Tribune News Service

Solan, June 2

Army Public School, Dagshai, celebrated its 30th Founders’ Day yesterday. Lt Gen MM Narwane, SM, VSM, GOC, 2 Corps Brig OP Singh, Commandant 14 GTC and chairman of the school, was the chief guest.Gen Narwane complimented the staff and students for the excellent cultural programme and commendable classes X and XII board results. He paid tributes to Lt Major Udai Singh, an old student of the school, who had sacrificed his life while fighting against the militants. The Chief Guest also congratulated Rigzin Dolkar, an old student, who climbed the Mount Everest in May.Students displayed models at an exhibition, which drew appreciation from parents.A classical dance, orchestra, Himachali folk dance, Ladakhi song and koli dance delighted the audience.An English play ‘’The play that goes wrong’’, essentially a murder mystery that turned hilarious when everything went wrong drew much applause from the audience. The delivery of humorous dialogues and befitting expressions of the cast had the audience in peals.A western dance which showed how the brave and gallant soldiers fought fearlessly with their enemies was beautifully depicted in the song. Based on the biography of the greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist, play Kalidasa was also appreciated by the audience.SK Mishra, principal, APS, read out the school report highlighting the achievements.Hitika Gupta was declared the aII-round best student for 2015-16.Subhash House won the inaugural swachhta trophy whereas Indira House lifted the best kept house trophy. Green House won the Hindi Calligraphy trophy. There was a clean sweep by Red House that won eight trophies, including the coveted cock house trophy.