Pearl 2011 - Cultural Festival @ BITS-Pilani: Events in Hyderabad

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BITS-Pilani Hyderabad is hosting its 2nd annual cultural festival, Pearl 2011, from 10th to 13th February at its campus in Jawarnagar. The 4-day extravaganza of events, competitions, and professional shows will have a melange of art, literature and music, as described below:

Dance Events

Terpsichore - A group dance event with 3 rounds - Group dance, Footloose and Prop round.

Black "O" White - The customary couple dance. It doesn't have to be a male with his female counterpart. Any two dancers who can complement each other can take part.

Old Skool - A street dance event. It can be any dance - gambol, hop, jig, prance, sway and trip.

Abhivyaktika - Spanning the classical dance forms of Odissi, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam.

Soul'O - All forms of dances are allowed, and weightage will be given to costumes, music and choreography.

Drama Events

Expresso - A mime event which requires participants to portray a play pertaining to a theme through actions.

The Spoof - An event in which participants get to spoof movies. The participants are required to present an alternative, objective view of conventional cinema.

Silence Please - Be an artist and create your own masterpiece of irony.

Manouvre - Guide your team by transforming your scripts into enthralling plays.

Music Events

Till Deaf Do We Part - A Western music competition

Indiana Tones - This event comprises of 2 separate categories - Indian rock and movie songs.

Gandhaara - The event comprises of 4 categories - Carnatic vocals, Hindustani vocals, string / wind instrumentals and instrumental percussion.

Voyage 53 - A solo instrumental event. Participants will be provided with a backing track according to the instrument they are playing for the second half of their performance.

Western Acoustic Jam - Participants should play either acoustic versions of western songs or original compositions. A basic drumkit and keyboard (in piano mode) will be provided on stage.

Arts

Pulp Fiction - Participants have to build structures of leviathan proportions using stuff with sticks and whatever is lying around.

Inception - Participants have to paint based on a given topic. The theme for painting will be given on the spot. The participants are expected to use either water colors or poster colors.

Illusionist - Create an illusion using color pencils/oil pastels on paper.

Schedios - This is a sketching event. The participants have to sketch based on a topic given to them. The topic for sketching will be given on spot.

Impressionz - Participants have to design a tattoo on their partner's body using sketch pens provided to them. The theme for the design will be given on spot.

Final Fantasy - Participants have to select a painting of their choice, scan/take a photo of it, and edit it using a software provided. Priority will be given to the entries looking most natural, well-edited and blended.

VFX

3-D Modeling - Participants will be asked to imagine how places/things would look in the future or past, and make a 3-D model of the same.

Flip Book - A slow-motion animation. An object/character is animated by moving it sequentially through various poses. Regular snapshots of the object/character are taken and are arranged in an order. When played at a certain speed, these image frames blend together into a continuous motion picture. This can be done with a minimal requirement of camera and a slide show generator.

Frames - A contest conducted by the VFX Club to promote movie-making skills and related videography techniques. This contest provides a very good podium to showcase creative skills in story-telling and movie-making.

Photography

The Shutter Island - An exhibition-cum-competition, which consists of vast and exquisite collection of snaps.

Olym'Pics' - Be 'the fast and the curious' and complete the given tasks with proofs (photos). Only first 20 entries will be taken in for consideration.

Amalgamate - Participants will be provided with a few photographs for which they have to give captions.

'Shot' Thru The Heart - A tribute to St. Valentine. Participants are required to bring a photograph that they think truly defines love.

Quiz

The BBQ - The BITS Business Quiz (BBQ) brings together students from various universities across India to battle it out in an exciting business quizzing session.

Alea Jacta Est - An open quizzing event

Catch-22 - A literature quiz

The Longest Yard - The sports quiz

Equilibrium - The sci-tech quiz

Evevno - The online treasure hunt

Rock 'n' Rolla - The entertainment quiz

Jeepers Creepers - An audio visual quiz

Enter The Matrix - The movie quiz

Literary

Face-Off - A debate. Engage your opponents in a war of words and ideas, as you battle it out till the end.

Dead Poets Society - There are 2 categories - prose and poetry. Participants may take part in only one.

Wordly Matters - A puzzle solving event

Last Man Standing - A JAM event

Sudden Death - An informal extempore event

Pro Nites

11th February - Classical night featuring Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan, Pianist Anil Srinivasan and flautist Navin Iyer

12th February - Rock night by Dark Tranquility from Sweden

13th February - Pop night by Strings

Entry is open only for students and participants, however, Pro Nites is open for public through tickets - Rs. 500 for 12th February, Rs. 200 for 13th February and Rs. 100 for 11th February. Please contact Kartheik Iyer, Events Coordinator at 95424-71154, or K Sai Surya, Students Union General Secretary, at 96402-16888 for further details.

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