'Jus Kids 2007'
Students at the ’Art from Waste’ item at Jus Kids 2007, an interschool competition organised by the PSG College of Technology on Sunday.The campus of PSG college of Technology was teeming with school children. About 6,000 of them thronged the college to participate in ‘Jus Kids 2007,’ an interschool competition organised by the Rotaract Club of PSG College of Technology here on Sunday.‘Vegetable Carving’ was one of the events, which had a considerable number of children participating. Even the most boring of vegetables and fruits got themselves transformed into exciting models. Such as this one particular turnip that was reborn as an exotic flower, with dainty petals blushing pink. This bouquet had all kinds of vegetables in it. Carrots, pumpkins, elephant yam and beetroot, all carved into flowers of various types.The curry leaves were an added decoration in the bouquet. M. Nandhini and Rufia Ebenezer Anna, from Chandra Matriculation School had taken an hour to craft this wonder out of vegetables.Another attractive model was a peacock made from a humble pineapple. The crown of the pineapple was the tail. A radish, fitted to the other end of the fruit, served as the neck of the peacock. An onion flower made for the crest. It was then doused in blue-green glitter powder, and the vain peacock was basking in all the attention. Kavi Priya and Nasreen Bhanu of GRG Matriculation School, the creators of this peacock, worked hard to give the bird the look it deserved.
With more than 63 schools participating, the competition was stiff. “The response has been overwhelming. Even Corporation schools have turned out for the event,” said J.Ramkumar, event co-ordinator.Even though the usual items such as dance, face and pot painting contests were removed from the event, the children got to try their hand at unique items such as ‘60 seconds to fame’ and a handwriting contest.In ’60 seconds to fame,’ the participants had to grab the attention of the audience and elicit an uproarious applause.They could sing, dance, play the keyboard, talk or do anything their creativity permitted them to do, Mr.Ramkumar said.Singer,’ a musical competition, itself had about 800 children testing their talent in singing.A tennis-ball cricket match was also held as part of the event on the premises of PSG Institute of Management on Saturday.Clay-modelling, spelling, painting and ‘Art from waste’ were some of the other events.
