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YPS Year Book 2012DAY-2- SATURDAY , 23RD FEBRUARYTHE PRIZE-GIVING FUNCTIONThe main Prize –giving function was held onSaturday, 23rd February, at the Harpal Tiwana Centrefor Performing Arts. The venue had to be changedat the last moment from the school to the HarpalTiwana Centre for Performing Arts due to inclementweather. The Chief Guest for the occasion was HerHighness Maharani Preneet Kaur, Minister of Statefor External affairs, Government of India.The programme began at 11:00 am with the lightingof the lamp by the Chief Guest and the Schoolchoir rendering the invocation song. Thereafter,the Principal, Mr. SV Kumar, delivered his speechfollowed by school students presenting theSenior and the Junior School Annual reports. ThePrincipal in his well- crafted speech highlightedthe role of the staff , the students and the parentscommunity, all working in tandem for the smoothrunning of the school . He also enlisted somemajor achievements of the school during the year.The Principal also paid a poignant tribute to staffmember, Mr. Rakhal Mohan Sharma, who passedaway early this year.This was followed by the much-awaited prizedistributionceremony and the Chief Guest’sThe Junior School play, ’Mirror, Mirror !’ performed with craftaddress to the audience. Her Highness MaharaniPreneet Kaur, in her inspiring speech, congratulatedthe prize winners and exhorted all students to do evenbetter and touch greater heights in life. She askedthem to prepare themselves for playing an influentialand effective role in shaping up and improving thelot of our society and inculcating positive moralvalues. She also stressed upon the importance ofa clean and healthy environment and spoke onthe challenges which some sections of our society,especially women ,are facing in present times.A delightful English play, ‘Mirror Mirror’ was putup by Junior school children as a part of the Varietyentertainment show.A formal introduction with the School Academic staffThe programme rounded off with the singing of theSchool song and the National Anthem.14