Assembly- Std. III A: Don Bosco, a musician and artiste

Don Bosco - The Musician and The Artiste

-Ms. Sunita D’Souza

St. Joseph’s High School,

Wadala,

22^nd July 2014

A warm welcome was accorded to Fr. Godfrey, Mrs. Matilda and everyone present by the two comperes in the school hall. It was indeed done on a musical note, as the music notes merrily filled the air. The backdrop on the panel of the stage held the words - 'The Don Bosco Way - Reason, Religion and Loving Kindness'.

The narration of the story of Don Bosco by the two comperes set the ball rolling for the assembly. Don Bosco juggled with different roles in his life as a musician, learnt to master magic tricks, taught the youth to follow God and pray to Him –all this right from the time he was a little boy! The curtains opened and the beautiful scenes in Don Bosco’s life unravelled – his life journey under the guidance of his mother who played an important role in his life by shaping his personality; the scenes of the Magic Show, the Market Place and the Church provided examples of how Don Bosco learnt different skills in each of these places and made a positive impact on the lives of the people who interacted with him. All this while, the choir sang hymns melodiously backstage – the hymns included 'O Give Thanks To the Lord' and 'Ave Maria'.

The special group of dancers then performed a dance to the rhythm of the song 'All Hail to You Don Bosco'.  Sporting suspenders and dancing in sync with the lyrics, the dancers portrayed beautifully the meaning of every word in the hymn, paying tribute to Don Bosco, in their own, unique style. There was a pictorial power-point presentation which drew the class assembly to a close. The presentation was based on the story of Don Bosco, his birth, his parents and the manner in which he became the patron of the Salesian institutions all over the world, with the sole purpose of reaching out to every child.

 Fr. Godfrey then addressed the students. He thanked the students and the class teacher for their wonderful performance and was especially glad with the performance of little Don Bosco. He spoke about how Don Bosco showed keen interest in learning new skills, which made him renowned as a musician and an aritste, who enjoyed learning. The same need to be emulated by everyone to achieve success and pursue goals with confidence and self-belief. Fr. Godfrey congratulated the winners of the Friday activity: Stds. I & II - Frog Race and Stds. III & IV - Picture colouring competition. The class assembly concluded with the singing of the school anthem with due reverence.