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Techies take a break

The gala `Tech-a-break' is a date with fun and frolic

It is a break from hectic schedules and tight deadlines. A break from protocol and dress codes. It is if a genie has been let loose on the Technopark campus. The weeklong `Tech-a-break,' which started on Friday, has painted the campus in a riot of colours. It began with a procession taken out by more than 1,000 techies dressed as gypsies.

The tapping of the computer gives way to tapping feet as songs, dance, games and contest keep the techies on their feet. The attractive prizes and the stiff competition brings to the fore a veritable palette of talent.

Says Sugeeta Menon, event manager of Mainstage Events, "This is the third year that we are doing this and each year the enthusiasm and participation register a new high. The programme begins with a rally and the lighting of a flame. It is like a carnival. The competitions range from the flippant and the comic to dance and soul-stirring music."

For instance, one of the contest is called `Flipping the egg.' Participants would have to come on stage and describe the making of an omelette in seven minutes.

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The grand finale will be the `SunTech Sonu Nigam Nite' on April 2. In between, there would be rock shows, quiz programmes and sports. The light and classical competitions will be on March 27 at Travancore Hall.

"We have a great group of singers who do us proud by winning a number of prizes in music. In fact, we have a club called `The Chords' and there is music in the air on Thursday evenings when our singers and musicians get together. We have an in-house event called `Tarang' to select the participants for the solo events," says Sthanukumar R, project manager of U.S. Technology.

Many of the companies in Technopark have their own in-house competitions to select the participants for `Tech-a-break.'

Sugeetha says that one of the highlights this year will be a contest to select the funniest corporate video.

Shot by the techies themselves, the eight-minute films promise to be a laugh riot. This will be held on March 28. March 29 will see the band `Dreadlocks' unleash their hungama on the campus.

A quiz programme will be hosted by Charu Sharma on March 30 while the selection of Leela Infotech-sponsored <243>Mr. and Ms. Techopark will be conducted from 7 p.m. on March 31.

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