INGENIUM

A day long cultural and literary event, ‘Ingenium’ was organized by a group of boys who styled themselves as AURA.

It consisted of six unique competitions and seven schools from the city participated in it. The events were as follows : ‘Clue Rush’, ‘Madvert’, ‘Clausenact’, ‘Pitch Perfect’, ‘Can you Spell it?’ and ‘Ecojam’. The schools which participated were La Martiniere College, Lucknow, La Martiniere Girls’ College, Modern Academy, St Teresa’s College, City Montessori School and Christ Church College.

‘Clue Rush’ was a treasure hunt in which the teams had to solve the location based riddles. The first prize was bagged by Modern Academy and the second prize was won by La Martiniere Girls’ College.

‘Madvert’ was an advertisement competition in which the teams had to enact an advertisement on a product given at the time of registration. The length of the advertisement was set as two minutes.

‘Clausenact’ was a drama based competition which tested the skills of improvisation and coordination. The participants had to enact a situation which was given to them fifteen minutes before. Three participants had to be on-stage at any given time and one had to be standing, one sitting and one lying down. The team consisted of four participants and the participants were allowed to switch so they could portray different characters. The first place was bagged by La Martiniere College and the second place was won by La Martiniere Girls’ College.

‘Pitch perfect’ was an A Capella competition. The team consisted of five participants and they had to perform for three minutes. The first place was bagged by La Martiniere College and the second place was won by Christ Church College while La Martiniere Girls’ College stood third in the event.

‘Can you spell it?’ was a spelling competition for classes 6 to 8 in which the participant had to give the correct spelling of a given word.

‘Ecojam’ was a ‘just-a-minute’ competition in which the participant had to speak on economic terms given by the host.

La Martiniere Girls’ College bagged the first prize in this event.