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Cultural Council Galaxy’11

(29th March-3rd April)

Galaxy’11 Pre-Conduction Report

Submitted by:

Rishi Raj Singh

(General Secretary Cultural Council)

Keshav Agrawal & Shantanu Mishra

(Overall Co-ordinators)



Introduction

Galaxy, the inter hall cultural championship after a successful come back after many years last to last year is back again this year. Galaxy is scheduled to be held from 29th March to 3rd April, 2011. Meetings were held to decide the rules and competitions to be held, regulations, schedule, point system etc. The Pool structure as decided on the senate floor would be: “Mauryans”: Hall 3 + Hall 10 +GH-1 “Rajputs”: Hall 2 + Hall 4 + Others “Mughals”: Hall 5 + Hall 8 + Hall 1 “Marathas”: Hall 9 + Hall 7 + GH2 All these pools are allowed to use a sum of INR 45,000 for the preparation and participation in Galaxy.

Organising Team

The core team would consist of the following: 1. Rishi Raj Singh (General Secretary Cultural Council) 2. Keshav Agrawal (Overall Co-ordinator) 3. Shantanu Mishra (Overall Co-ordinator)

We shall also include other co-ordinators and other members, but shall disclose them only after the completion of Galaxy’11.

Point Structure

Any competition held in Galaxy’10, the points shall be awarded finally to the pool. Every competition

has got maximum points, and the points would be awarded as follows:

1stPlace:100% of the maximum points 2nd Place: 60% of the maximum points 3rd Place: 30% of the maximum points 4th Place: 10% of the maximum points

Policy of awarding the points to the “pool”

Galaxy is a competition between 4 pools, as a policy the final points shall be awarded to the pool in all the competitions and not individual team performance if there are more than one team per pool. The total points given by judges to the teams of each pool shall be summed up total points of the pool shall be considered to award the final points of the event.



Various Categories and point structure:

Sl.No Category Overall Points

1 Dance 200

2 Dramatics 200

3 Musicals 200

4 Fine Arts 200

5 Structures 150

6 Quiz Events 150

7 English Literary Events 135

8 Hindi Literary Events 135

9 Miscellaneous 130

Total Points: 1500



Competitions and Point system

Sl.No. Category Competition Point s

1 Dance Group Dance 90-54-27-9

2 Dance Dance Drama 60-36-18-6

3 Dance Dance Duo 40-24-12-4

4 Dance Impromptu Dance 10-6-3-1

5 Dramatics Play 85-51-26-9

6 Dramatics Street Play 85-51-26-9

7 Dramatics Picture abhi baaki hai 30-18-9-3

8 Musicals Band Competition 1 (Eastern, Fusion and Popular) 80-48-24-8

9 Musicals Band Competition 2 (Western, and Rock) 80-48-24-8

10 Musicals Pair on Stage 40-24-12-4

11 Fine Arts Back Drop 1 (Submission) 45-27-13-5

12 Fine Arts Back Drop 2 (Submission) 35-21-11-4

13 Fine Arts Wax carving(Competition) 20-12-6-2

14 Fine Arts Wall Painting (Competition) 30-18-9-3

15 Fine Arts Thermocol Carving (Submission) 30-18-9-3

16 Fine Arts Charcoal Sketching (Competition) 20-12-6-2

17 Fine Arts Missing link (Competition) 20-12-6-2

18 Structure Structure (Submission) 150-90-45-15

19 Quiz Events General Quiz 40-24-12-4

20 Quiz Events Sports Quiz 30-18-9-3

21 Quiz Events Mela Quiz 30-18-9-3

22 Quiz Events India Quiz 30-18-9-3



23 Quiz Events IMDB Top250 20-12-6-2

24 EL Events Dumb Charades 30-18-9-3

25 EL Events Word Games 30-18-9-3

26 EL Events Parliamentary Debate 35-21-11-4

27 EL Events JAM 20-12-6-2

28 EL Events Group Extempore 20-12-6-2

29 HL Events Dumb Charades 30-18-9-3

30 HL Events Word Games 30-18-9-3

31 HL Events Debate 30-18-9-3

32 HL Events Chhitakashi 25-15-8-3

33 HL Events Creative Writing 20-12-6-2

34 Miscellaneous Galaxy Parade 30-18-9-3

35 Miscellaneous Pool T-shirt Design 15-9-5-2

36 Miscellaneous Pool Flag Design 15-9-5-2

37 Miscellaneous Antakshari 25-15-8-3

38 Miscellaneous Kite Flying 15-9-5-2

39 Miscellaneous Pool Video 10-6-3-1

40 Miscellaneous Hall-1 Wall Sketching 10-6-3-1

41 Miscellaneous Tug of War 10-6-3-1



Role of Pool Leaders

Pool leader is shall give the final participation list to the Galaxy coordinators in any event

Pool leader shall only launch complaints if any to the Galaxy coordinators during the event

Pool leader has the right to call a meeting between various Pool Leaders, Hall Captains and Galaxy Organising Team if there has been any controversy/complaint during the competitions

Grievance Reddressal Committee

Any grievances not solved by the organising team shall go to the GRC. Keeping the experiences with last year Galaxy, we shall request to form a new GRC. We would like to propose:

1. Dean Student Affairs 2. Counsellor Cultural Council 3. President Students Gymkhana 4. Convenor Students Senate



Details of Various Competitions

1. Event Name: Group Dance No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 10 mins of Audio file Other rules and regulations: 1. The duration of the file shall be strictly less than or equal to 10 mins. 2. No limit in no. of participants in the group dance

3. Props should be used for atleast 1 min. Judging Criteria: Choreography 40 Energy 15

Synchro 15 Innovation 10 Overall Impact 15 Use of Props 5

2. Event Name: Dance Drama No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 10 mins of Audio file Other rules and regulations: 1. The duration of the file shall be strictly less than or equal to 10 mins. 2. No limit in no. of participants in the group dance. Judging Criteria: Story Presentation 25 Choreography 30

Song Usage 15 Expression 10 Overall Impact 15 Costumes 5

3. Event Name: Dance Duo No. of Teams per Pool: 3 Duration: Maximum of 5 mins of Audio file Other rules and regulations: 1. The duration of the file shall be strictly less than or equal to 5 mins. 2. No repetition of participants is allowed.

Judging Criteria: Choreography 30 Energy 20

Onstage Chemistry 25 Overall Impact 15 Stage Coverage 10



4. Event Name: Impromptu Dance No. of Teams per Pool: 4(single member team) Duration: 90 secs per person Other rules and regulations: 1. The duration of the file shall be strictly 90secs. 2. A random audio would be started once the person enters the stage. This file shall not be disclosed before. Judging Criteria: Choreography 30 Energy 30

Overall Impact 25 Stage Coverage 15

5. Event Name: Stage Play No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 1 hrs 15 min. – “Curtain to Curtain” Other rules and regulations: 1. No language bar (It can be both in English or Hindi or Both). 2. Obscenity is left to the judges. 3. Negative marking is left to the judges for exceeding the time limit

4. The play chosen by the pool should not be the one performed by dramatics club, IIT Kanpur or any Galaxy team in the past 5 years. Judging Criteria: Script + Direction 40 Acting 25 Sounds & Lights 10 Props, Costume & Stage Setup 15 Overall Impact & Innovation 10

6. Event Name: Street Play No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 25 mins Other rules and regulations: 1. No language bar (It can be both in English or Hindi or Both). 2. Obscenity is left to the judges. 3. Negative marking is left to the judges for exceeding the time limit, however exceeding of time due to applause shall not be considered for negative marking. 4.No repetition of ideas from any source is allowed. Any negative marking due to this would be left solely on the discretion of the judges. Judging Criteria: Script 25 Acting 20 Direction 15 Energy & Voice 20



Body Art 5 Overall Impact 15

7. Event Name: Picture Abhi Baaki Hai No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 15 mins Theme: A 30 second clip of a popular Hindi movie scene shall be given 24 hours before the event. The pools are expected to enact a 15 min. skit in continuation of that scene; taking forward the scene in whichever direction they want. Other rules and regulations: 1. No language bar (It can be both in English or Hindi or Both). 2. Obscenity is left to the judges. 3. Negative marking is left to the judges for exceeding the time limit, however exceeding of time due to applause shall not be considered for negative marking. Judging Criteria: Humor 40 Acting 20 Quality of story(vis-à-vis orginal) 30 Overall Impact 10

8. Event Name: Band Competition 1 (Eastern, Fusion and Popular) No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 25 mins Other rules and regulations: 1. Negative points shall be left to the judges for exceeding the time limit. Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges, however the following criteria shall be suggested : 1. Originality

2.Quality of Song selection

3. Synchronization

4. Energy on stage/stage presence/crowd involvement

5. Individual Skills

9. Event Name: Band Competition 2 (Western and Rock) No. of Teams per Pool: 1 Duration: Maximum of 25 mins Other rules and regulations: 1. Negative points shall be left to the judges for exceeding the time limit. Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges, however the following criteria shall be suggested : 1. Originality

2.Quality of Song selection

3. Synchronization



4. Energy on stage/stage presence/crowd involvement

5. Individual Skills

10. Event Name: Pair on Stage No. of Teams per Pool: 3 Duration: Maximum of 10 mins per team Other rules and regulations: 1. Negative points shall be left to the judges for exceeding the time limit. 2. No repetition of performers is allowed. 3. Throughout the performance, including the sound check, only the two performers would

be allowed on stage. Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

11. Event Name: Back Drop 1(Submission) No. of Submissions per Pool: 1 Date of Judging: 3rd April Other rules and regulations: Theme : Glory Size: 12ft(height) X 15ft(width) IMP: Only oil paints are allowed. Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

12. Event Name: Back Drop 2(Submission) No. of Submissions per Pool: 1 Date of Judging: 3rd April Other rules and regulations: Theme : 3 colours (White + 2, where white color shouldn’t be visible on the backdrop and the mixing of the other two colors is not allowed.)

Genre: Realism Size: 12ft X 12ft IMP: Only oil paints are allowed. Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

13. Event Name: Wax/soap Carving (Competition) No. of teams per Pool: 3(1 each) Other rules and regulations: Theme: On spot

Size: One piece of wax/1 soap per individual is allowed. 3hr event. Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

14. Event Name: Wall painting(Competition) No. of teams per Pool: 1



Duration : 6hrs Other rules and regulations: Theme : Would be given on the spot Size: Would be given on spot Use of Spray paints is not allowed Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

15. Event Name: Thermocol Carving(Submission) No. of Submissions per Pool: 1 Date of Judging: 3rd April Other rules and regulations: Theme : Monuments Size: 3ft X 4ft X3ft to 5ft X 5ft X 5ft Thermocol should be only cut or carved no other work(i.e painting or decoration is not counted) Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

16. Event Name: Charcoal Sketching (Competition) No. of teams per Pool: 4 (1 member each) Duration : 3hrs Other rules and regulations: Theme : Would be given on the spot Size: White sheet of A3 size Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

17. Event Name: Missing Link (Competition) No. of teams per Pool: 2 (2 persons each) Duration : 1st round: 1hr ; 2nd round: 30 mins Other rules and regulations: Theme : Would be given on the spot Size: 1st round :A3 ; 2nd round: A4

Judging Criteria: Judging Criteria shall be left to the judges.

18. Event Name: Structures The structure making does not have any rules in specific it is open for innovation. They should be displayed on the final day i.e 3rd April in the auditorium grounds. The size limit shall be 30ft*30ft on ground and a maximum height of 30ft.

Judging Criteria: Aesthetics and Finishing 60 Strength/Stability/Efficiency of Structure* 40 Innovation 60 Theme Depiction 40



Theme shall be given 7 days prior to the date of final display.

By efficiency of structure, we mean the effective use of materials in the structure

19. Event Name: General Quiz No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each)

20. Event Name: Sports Quiz No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each)

21. Event Name: Mela Quiz No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each)

22. Event Name: India Quiz No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each) One round shall be solely dedicated to Indian mythology.

23. Event Name: IMDB Top 250 No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each) Top 250 as of 28th March’11.

24. Event Name: Dumb Charades (English) No. of teams per Pool: 3 (3 members each) Rules and Regulations: The event shall usually consist of one actor and two guessers. The other rounds shall be variations of the same principle. The actor shall act out movies/places/books/personalities/characters and the guessers have to guess the items in the minimum amount of time.

(Pictionary consists of one actor and one guesser. The actor will have to draw out whatever he is acting. He is not allowed to use body movements to help the guessers.)

25. Event Name: Word Games (English) No. of teams per Pool: 2 (2-3 members each) Rules and Regulations: The Event will consist of Scrabble and Word Games. The minimum and maximum number of people for each part will be:

• 1 for Scrabble • 2-3 for Word-Games

26. Event Name: Parliamentary Debate (English)

No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each)

27. Event Name: JAM No. of teams per Pool: 3 (1 members each) Rules and Format : The person has to speak in grammatically correct, formal English for as long as he can without getting buzzed by the other opponents. The other participants’ job is to catch the grammatical errors of the speaker. Points are



awarded for both, speaking and error spotting.

28. Event Name: Group extempore (English) No. of teams per Pool: 1 (4 members each) Rules and Format : The format shall be similar to the TV show “Whose Line is it anyway?” and the rounds will be similar. The event is basically an extempore and an on-the-spot skit pertaining to the given topic.

29. Event Name: Dumb Charades (Hindi) No. of teams per Pool: 4 (3 members each) Rules and Regulations: The event shall usually consist of one actor and two guessers. The other rounds shall be variations of the same principle. The actor shall act out movies/places/books/personalities/characters and the guessers have to guess the items in the minimum amount of time.

30. Event Name: Word Games (Hindi) No. of teams per Pool: 3 (3 members each) Rules and Format : The Event will consist of Pictionary and Word Games.

31. Event Name: Debate (Hindi) No. of teams per Pool: 1 (3 members each) Format and Rules: The topic would be given 2 hours before the start of the event. Each pool shall have at least one speaker speaking for and one speaker speaking against the given topic. The order of speaking shall be decided by lottery. The speaker would be given 4 minutes to express himself. Each speaker shall be asked 3 questions from the other 3 pools. The judging criteria would be left to the judges.

32. Event Name: Chhitakashi

No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each) Format and Rules: A given theme is to explained through any way for example skit, speech or poem/songs.

33. Event Name: Creative Writing (Hindi)

No. of teams per Pool: 3 (2 members each) Topic shall be given on the spot

34. Event Name: Galaxy Parade Date: 29th March Route: Road connecting Hall 2-1-3-4-swimming pool to New SAC Rules: The Pool leader and hall captains shall guide the route. Use of obscene words or signs shall not be entertained and reported to the judges.

35. Event Name: Pool T-shirt Design Printed T-shirt should be submitted by 28th March 20:00hrs



Rules: Both the soft copy design (already submitted to the organising team) and the t-shirt sample (to be submitted by the pool) would be given to the judges.

36. Event Name: Pool Flag Design Painted version of Flag should be submitted by 28th March 20:00hrs Rules: The flag sample would be given to the judges. The flag dimensions should be 1350 * 900 mm (Standard Size Number 5 of the Indian National Flag).

37. Event Name: Antakshari

(Bollywood Songs only) No. of teams per Pool: 2 (3 members each)

38. Event Name: Kite Flying No. of kites per pool: 5 Rules and Point system: Each team shall fly 5 identical kites representing their pool.Points shall be awarded to the pool which cuts a kite of any pool. After all kites are done the no. of points gained per pool shall be taken and evaluated for final result.

39. Event Name: Pool Video No. of videos per team: 1 Date of presentation/judging : 3rd April Video Length : 10 mins maximum Rules: Each team has to shoot a video about its pool over the time of preparation and competition and shall present the video on the final day.

40. Event Name: Hall1 Wall Sketching No. of team: 1 per pool (No limit on no. of participants) Time: 6hrs Theme: On spot An individual can participate from any pool.

41. Event Name: Tug-of-War No. of teams per pool: 1 (8 members) Rules: Standard Rules of Tug-of-War. An individual can participate from any pool.

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