Republic Day:The melodic Saga

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Annapoorna Bhat

Team Thumps Up
Republic Day: It is commonly the first event celebrated in the workplace consistently every year with a special touch of its own. And this year, the Fun D’ Mentalists (people who try hard to trigger fun @ workplace – fun team 🙂 ) decided for it to be a musical saga.
 
I’ve been part of Molecular Connections family for 2 years now and I’ve been a part of most fun gatherings. Be that as it may, something changed for me this year. I received a mail from the fun team – that I am now a formal member of the committee. I was elated and thrilled. It implied two things to me. One, I would be involved in the organizing front. Two, keeping up with the work and fun (ooh! The struggle is real and I know it now ;))
 
 

The official mail for Republic Day participation had rolled out. I and Shruthi (both being fun team members of KM unit) knew that we needed to set up one act from our group while additionally driving other colleagues to partake. We just had one contender whom we frequently observed working on their act, playing the guitar and getting ready with the props on the terrace. Setting up the act was as easy as warm butter sliding down hot toast. The dubious part was composing the song. 

I had asked Prathamesh (the real enthusiast of the group) to compose something as I thought he played the guitar. He said ‘I can attempt, Annapoorna yet composing verses isn’t my thing’. I said alright, back in the time, I used to write lyrics for fun, so I’ll try my hand at this and compose the verses and we shall work around it. We were short on time. The clock was ticking quicker than expected. It was 24th of January and the event was scheduled for 25th January.

 
I was fidgeting because we didn’t have a base yet. But the next thing I knew is that he comes up to my work area and says ‘check your WhatsApp and let me know if it’s any good’. He’d sent me a composed song. I just needed to add two additional lines to it. I forwarded the same to Shruthi and said we have the song prepared. We shall gather more colleagues and get going.  She is the superwoman of our team and had shaped the group in a matter of seconds. I needed the newbies to take part and they were glad to be a part. What’s more? We began prepping up for our first group action of the year. I’ve known this for a reality that my teammates take their jobs very seriously! Motivating them to take part in the events is a real deal breaker. Anyway, when they realized a large bunch of people is needed for the show, they only wanted to know what their roles were in the show.
 
 
I and Pratham initiated song practice and Shruthi dealt with the act. Thus, this occasion was an all out stress buster. We rehearsed the song a few times and voila! our song was ready. But that was not it. We needed to enact based on a historic event. Be that as it may, my teammates were more keen about enacting terror attacks and troubles of the current day. And that’s how we decided to showcase the terror attacks and the lives lost during the war and that we can endure any downfall when we join hands.
 
I was honestly astonished to know that people who often shy away, had put in all their best effort to make this show a successful one without a doubt! I had goosebumps towards the end of the act. I suppose it proved that we rocked! We did not win. We did not receive the rolling trophy. But the memories we made through the little rehearsals, preparations and office decorations are etched in our hearts. And that’s what matters most. It was super fun and brought back all the old memories from the school days. It was nostalgic indeed.
 
This is about the performance of team Thumbsup. How were your performances? Did you have a great time as well?  Do drop in your experiences in the comments section below 🙂
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