Divas glam up all-girls fest

Updated on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The ‘Femfest 2012’ of the Sathyabama University in Chennai displayed woman power in all its glory. The college girls united to put up a spectacular extravaganza.

Setting ‘Cancer Awareness’ as the theme of the event, the all - girls affair saw a series of cultural contests, creative enterprises and workshops catering to a 1,000 - strong crowd of girls from all over India.

Volunteers dressed in lavender and dark peach shirts were everywhere, while stars like Shriya Saran, Piaa Bajpai, Neelima, singer Chinmayi, VJ Paloma, super model, Pradhayini Sarvothaman, and the likes graced the fest as guests and judges.

“We had various events like Western and Folk dance, a talent show, jockey’s corner, a themed fashion rampwalk, pencil sketching and face painting, all designed to expose student’s talents in an enjoyable manner.

We also used this as an avenue to promote cancer awareness among young women; the girls visit the Cancer Institute weekly, spend time with the patients and understand the realities of life in order to support the cause,” remarks Ms Shubharani, a Professor at the University.

The workshops on fireless cooking, personality grooming and hair styling were inundated with girls during the two days, amid a lot of giggles and hoots. But the loudest cheers were reserved for Chinmayi’s concert where the vocalist was in her elements, even mingling with the girls and joining in the celebrations.

“She was awesome. Not only did she sing brilliantly and keep us all dancing to songs like Chikni Chameli and Sheila Ki Jawani, but Chinmayi even got off the stage to greet all the girls after her performance and became one with us! We put a lot of hard work into this massive fest and we’re over the moon having pulled it off!” exclaims Rincy Mathew, a final year student and head coordinator of Femfest.
The 44 members of the organisation team were a happy, exhausted lot at the end of it all as a third year student, Sangeetha Subramanian, says, “We split up into different groups namely; hospitality, reception, event management, etc to ensure everything went according to plan. I particularly enjoyed the fashion show and the unique displays during our talent contest. The crowd went frantic and urged us to conduct this next year as well!”

Divas glam up all-girls fest

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