St Lawrence: Reliving schoolhood through music

The St Lawrence School Old boys Association is drumming up their musical event 'Utsav' in a new format in December, where alumni from other schools of the city will be invited to participate. A plethora of school rock bands will be coming on stage in competitive space to showcase their music and to relive their "school memories".

The rockfest will be held as part of the annual day celebration of the school and will play out for at least five hours on stage. "We are not looking for any great musicians here. All of us wanted to get up on stage and show off our musical skills when we were in school. We are just trying to relive that memory here," said Father Sebastian James sj, Principal of the school and President of SLOBA.

Ever since its inception in 1985, SLOBA has been making a huge contribution towards the overall growth and development of the alma mater and fulfilling social obligations in the Lawrencian spirit of Service Above Self.

Over the past 32 years, the signature event has been the successful running of SLOBA Free Clinic (now in its 31st year) which looks after the medical needs of the poor in the neighbourhood of the school.

"A corporate tie up will help us expand the scope of treatment even further", secretary of SLOBA, Aniban Banerjee told Millennium Post.

The association organises a slew of other activities involving its old and new students like the SLOBA Annual Inter-School Debate Competition held in August (now in its 11th year), the SLOBA Annual Inter-School Cricket Tournament held in November (now in its 14th year).

Other events which draw students and teachers alike are the SLOBA Annual Reunion held on the first Sunday of December every year (for 35 years now), the award of scholarships and grants to students of the school since 1987, the awarding of retirement benefits to teaching and non-teaching staff of the school since 1987. Another popular event is the active participation in the stellar school event Tin N Can.

Expression 2017 is another landmark event to promote world peace through sports, an event supported by Peace and Sport Monaco and International Olympic Association.

Future goals of the association include the betterment of the free clinic with introduction of affordable diagnostic services and the creation of a benevolent fund for alumni, retired teachers and staff.