Report: Lavina D’sa

Photographs: Joachim D’Souza

Muscat, Oct 6 : One of MCCP’s most awaited events of the year, the Drawing competition was conducted on the 30th of September 2016 at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Parish Hall, Ruwi.

Mangalorean Catholic Center of the Parish through the drawing competition aimed at giving a platform to all the young and budding talents to exhibit their artistic talents.

The competition commenced at 4 pm with a welcome note by the President of Team 25, Dilip Correa who encouraged the children and brought in excitement in them to participate actively in this event. Fr. Marian Miranda the spiritual director of MCCP blessed the event in his opening prayer. The event was inaugurated by Fr. Marian Miranda and Mr. Stanely Fernandes by drawing a stroke of colour on a canvas paper. They were joined in by Dilip Correa and Jessie Pereira in drawing a stroke on the canvas and declaring the event open. Lavina D’sa presented the rules of the competition and also proposed the Vote of Thanks. The whole event was compeered by Naveen Mascharenhas.

The registration counter was managed by Trescilla Menezes and Melita Alva , who very meticulously managed to register and take care of all the record breaking entries of 120 contestants ,they were accompanied by Violet Dcosta, Agnes Picardo, Elizabeth Noronha and Tina Saldanha. Jason Cardoza and Sachin Lobo took charge of organizing the whole event and catered to the needs of all the participants. Lynel Lobo and Ashok Pinto took care of the arrangements of the treat packs to the participants and the venue setup.

All set with their crayons, paints and colour pencils the contestants spanning from toddlers to adults all were very excited to spread the colours of life on to the blank pages. It was indeed a very eventful day for MCCP as all the artists were brought under one platform to exhibit their talents.
The themes given to various groups were:

Group A & B: Colour the given Picture;
Group C: A rainy Day:
Group D: Village scene in Mangalore;
Group E: Water is life, conserve it;
Group F: Miracles of Jesus and the Adult category was supposed to draw and colour Culture and Heritage of Mangalore.

The sponsors for the event were:

MAIN SPONSOR:

OMANTEL –courtesy Eula Pinto

EVENT SPONSORS:

Dolphy Frank, Yuvraj Salian, Rudolph and Reeda Vaz, Brinston , Unilever Gulf courtesy Melbin Rappai, Sanjeev and Ashok from Brand Solutions, Enhance Oman and from IFFCO – courtesy Jayprakash Kodalil..

Special thanks to Joachim D’souza and Gerwyn Dias for the media coverage.
The results of the Drawing competition will be announced during the upcoming event of MCCP.