Founders Day, 2017 – Oakgrovians Young & Old

The day started out bright and sunny
The valley in all its finery
A welcome party at the valley gate
Batch of 1990 at Founders Day 2017
Old faithfuls of Oak Grove
The school flag was unfurled
School Song by Girls School
Presenting the guard of honour
Girl Guides march past the saluting dais
The School band from Junior School
The school band puts up a display of skills
Invoking the Gods at the outset
Principal's address
Cultural festivities begin!
Zumba routine, Girls School
GS dance presentation
Patriotic song presentation
Folk dance from Haryana
Boys School martial arts display
Garhwali folk dance performance
Felicitating Navneet, GS topper, Class XII
Felicitating Tathagat, BS topper, Class XII
Junior School song medley
Kathak performance
Callisthenics Time
Senior girls present Laavani
A song about civic sense
Kathak solo by Tanushka Pandey
GS group song inspired from Que Sera Sera
Mirabai wins Cock House (Angika Cup)
Shivaji wins Cock House
Sway the Bhangra way!
Grand finale of the cultural program
Chief Guest (GM, Northern Railway) address
HMGS, Ms. Tanuja Joshi concludes the ceremony
There we have it, folks! See you next year!

For everyone who attended the 129th Founders Day at Oak Grove, and for all those who missed being there in person, here is a pictorial account of the day’s celebrations.

Leaving the plains and heat below, we met at our hallowed Alma Mater to celebrate yet another Founders Day with our beloved Oak Grove family. Having spent the previous evening bonding with ex-Oakgrovians over music, dance and dinner in Mussoorie, we were all excited to spend our day partaking in the festivities in our glorious valley green.

This album covers the valley function from start to finish. The various exhibitions in Junior, Girls and Boys Schools could not be documented this year, and the evening cultural programme did not feature in the itinerary this year as well. We hope you enjoy reliving the moments vicariously over and over again, just as we enjoyed putting these captures together for you!

These photographs are from a trip to Oak Grove School in June 2017. These were posted by Puneet Monga (1991) on the OGS Mussoorie Facebook page.