ORIENTATION ORIGINALS – ASK THE WORKFORCE

By Milana Prakash (Team Creative)

 Every year, with the arrival of a new batch of first years, the Kaleidoscope family gears up to welcome them and introduce them to the various teams that work relentlessly yet seamlessly to run the fest. While it is called as an ‘Orientation’, and might connote something awfully formal and mundane, it is anything but that. There’s music, there’s dance and the air is suffused with a sense of merriment and fervor. The members of the workforce huddle together with their teams at the canteen extension and promote their teams using an array of charts and posters, augmented by boisterous voices that call out their team names.

Through the orientation, the students are informed about each team’s interview dates and are urged to be a part of Kscope. Here’s what members of the workforce who stood amidst the crowds this year with their teams have got to say:

Vishnupriya (TYBA) from Team PR recounts her first Kscope orientation experience as something absolutely unexpected. While she’d expected it to be excruciatingly formal, it turned out to be utterly electric. She says that she instantly fell in love with the idea and knew for sure that she wanted to be a part of the making of Kaleidoscope.

Roshini (SYBMM) from Team Despatch says, “I felt like I was a part of something larger. Standing together with the team and screaming at the top of my lungs made me feel greatly amped.”

Apoorva (SYBMM) from Team Photography says, “The orientation was absolutely CRAZY! Plus the energy in the canteen extension was surreal – The screaming, dancing, the music and the tired aching limbs and sore throats. It was a wonderful & thrilling experience and I loved every bit of it!”

And the first years who witnessed the boundless energy of the synergetic teams for the first time, were utterly intrigued and charged after the orientation. Here’s what they’ve got to say:

Aishwarya, a first year BMM student, who is now a part of Team Marketing, says “The orientation was one of the liveliest events that I have witnessed. The energy and overflow of good vibes was overwhelming. I felt welcomed and the positive energy got me on my feet. If this was just the orientation, I can’t wait for the actual fest.”

Aranya from FYBA, says, “We got a chance to understand what all the teams do and pick the ones that we wanted to be a part of. Kscope was the base of many conversations for days post the orientation.” Now a part of Team LA, she says that she’s looking forward to the main fest with rapt excitement.

The Orientation is an exhilarating and overwhelming experience for both the workforce and the students attending it and has unfailingly etched an indelible mark that accounts for one of the best experiences of one’s journey at Sophia.  There’ll be another one soon, with just the same number of people screaming and cheering (and, of course, losing their voices).