Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 29: Delhi Public School, Jammu won 1st prize in the Inter-DPS Hindustani Vocal Music Festival-2019 held at Delhi Public School, Amritsar, recently.
Out of 12 teams from different branches of DPS in the North Zone-I, Ridima Bajpai (VIII-A) of DPS Jammu bagged 1st prize in solo category. She was accompanied by Mukul Singh (XI-E) on Harmonium, Sarthak Modi (VIII-H) and Lakshay Jandial (IX-J) on Tabla.
Ridima presented Raga Miyan Malhar in Jhap Taal and Tiruvat in Ektaal which won a huge applause from the audience. The school also participated in the Hindustani Folk Song Competition.
The participants included Ridima Bajpai (VIII-A), Mukul Singh (XI-E), Sarthak Modi (VIII-H), Lakshay Jandial (IX-J), Lavanya Talwar (XI-D), Sudansh Modi (XI-D), Suhani Sharma (VIII-A) and Vansh Gupta (VII-C).
The group gave a mesmerizing performance and was also appreciated for the use of traditional folk instruments, such as ‘Kartal’ played by children. The event was judged by the renowned professors of Panjab University.
Principal, DPS Jammu, Ruchi Chabra congratulated the whole team and their mentors, Jai Paul Gill, Daniel and Saurabh Sharma who had trained the participants. Headmistress, Meenu Gupta also extended her best wishes to all participants.
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