Final programme of Sesquicentennial Celebrations October 2nd to 6th 2009

9/September/09:The programme has been revised.

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BISHOP COTTON SCHOOL

SHIMLA

SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS

1859 – 2009

Finale

2009 FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd – MONDAY OCTOBER 6th inclusive

Day 1

Friday 2nd
October 2009

 

 

Special OCs train Kalka – Kathlee Ghat

Depart Kalka 12:)) noon
Arrival 4.30 pm

 

Courtesy of OCA (Punjab/Chandigarh Chapter)

 

 

Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat School – 2nd Flat – Dress rehearsal

6.30 pm – 8.00 pm

 

Arrival Chief Guest to open celebrations

8.00 pm

 

HM’s Buffet Dinner (OCs & visitors) School – 1st Flat

8.30 pm – 10.30 pm

Day 2

Saturday 3rd October 2009

 

 

Reception & Registration 1st Flat (War Memorial)

From 9.00 am

 

Official Opening Ceremonies 1st Flat

9.30 am – 10.00 am

 

School Cricket Match T20 vs. Sanawar (2nd Flat) 1st XI

10.00 am – 1.30 pm

 

Chapel Service (OCs)

10.15 am – 10.45 am

 

Tea in Dining Hall OCs & Guests

11.00 am – 11.45 am

 

Campus Tour / Art Exhibitions

11.30 am – 1.00 pm

 

Renaming of Remove Dormitories

Noon – 12.30 pm

 

OC LUNCH (School premises) Courtesy of OCA (Punjab/Chandigarh Chapter)

1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

 

School Sporting activities

3.00 pm – 5.30 pm

 

Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat School – 2nd Flat

6.00 pm – 7.30 pm

 

OC Reunion Dinner : Peterhof Hotel

8.00 pm onwards

 

Courtesy of OCA (Himachal Pradesh Chapter)

 

Day 3

Sunday 4th October 2009

 

 

Registration 1st Flat

From 8.00 am

 

Special OC Breakfast in Dining Hall

8.30 am – 9.30 am

 

School Cricket Match T20 vs. Aitchison College, Lahore 1st XI

9.30 am – 1.00 pm

 

Fête

1.00 pm – 5.00 pm

 

School Sporting activities

2.30 pm – 5.30 pm

 

OCA Audio Visual Show (Sam Mathews)

6.00 pm – 6.30 pm

 

Musical Show by OCA (Band and vocals) – 2nd Flat

6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

 

OC Reunion Dinner : Eastbourne Hotel

9.00 pm onwards

 

Courtesy of OCA (Delhi Chapter)

 

Day 4

Monday 5th October 2009

 

 

OC Golf & Lunch at Naldera

 

Free day for non-golfing OCs who are, however, ore than welcome to enjoy and participate in the activities on the BCS campus

 

Parents’ Day

 

 

Reception & Registration 1st Flat Parents and OCs

From 9.00 am

 

Campus Tour / Art Exhibitions

9.30 am – Noon

 

School Soccer Match vs. Aitchison College, Lahore 1st XI

9.30 am – 1.00 pm

 

Lunch Dining Hall Parents & Students

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

 

Reading Prizes etc : Irwin Hall

2.30 pm – 6.30 pm

 

School Sporting activities

2.30 pm – 5.00 pm

 

Curzon House Centenary Show 2nd Flat

5.30 pm – 7.30 pm

 

Curzon House Dinner (Invitees)

8.00 pm – 9.00 pm

 

Dinner in Dining Hall Non-Curzonian Parents and Students

8.00 pm – 9.00 pm

 

Curzon House ‘Jam’ Session

9.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Day 5

Tuesday 6th October 2009

 

Death of Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton in 1863

 

Registration 1st Flat  

From 8.00 am

 

Commemorative Chapel Service – School

8.00 am – 8.45am

 

Commemorative Chapel Service – OCs

9.00 am – 9.45 am

 

BCS India Stamp : Official Launch 1st Flat

10.00 am – 10.15 am

 

Tea in Dining Hall for OCs and visitors

10.15 am – 10.45 am

 

NCC Parade : Unveiling War Memorial plaques Re-dedication War Memorial : Last Post

11.00 am – 11.30 am

 

School Sporting activities

Noon – 1.00 pm

 

Lunch Dining Hall – School, OCs & Visitors

1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

 

School Sporting activities : Athletics 2nd Flat

3.00 pm – 5.30 pm

 

History of BCS : Son et Lumière
LASER SHOW 2nd Flat

6.00 pm – 7.00 pm

 

GymnasticsTorchlight Massed PT Display (360 students) 2nd Flat
Closing Ceremonies
School Song
National Anthem

7.15 pm – 8.30 pm

 

Would all visitors to the school please note and strictly adhere to the following

Alcohol : ALL school premises are at all times strict no-alcohol zones.
Smoking : By law, ALL school premises are at all times strict no-smoking zones.

The school reserves the right to immediately eject from the school premises
anyone breaking the above rules.

Misdemeanor by any OC will automatically mean suspension from the OCA

Please intimate your attendence or otherwise to the OCA chapter you belong to by 31st of August without fail.

DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE.

From –
OCA India / Col. Wendy Dewan

 

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