Festember is the annual cultural festival of National Instit ute of Technology\, Tiruchirapalli and is one of the top cultural festival s of South India. This year\, it will be conducted from 22nd to 25th Septe mber\, 2016.
\n\nThe theme for this year is ‘Cultural Syncretism ’\, a tribute to a world which is increasingly seeing boundaries dissolv e in all spheres of life. Our mascot\, Polo the Panda\, seen in various Fe stember related posts\, promises to make us ‘Bond Boundlessly’ which i s also the tagline for this year.
\n\nPrior to the actual fest there were a few outreach events such as the Rolling Reels Film Festival that t ook place in Chennai was a short film contest. There was also the prelims of Gigahertz\, the rock band competition that happened at Bangalore and Ch ennai.
\n\nFestember Social Responsibility conducted a number of eve nts like Pages\, a book collection drive and the Gold Dustbin initiative u nder which old papers\, books\, plastics and electronic wastes were collec ted. This year Festember also launched a green initiative called ‘Paperb ack’ to reuse waste CT papers in all its events\, taking one step forwar d towards reduce\, reuse and recycle.
\n\nDay 0 starts off with the inauguration of Festember with T.Jayaseelan\, President of Valve Operation s\, Sanmar Engineering Technologies as the chief guest. The inauguration w ill be followed by the first guest lecture of the hugely popular guest lec ture series Carpe Diem\, by Carnatic singer Dr. Soumya Srinivasan. Vocalis t Bindu and violinist Ambi Subramaniam will subsequently enthral the audie nce with some beautiful music.
\n\nDay 1 will see a fully packed sch edule with a variety of events and and informals like the hugely popular O culus Rift\, Wall Climbing \,Soap Soccer\, Escape room\, Frisbee\, Gaming\ , Ice hockey\, Dart football\, Foosball and Slack lining for thrill seeker s. There will also be a Live Photography event conducted by Pixelbug\, the college photography club for budding photographers.
\n\nThe highlig ht of the day is a Guest Lecture by the voice behind hugely popular songs like Thalli Pogathey\, Sid Sriram whose compositions are highly popular wi th the movie buffs. The highly awaited Choreo Nite\, with performers of Ea stern and Western dance both in the group and freestyle category setting t he stage on fire with their scintillating performances\, will also be held on the same day. Day 1 is all set to end with a bang with powerful EDM pe rformances by the Supersonic.
\n\nDay 2 of Festember promises to be a night to remember for music lovers and budding musicians\, with the fina ls of the eagerly awaited Ghibran’s Talent hunt conducted in the eastern solo vocal and instrumental category. Interestingly\, the certificates fo r the event will be signed by none other than famous singer Shankar Mahade van. Winners will also get a chance to meet and work with famous composer Mohammad Ghibran. Shrutilaya\, the Carnatic music competition in Non Percu ssion Instrumental and solo vocals will also be conducted. Beat boxing\, H ip hop\, Kendo and Mocktail making workshops will leave the participants w ith some fond memories and useful skills for the rest of their lives. Sure sh Triveni\, maker of the hilarious ‘ Mauka’ ad series during Cricket world Cup will grace the occasion as part of the guest lecture series.
\n\nDay 2 will also see the finals of GigaHertz\, Festember’s open se
mipro band competition. Improvathon will see the participants make the bes
t use of their acting skills to captivate the audience. Festember’s most
awaited Rock Night\, will have the all girls cover band ‘Guns and Hoses
’ all the way from New York\, the first ever international band to come
down to Trichy\, performing some memorable numbers\, promising a memorable
treat for all the Guns and Roses fans and etching the Festember experienc
e forever in everyone’s memories.
\nDay 3 begins with the guest lec
ture of Mahesh Dattani\, one of the best Indian playwrights and writer of
‘Where there is a will’\, a famous English play. This year\, the Indie
stage promises to host some amazing talent. Raia\, singer\, songwriter an
d programmer will thrill the audience by coding her music live using raspb
erry pi. Also performing on the stage are Ayog\, a vedic metal band from N
agpur\, Thrill Veera\, an entertainer and a stage performer known for his
fire dance\, wheel dance and juggling and Kate BlackRegan a performing art
ist based in Bangalore.
Beginning with the finals of Acousticsth
e instrumental showdown\, Acappella the vocal\, noinstruments
\nmusic
competition and Taranginithe eastern music performance\, the day promises
to be filled with amazing music. Last but not the least\, the renowned mu
sic composers SachinJigar will pull off some serious feettapping numbers\,
leaving the audience with sore throats and amazing memories.