Live with Intention

by Mary Anne Radmacher

Live with intention.

Walk to the edge.
Listen hard. Laugh. Play with abandon.
Practice wellness.
Continue to learn.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Lead or follow a leader.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.

Life never omes with instruction manual

We Indians have a great cultural legacy in dance and music. In the classical or semi-classical
form, we have Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Oddisi, Sattriya (Assam),
Mohiniyattam (Kerala), Chhau (West Bengal, Jharkhand), Gaudiya Nritya, Ghoomar
(Rajasthan). You can welcome these dance as follows

Anchoring Speech Script for Classical Dance Performance

While writing the “Natya Shastra”, our ancient scholar Bharatmuni might not have thought
that rasa and bhava of his writing will last so long. Our next performance is a tiny step to
continue his legacy. Please welcome, <Solo dance or Group>, presenting <Type of dance>
performance. They will be expressing <subject, topic, expression of the dance> in their
<dance type> performance.

Anchoring Speech Script for Punjabi Dance (Bhangra)

They are strong, they are synchronous, they have the shiny outfit and a lots marshal art trick
up their sleeve. Please welcome one and only “Mirzya” Dance group on the stage… Oye, DJ
wale inka gaana chalade…. Chakade Phatte..

Bollywood Dance Performance (Dola Re song)

Madhuri and Aishwarya rocked the silver screen with this song and made history. Our girls
Sushima and Kiran, not an inch short of that. Let’s welcome them to set a stage on the fire.
Woooohhhh….. Sushima and Kiran going to make you guys crazy with their latkas and
zatkas.

Anchoring Speech Script for Lavani (Maharashtrian Folk Dance): < In local college >
Well boy’s, don’t go crazy on next dance performance as Sonali coming up wish sensational
Lavani performance on the Ajay- Atul’s epic song “Jaudya Na Ghari” from the movie
“Natrang”. So give it up for Sonali.

Anchoring Speech Script for Western Dances – Hip Hop, Crumping, Break Dance – They
got the attitude, they got the moves and they rocked stage before too. They are the winner last
year’s inter-college group dance competition, any guesses?…… Yes, you are right, they are
no other than “WenGa BoyZ”.

Welcome Speech for Patriotic Dance Welcome Note: <Topics should be recent, example;
Pathankot Terrorist attack>: News media going crazy over who is patriotic, nationalist and
who is anti-India. We don’t understand this mess at all. What we understand is, we respect
our military. They put their life on the line for us. There is no way we can thank them for
their contribution. But, with next dance performance, we will salute them and we want them
to know that we are with them.

List of difference Dance Types, Variations, and Flavours

Solo, Group, Classical, Folk, Patriotic, Bhangra, Bihu, Kathak, Koli, Lavani, Sufi, Western,
Contemporary, Break, Locking Popping, Hip hop, Modern, Robotic, Arabian Belly Dance,
Aerobic, Couple, Fusion, Freestyle, Puppet, Paper, Shadow, Ballet, Salsa, Ganesh Vandana,
Prayer, Deep Vandana, Tribal, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Bollywood, Bengali, Goan, Himachali,
Kashmiri, Manipuri, Odissi… oooooff.. so on and so forth…

Essay on Nelson Mandela International Day 18 July 2017 Speech,

Paragraph, Article
4 days ago

by Durgesh Lohar

8 min read

A human being is born free and no power can tie him down.

We are born free and no one can make us do things against our will. Racism is the biggest blot to the
mankind and Nelson Mandela stood up for the rights of the human beings. 18th July is celebrated as
International Nelson Mandela Day to celebrate the huge contribution of Nelson Mandela and to
encourage people to help the mankind by doing their bit.

Many schools and colleges organize various competitions like speech and essay competitions.
Students are also asked to write articles on various topics in exams. Students get a chance to
showcase their talents through this kind of competitions and that’s why we are here to help you out.
We are giving you the core information about the International Nelson Mandela Day which is
celebrated across the world. This information will help you to write a better essay and to build a
perfect speech. You can modify the content as per your requirements as speeches and essays have
different structures.

Have you ever felt discriminated on basis of gender, caste, religion or colors? Then imagine living
your whole life under the burden of racism. Racism is the biggest blot to the mankind. It should be
eradicated then and there itself before it expands to the global level. It is one of the unaccepted
behavior throughout the world And Nelson Mandela determined to get rid of the racism from his
country and the world. He spent his whole life for this purpose.

“Mr. Mandela has spent 67 years making the world a better place. We’re asking you for 67
minutes.”

This is what Nelson Mandela has shown to the whole world by eradicating apartheid in South Africa
which once use to be seemed impossible. In those days South Africa was going through a lot of
racism and many other problems.

Mandela Day is an annual international day in honor of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18
July, Mandela’s birthday. On His 90th birthday celebration in London’s Hyde Park in 2008, he said: “It
is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now.” Since then it was officially
declared by the United Nation to celebrate the day 18 July as International Mandela Day to show the
world the contribution he made to the culture of peace and freedom. This day is also observed as
the public holiday in South Africa. The celebration of Mandela Day aims to serve as a global call to
action for people to “recognize their individual power to make an imprint and help change the
world around them for the better”, as said the Nelson Mandela Foundation. It is celebrated all over
the globe by dedicating 67 minutes of their time to perform acts of kindness for others. Volunteers
carry out a wide variety of tasks and activities like doing good to the mankind, feeding the poor and
cleaning schools etc. The ideas and importance behind this are to encourage people to help others in
any kind of way possible.

The message Mandela Day campaign is:

“Nelson Mandela has fought for social justice for 67 years. We’re asking you to start with 67
minutes.” and “We would be honored if such a day can serve to bring together people
around the world to fight poverty and promote peace, reconciliation and cultural diversity.”

So on this occasion, let’s know more about Nelson Mandela.

Early Age of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is one of the famous personality not only known in South Africa but also in the
whole world, this was because of his life struggle against apartheid. Rolihlahla Mandela was born on
the 18th day of July in the year 1918 and was named Nelson after his teacher in his school days.
Mandela grew up in a joint family and later his father died when he was just 9 years old.

Apartheid Era and Nelson Mandela’s Struggle

There was a time when all the facilities were given according to the color of the humans. The whites
had the better facilities whereas the black had the poor facilities. This type of racism was seen all
over the world but the condition in the South Africa was the worst. The South Africas population
consisted more of Blacks than the whites. While the whole countries economy was fully depended
on the Blacks and still the Whites used to get all the major facilities.

In 1948 National party made the rule that blacks and whites will live in different places, there was
racism spread everywhere. Mandela didn’t like this, so he raised his voice against the discrimination
and racism.

It is truly said that “Good always triumphs over the evil”, this is what Nelson Mandela proved. He
struggled a lot for removing the racism from his country. He made sure that everybody gets the
equal rights whether he is white or black.

For this change he suffered a lot, he even went to the jail for almost 28 years, because he disobeyed
the government laws of racism that time. He was the strict follower of Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi’s and his weapon of Non-Violence. He spent all his 28 years in jail. Later when the South
Africas government changed F. W Clarke became the president of South Africa, who then gave bail
to the Nelson and his followers on 1st February 1990.

Life of Mandela After Jail & His Achievements

After coming out of the jail he thought of joining politics when the blacks were also allowed to stand
for the elections so he joined African National Congress and won the elections with the large
number. And on April 27th, 1994, he was elected as the first apartheid President of South Africa.

Nelson’s bravery was known to the whole world. For this bravery, he was also awarded as the Bharat
Ratna in 1990 from India, which is one of the biggest awards. Later he was also awarded the Nobel
Prize for Peace in 1993 and also received 250 other honours.

Unfortunately, Mr. Mandela has passed away on 5th of December,2013. He was a courageous and
uncompromising hero. Mandela was a man of principles, strength, integrity, and inspiration. To
honor his selfless contribution to the society a song was made and dedicated to him on his 70th
birthday named “Mandela song” by the popular band Simple Minds which was loved all over the
world.

Conclusion

Nelson Mandela was the hero, he always inspired us he showed us that nothing is impossible in this
world. He was a brave world leader, who fought for equal rights even when no one else would not
only in South Africa but in the whole globe.

Tips for Speech on International Mandela Day 2017

1. Never mug up the speech script as it is. That sounds like a robot, your audience will not
connect with it.
 2. Rather than reciting the complete script, note down only important bullet points and speak
from your heart. When you speak from the heart you might fumble once or twice but it
connects with your audience. We are humans after all we all make mistakes.
3. Rather than words focus more on the emotions behind the word.
4. If you are confident enough try to be interactive with your listeners. Ask them questions.
5. If you are speaking in public for the first time then you better try a speech in front of
parents, siblings or friends. Ask them feedback and revisit the script. Or else at least try
speech in front of the mirror.

Tips for Essay on International Mandela Day 2017

1. Essay generally have three main parts, Introduction, impact or more detailed info and then
summary or conclusion. Don’t use headers in the essay. But you should divide the essay into
these 3 logical sections.
2. Try to maintain a flow between sections. Carry forward a point from the last paragraph and
then take it forward.
3. You can start a new paragraph with words or phrases like “on another hand, plus, at first,
however”.
4. It is important to have a conclusion or summary for an essay. You don’t need to be positive
all the time for conclusion, it can be a mix of both emotions. Try to have an inspiring,
positive, euphoric conclusion.

Tips for Paragraph Writing on International Mandela Day 2017

1. Generally, you will have 2 section in paragraph writing, it will be shorter than an essay.
2. Paragraph are generally facts based rather than interactive or story based.
3. You can have headings for paragraph if allowed.

If you find this article helpful, then don’t forget to appreciate us with your valuable

comment.

basic Anchoring script for buiness quiz competition

1. 1. Anchoring Script Both : - A warm good afternoon to all of you present over here. --
--------------------------------------- :-Iam---------------------------------------------------------
----------------------. --------------------------------- : - And I am -------------------------------
------------, welcoming you all in INQUIZITIVE- THE Business Quiz competition. ---
------------------------------------------------ : - Thatis‘Thegameofmind intellectual,
interest, power, & joy. But before entering into this wonderful quiz, let me introduce
our honorable judges Mr. MOHIT (Judges Introduction-------------------) : - Now I
request Mrs. …………………………………………………………………… to
felicitate Mr.MOHIT -----------------------: This is the beginning of a new day. God has
given us this day to use as we will. We can waste it or use it for good. What we do
today is important, because We are exchanging a day of our life for it. When
tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, Leaving in its place something That
we have traded for it. -------------------------------------------------------------
2. 2. : - Yes, ---------------------------------------------- very truly said. We know that you
all are so excited & curious about the competition,
butholdyourheartforsometime&let’s have glance at competition. --------------------------
 ------------------------------------- : - The competition will be conducted in 4 rounds.
ROUND 1: Logo and Tagline Awareness ROUND 2: Around the Globe ROUND
3: Who’s Who ROUND 4: Rapid Fire Round In each round you will be asked 2
questions. The answering time will be 15 seconds in each round. The timer will start
as soon as options are displayed. There will be certain rounds in which there will be
no options. Every correct answer will fetch you 10 points. Further there is no
negative marking. In case the team is not able to answer the question will be passed
to the audience. The winning team will be decided based on the highest score at the
end of round 4. In case of tie between 2 or more teams the tie breaker will be
conducted at the end of last round. In case of any issues during the quiz the decision
of quiz master will be taken as final. - Now
withoutwastingmuchtime,let’smoveforward, and wish you all the best. ------------------
----------------------------------- Here’s the first round of the event: LOGO/ TAGLINE
AWARENESS ROUND. : - Cross your fingers, throw your tension and lead yourself
for win.
3. 3.
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b………………………… Team c……………………. Team d:……………………..
Team e:………………………….. Team f:……………………… Team………. Is the
winner of first round. Let’s begin our second round: AROUND THE GLOBE
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b………………………… Team c……………………. Team d:……………………..
Team e:………………………….. Team f:……………………… Team………. Is the
winner of second round. Moving on to our third round: WHO’S WHO?
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4. 4. Team a:……………………… Team b………………………… Team
c……………………. Team d:…………………….. Team
e:………………………….. Team f:……………………… Team………. Is the
 5.
6. winner of third round. Here’s the last round of the event: RAPID FIRE ROUND
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…………. After fourth round scores are: Team a:……………………… Team
b………………………… Team c……………………. Team d:……………………..
Team e:………………………….. Team f:……………………… Team………. Is the
winner of fourth round. Compiling results of all the events Team
a:……………………… Team b………………………… Team c…………………….
Team d:…………………….. Team e:………………………….. Team
f:……………………… TEAM……………… IS THE OVERALL WINNER OF
INQUIZITIVE: THE BUSINESS QUIZ 2015 .

Poetry is to the heart, what music is to the soul”, was the motivation behind the Inter-Class
Recitation Competition, of the Primary and Secondary Sections.

How to introduce and appreciate the guests?

You must introduce and welcome the guests as well as the parents and all audience. You can
say something like this:

The chief guest of the day (Mr. or MS………..Give brief information about the guest) He is a
very amazing personality, a man of the chief men, a man who has gone a long way and has
learned a lot and today when he is here, he shall even tell you about his experience, he shall
tell his knowledge and I am sure you are going to benefit, you are going to have a wonderful
time when he speaks, because when he speaks its substance and something that shall be even
very useful to you, so can we hear it for our chief guest (Mr.……) can I hear the thunder.
Thank you.

Our children are so talented who can be so versatile, they can do their job really well, and
that’s proven right in front of you.
We have also among us (insert the name of other guests) we also have other eminent
personalities, we have our honorable trustees, we have so many, we have a galaxy of
individuals and dignitaries with us today to grace this auspicious occasion where (insert the
name of the academy) celebrates its (insert the number of function. ie. third) so can we hear
for the team of (insert name of the academy).

You are going to have a very entertaining evening ahead, the children are going to rock the
stage, you must look into the hard work they have done. Every team member of the (insert
the name of the academy) has put in their hearts and soul to make this really happen, you are
going to witness it and you are going to realize it. I am sure you are going to praise and
appreciate it as well right from your heart.

The second anchor can add something like this:

Absolutely every teacher and every particular member of this academy did that to make this
evening possible.

How to greet and welcome the audience?

Here you can greet and welcome the guests and audience with some beautiful lines as
follows:

Ladies and gentleman (greet and welcome the audience in different languages)a very good
evening and a warm welcome to our eminent chief guest (insert the name of chief guest)
(introduce and name the team guest) the assistant direct (insert the name) honorable principal
(insert the name) respected vice principal (insert the name) the administrator (insert the
name) our wonderful and enthusiastic parents, my dear colleagues, and my smart and dear
students on behalf of the hole team member I (insert the name here: “1st anchor”) and I
(insert the name of second anchor) our privilege to welcome you aboard the melodious
journey of (insert the number of the Academy)

How to entertain the audience?

To entertain the audience and bring amusement the anchors can have fun and add some sense
of humor. You can some funny lines which you think will entertain the audience. Below the
lines are as an illustration:

 1st Anchor: Mam or Sir, you are undoubtedly privileged to anchor such an auspicious
event right?
 2nd Anchor: Of course
 1st Anchor: I think you should be even more privileged because you are standing right
beside me.
 2nd Anchor: Oh really. What makes you say that?
 2nd Anchor: Well, being a member of (insert the name of the academy) I know it all.
Add some more sense of humor among anchor…..

How to ask the audience to stand for the anthem?

You can ask the audience to stand for anthem as follows:

Ok, let’s get back to business.

To commence the event, I request the top management, the admin in charges, the assistance
in charges, the section coordinators, and the assistant coordinators, the house parents, the
head boy and the head girl to come upon the stage and as a mark of respect to school I request
all of you to stand up in the honor of anthem, Please.

1st Anchor: Thank you so much, everyone, you may now take your seats, this is our beautiful
team.

How to call the principal to talk or address the audience?

May I know request our principal or vice principal (insert the name here) to address this
audience gathering.
After the vice principal speech, you can now call the principal.

And now I request our honorable principal (insert the name) to come on the stage and say a
few words.

How to thank the principal?

To thank the to the speaker, you can say the following lines:

Thank you so much, sir/ Mam, that was indeed motivating and extremely informative. We are
so honored and privileged to have you amongst us as team dignitaries whom we would like to
appreciate now.

How to call the principal or a teacher to give away the award and felicitate?

Here you can call the principal or members of the team to scoot the guests with presents or
award. You can say something as follows:

Now I would like to call (insert the name) upon the stage to appreciate our students with an
appreciation award.

How to call the students to perform on the stage?

You can call the students in many ways to come on the stage and perform for the students.

Now this time to call the students make the atmosphere charming and beautiful, please give
them a big hand to present here and alter your impression. Indeed, it was a great performance
by the students.

How to call the guest to come on the stage and talk to the audience?
At this stage, you can any other person to come on the stage and have discourse with the
audience.

Next, we have Mr./Ms. (insert the name here) a great personality to come on the stage and
share his thoughts with you. Please, a big round of applause for Mr. / Ms. (insert the name)
Thank you, sir, for sharing your precious thought to us.

How to call the students for some more performance?

At this stage, you can go for some more performance of the students.

Now we have the students from (insert the class here) right in front of you to perform for
you.

That was a great performance and I was thrilled by that performance

Some good sayings that the anchors can say

Here the anchor can say some good sayings. You can add your own words which you think is
meaningful, as an illustration, you can say something like this:

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than
cleverness we need kindness, without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost.
You the people have the power to make this place a beautiful place to live in, to make it a
paradise, then in the name of democracy let us all use the power, let us all unite and make this
soiled a paradise to live in. Let’s all pledge to make the world a better place to live and not
commit the mistakes bursts.

How to call the principal to felicitate and the guest or the students and give away awards?
At the end, you can call the principal to come on the stage and felicitate. You can say the
following lines:

Now I request the principal to come on the stage and felicitate Mr. / Ms. (insert the name
here) can we hear it for him please.

Thank you, sir, we are honored and privileged to have you with us today.

How to go for the awards ceremony?

Here you can go for the awards ceremony second part. In this stage, you can call any
personality or teacher to come upon the stage and give away the awards. You can go as
follows:

To represent the awards and felicitate the students I would like to call (insert the name here)
to come on the stage and give away the awards of the students.

How to conclude the function?

Click: Sample ending speech to know about the best ways to end your speech effectively.

To conclude the function, you can add any performance by the students.
To rock the stage I would like to call the students to perform and show their talent to you.
Please, a big round of applause for them to present here.

Thank you. You are a wonderful audience and we hope that we have been a good host
equally. Once again thanks to the hard work that all the team members have done: teachers,
students, organizers and every team member to make this possible and what you witnessed
was really their efforts and hard work.

Wish you all the best!

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Competitions:

Competition is the whetstone of talent.

-- Proverb

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
-- Henry Clay

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

-- Muhammad Ali

It’s the competition

And you’ve already won
The competition lasts but moments
Though the training’s taken years
It wasn’t the winning alone
That was worth the work and tears
The applause will be forgotten
The prize will be misplaced
But the long hard hours of practice
Will never be a waste
For in trying to win you build a skill
You learn that winning depends on will
You never grow by how much you win
You only grow by how much you put in
So any challenge you’ve just begun
Put forth your best effort.
-- William F. Halsey
 riendly welcome
"Today is the day we begin to learn to look through the eyes of others; to find out and
experience what the world is like for them. It is also the day we grow bigger than our
differences and offer to everyone regardless of historical rights and wrongs, a friendly
welcome, an outstretched hand."
 appreciative welcome
"Wow, what a gathering we have here tonight. We've got dignitaries, celebrities, fans, and
organizational members all brought together for one cause. Ours. Here's an appreciative
welcome to you all."
 superb welcome
"Ladies and gentlemen, the room is ready. The tables are set. The band is playing our theme
song. And the waiting staff are preparing to take your orders. This is a superb welcome, fit
for royalty, and that's what you are to us."
 delighted welcome
"To our special guests; look around. See the smiles of everyone's faces? We are truly
delighted to welcome you here today."
 favored welcome
"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we have stars in the sky, and on stage. We are favored to
welcome some the brightest the world has seen."