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Mumbai, July 24, 2006: Horlicks, the only Health Drink in India
that has been proven to make kids Taller, Stronger and Sharper returned
to Mumbai with its highly successful and India’s largest inter
school festival, Horlicks Wiz Kids 2006 and Horlicks Wiz Team city
finals. The city finals culminated in great excitement with two
students emerging as the winners who will form the Horlicks Wiz
team 2006 from Mumbai and will represent the city in the national
finals in November 2006. Bigger than ever before, in its third successive
year, the event received participation from more than 2,00,000 students
from over 1500 schools and was held at Bhaidas Hall, near Mithibai
College, Mumbai
Horlicks Wiz Kids 2006 by ACTIVITY provided an enjoyable and enriching
platform for students to encourage participation and team spirit
through a variety of competitions on diverse subjects such as literature,
art, singing, dramatics and others. The Horlicks Wiz Kids inter
school festival helps students develop the ability and confidence
to express their views and talents and not restrict themselves to
only academics.
Talent activity comprising of Style Act, Short Play, Fusion Group
Dance and Group Melody gives students the confidence to perform
in front of a live audience and showcase their talents. Under Vocal
activity, competitions such as Quiz, Hindi Antakshari, Extempore,
Speaker of the Year and Air Crash enables students to be quick and
attentive, sharpen memory skills and encourage them to express themselves
through speech and music. Students learn how to be creative and
convey their thoughts and opinions through Literary activity which
includes English Creative Essay Writing, State Language Essay writing
and Calligraphy. Art activity involves Painting, Pencil Sketching,
Greeting Card Making, Pot Making, Collage and Mehndi Design to bring
out the innovative and creative talents in every student. Competitions
related to Creative activity such as Little Cook, Flower arrangement,
Still Photography allows students freedom to experiment with their
creativity. Drawing and Fancy Dress competition at the Kids activity
and some competitions at the Informal activity such as Face Painting,
The Search and Crossword encourage students to start young and perform
in an informal atmosphere.
Horlicks Wiz Teams 2006 is a unique personality and talent search
for students who epitomise the Horlicks Generation: Taller, Stronger
and Smarter. The winners of the Horlicks Wiz Team 2006 in Mumbai
were chosen following an elaborate evaluation procedure. The students
were judged on their performance in three rounds: the written elimination
round, the interview round and a final selection round on the main
stage comprising of the talent round, the versatility round and
the judges’ question round. Students were evaluated on their
overall personality, stage presence, confidence, self-awareness,
communication and interpersonal skills, critical thinking, creativity,
decision-making and problem solving ability, stress management and
emotional quotient. The two students will now compete against 48
students from 24 other cities at the grand finale.
“Horlicks Wiz Kids and Horlicks Wiz Team enhance each student’s
ability to stand tall, to be sharp and to be strong in all aspects
of development, creating a Taller, Stronger, Sharper generation
which has the ability to keep pace with the changing world. Horlicks
Wiz Kids encourages and provides students with a healthy environment
of participation and self improvement,” commented Mr Subhajit
Sen, Vice President, Marketing, Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare.
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