“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything,” acclaimed playwright George Bernard Shaw once said.

Acknowledging the ‘change’ school witnessed in the year gone by, Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, celebrated its annual day and prize-giving function at the Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, on Saturday.

The glittering evening was graced by Palestinian Ambassador to India Adnan Abu Alhaijaa, and South African Deputy High Commissioner to India. In attendance were students, parents and school staff.

“Annual day is eagerly awaited every year as it gives the school a chance to recapitalise the past year,” Kiran Datar, Chairperson, Board of Management, Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, said in her introductory address.

After welcoming the distinguished guests, Jyoti Bose, Principal, Springdales School, presented the annual report, a fair compilation of school’s achievements in various fields from the academic session 2016-17.

The esteemed members of the Springdales Education Society and Managing Boards of Springdales Schools presented the awards to the meritorious students for their excellence in academic and co-curricular activities.

The senior school choir, dressed in vivid ethnic attire, took the audience to a musical ride and captured the fragile beauty of music in all its tones. The group sang an array of songs ranging from Italian and Irish to a fusion of Hindi and Urdu, which was concluded with much-celebrated Sufi song Tajdar-e-Haram.

The amusement was intensified further when the students presented ‘The Winds of Change’, a powerful audio-visual performance with dance, drama, song and visual projections.

Directed and scripted by Principal Jyoti Bose, the ballet depicted the state of youth who are the change-makers of the society. It explained how the future of the young minds is dependent on to the extent to which they address the concerns about urgent global issues bequeathed to them by the previous generations.

The vote of thanks was given by Neerja Sharma, Manager, Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan.