said that nice and we can go further about, then we started to work on the issue Child Rights, same day we finished the introduction part of the play, we are requested to come on Sunday too... to finish the whole play.

Thing is though we worked hard that was really fun the way we worked and end we felt something that we produced..... I mean that is productive day indeed :)

Child rights week......

This is the week meant for child rights as far as CSA concern, which is between 7th to 12th of July., but since we have been senior volunteers aware about it in advance to plan it out, so majority of the volunteers and troupe leaders were told that through bookmark, posters and street plays we can spread the message about child rights week to the whole University and then Drishty took an initiative to perform a street play on the issue Child Rights, So we started to think about how as a team Drishty can contribute to make it successful week. Then we were just 6 volunteers in the team gathered for a meeting on 4th of July, to discuss about basic rights of children. The meeting held only for senior volunteers. sidharth, who was volunteer of CSA and great theatre person came to guide and direct the play, he asked us to think about what are the basic need and as an individual how can I help a child? We discussed on these two questions and came across, Food, Education, Health, Freedom and Love/Care. Answer regarding how an individual can help a child, love them, care them, if it is possible sponsor them or at least smile at them. Some more important things been discussed, that how can sustain the Drishti, how to encourage the new volunteers? And how Drishti performed last year?

This is the First meeting of Drishti for the year 2008-09, indeed it went well, we gave some work to our mind in the beginning of the year itself... Every body was interestedly got into the meeting and came up with the suggestions, Cheered...

hey, here is Drishti.The-Vision once again.....

Hello every one, hope you all aware about a exclusive team of Centre for Social Action(CSA)Drishti- The Vision! First of all sorry for last year, Drishti was not able to update anything about its activities because it had faced challenges. But now it has emerged once again getting into streets or going to capture its land and public, including students everybody. Hence The-Vision warmly welcomes you all back, to get to know more about its shows, funny things, cheery things and new experiences and the volunteers who are really trying to make a change in society directly or indirectly with their efforts!

Yup, since we are being as so called senior volunteers started campaign for CSA, new comers are arrived at christ university and to engage them about CSA activities to make them involve into communities through CSA we started the campaign! As usual CSA organized activity inauguration on 28th of June 2008- where all the new volunteers got to know more about CSA activities and how it works, how many teams are there in CSA! after the formal presentations session all the volunteers are asked to be divide into five groups to interact with senior volunteers with respective groups! So a group of new volunteers came towards Drishti Street theatre team, then we explained about what is street theatre all about and what it does exactly and what did it do last year and every thing! I hope they were enjoyed, because Jai our senior volunteers and experienced person made them to cheer with a small game!
Some of them went for tea and some of them left!:)
That was really great start of Drishti as well as CSA!
Cheers:)
Welcome once again!