Dubai, 15 May 2012: Emirates Pangalites, UAE organized Children drawing competition 2012 for the children under the age group from 4-12 on Friday, 11th May 2012 at “Kids Talent Centre” Karama, Dubai. This was the first programme out of the 10 programs lined for the decennial year celebrations.
The objective of this competition is to give an opportunity to children to compete and show their talents, discover and display of their hidden talents, motivate the budding artists to blossom in the field of art.
The competition was held in three categories with the following subject.
AGE Subject Color type
4-6 Picture provided with outline Crayons
7-9 My Family Color Pencils
10-12 My City Water Color
The programme was started at 1.30 pm with the registration and assigning of code numbers to the participants.
After the registration, The President of Emirates Pangalites, Mr. Clevin D’souza gave a warm welcome to all the participating children and their parents. He stressed that winning isn’t everything, but participation is equally important as everybody cannot win. One child from each age group was selected to draw on the chart to declare the drawing competition open.
Evening session was started with a brief introduction of the three judges by the young MC. They were Mr. Madhusudhan PK. Art teacher from Melody Makers, Ms. Iti Sethi, art teacher from Dubai Gem Pvt. School and Ms. Rinky Duragkar, former art teacher from Kids talent center and Kalagramam. The judges said that the children with their artistic skills were highly competitive and encouraged them to continue with the hobby.
The chief guest for the day was Mr. Joseph Mathias, Managing Director of Merit Freight Systems LLC who is a strong supporter of Emirates Pangalites who along with the judges distributed the prizes to the winners.
In each category 5 prizes were awarded with prize money of AED 500, 300 and 200 and two consolation prizes with a trophy and certificate
Following are the proud winners:
1st Category (4-6 years)
1st prize Lisha Cutinho
2nd prize Kiona Anet Fernandes
3rd prize Janelle Monterio
1st Consolation prize Nathan Britto
2nd Consolation prize Lennon D’souza.
2nd Category (7-9 years)
1st prize Tanisha Adarsh
2nd prize Lian Mathias
3rd prize Vidisha Alva
1st Consolation prize Abigale Kyra Fernandes
2nd Consolation prize Ancita Mendonca
3rd Category (10-12 years)
1st n prize Chris Orlin Cardoza
2nd prize Megan Elita D’sa
3rd prize Shenell Delna Mathias
1st Consolation prize Jenica Pinto
2nd Consolation prize Michelle Noronha
All the participating children were presented with certificates, gift hampers by Chilly Willy and free entry passes by Dubai Dolphinarium.
The programme was ended with vote of thanks by Secretary Ms. Veena Alva. The entire programme was hosted by young pangalite Ms. Demitra Castelino.
The event was supported by Merit Freight Systems LLC, Johnson Arabia LLC, Chilly Willy and Dubai Dolphinarium.