St. Xavier’s Institute of Performing Arts, had organised
“8th XIPA Annual Day Function” on 7th October 2023 at Golden Jubilee Hall,
St. Xavier’s High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad, at 5:00 pm.
Chief Guest : Rt. Rev. Bishop Rethna Swamy
Vote of Thanks – 2023
- On behalf of XIPA we would like to thank Rt. Rev. Bishop Rethna Swamy, Bishop of Ahmedabad Diocese, for accepting our invitation to be the chief guest of our 8 th XIPA Annual day function and for his inspiring message to all of us.
- Thanks to Fr. Francis Macwan the manager of Loyola Hall, for providing us this Golden Jubilee Hall for our students to show case their talents
- Thanks to our judges: Mr. Rajan Joshi, Mr. Pankaj Mistry & Mr. John D’Costa for judging today’s performance.
- We thank Nilesh and his team for providing us with good sound system.
- A Special thanks to Furtados, Ahmedabad for sponsoring us with the drum kit, Digital Piano, Keyboards, music stand & amps for the programme.
- Thanks to all the volunteers for helping out today evening and making it a successful one.
- We thank the camera man – for helping us capture today’s beautiful moments and Joseph Macwan the hall in charge for helping us set up.
- Sincere thanks to all the teachers of XIPA for preparing the students for today’s programme.
- Special thanks to our non-teaching staff Divyangbhi, Umanath Saroj, Emmy Fernades and Nilu for their services.
- Sincere thanks to all students of XIPA who made this evening memorable and enjoyable.
- We thank, Anil Jacob for anchoring today’s evening and making it a fun one.
- Lastly, I’d like to thank you all for your precious time for supporting &
encouraging us.
School Annual Report – 2023
Good evening fathers, sisters, parents, friends and well wishers. Welcome to our 8th XIPA School Annual Function. We are delighted to have you here with us, as your presence gives us – students and teachers – a great sense of encouragement and support. We hope you will enjoy this evening’s programme.
Our school has 85 students for Pianoforte, Singing, Electronic Keyboard, Violin, Guitar, Drums.
In our staff we have six teachers, Mr. Mark Haydon, Mr. Pankaj Raval, Mr. Chahat Shah, Mr. Sarthak Ratapia and Nicholas Pillai.
In 2022 – 2023 we sent up 65 students for the Pianoforte Solo, Violin, Singing,
Electronic Keyboard and Drum Kit out of which 40 students for music, 15 students for Rock & Pop and 30 students for theory appeared.
We had 100% results for practical examination and 100% for theory examination. In Music out of 40, 35 Distinction and 5 Merit, Rock & Pop out of 15, 10 Distinction 5 Merit, Theory out of 30, 25 Distinction and 5 merit.
Our Chief guest for this evening is His Excellency Rt. Rev. Bishop Rethna Swamy, bishop of Ahmedabad Diocese. We are delighted to have his Excellency with us.
Our Judges for this evening are,
Mr. Rajan Joshi
Mr. John D’Costa
Mr. Pankaj Mistry
We are grateful to them for having accepted to be judges for this evening
programme. I would like to thank Fr. Francis Macwan the Manager of St. Xavier’s Loyola Hall Naranpura, For the use of the hall, so that we can give our students the pleasure of performing on stage.
Special thanks to Mr. Emiliano Rodrigues, Mr. John Fernandes, and Kamlesh bhai who always show an active interest in the school activities.
Thanks to Divyang Bhai and Umanath, Emmy Fernandes and Nilu for their
services.
A Special thanks to Furtados, Ahmedabad for sponsoring us with the drum kit,
Digital Piano, Keyboards, music stand & amps for this evening programme
Finally, I would like to thank all of you parents here, your presence gives support and source of encouragement to me.
(We now request His Excellency Rt. Rev Bishop Rethna Swamy to say few words.)
We will now begin our programme, Handing over the mic to our anchor of the
evening Mr. Anil Jacob
Thank You!