The MICANVAS Party... A prelude!

by Ananya Raju
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Shining strobe lights intertwined, pulsating music, a charged atmosphere, candles around and high spirits… Do I hear someone say party time? That’s right. This IS another one of MICA’s famous parties, and this time it’s the MICANVAS party.



For those of you who are MICAns, you know what to expect from the party. For those of you who aren’t, it’s time for a little induction into the party culture at MICA and what better way to begin the induction than with a sneak preview of what can be expected at the MICANVAS party?

Scheduled to be held on October 28th, the party is a grand finale of sorts, a culmination of all the hard work put in by the student body and a time to bury all our monstrous, snappy avatars that we assume during the course of four, time-strapped and rather stressful days. Maybe, even a celebration of sorts, to celebrate the return to our own rooms that we may have been kicked out of during MICANVAS. The party would be open to all MICAns and participants from other colleges, who would be present on campus at the time of the party.

So what’s there to look out for, at this party? Well, apart from the usual dance floor, music and the good food rigmarole (which are customary at every party at MICA), the MICANVAS team has in store what promises to be a party on a much bigger scale than has been seen, thus far. The dance floor will extend all the way from Ground Zero, at Palaash (where it’s usually held) to Kachnar, next door. For the benefit of non-MICAns, Palaash and Kachnar are the names of two of our hostel blocks. Ground Zero at Palaash is also legendary and holds a special place in the minds of many ex and current MICAns. It is also the place where all parties (from birthday dunkings to arbit spur of the moment dance parties to more organized parties like the MICANVAS party) are hosted.


Apart from the increased scale of the party, there lies the promise of having a new DJ, that lies in the offing as well! Not to say that the old ‘record-breaking’ DJ (Seniors on campus will not tire of telling the rest of us that this particular DJ happens to be the record holder in the Limca Book of Records for having played for the longest time continuously) is not incentive enough to attend the party but well, as they say, variety is the spice of life.





And for MICAns, who’re veterans of the famed MICA parties, there is an opportunity to find new dance partners, owing to all the participants, from other institutes, who brave all odds to remain present (and awake long enough!) on campus. Maybe, this would be the perfect excuse to brush up on your Salsa skills at the workshop being conducted during MICANVAS.


So that’s the cue for you to bring out those dancing shoes and get ready to party hard- the MICAn way (now’s the time to remember that famous MICAn cliché- we work hard but party harder)! Oh and if you’re not used to the party scene at MICA, then do remember to pop in some more of those insomnia-inducing pills to keep those sleepy blues away. For parties that start only around 12 midnight, it goes without saying that all the fun part begins only way past Cindrella’s bed-time. Who knows, you might even manage to catch glimpses of a sunrise through the ‘disco lights’. And yes, it is the perfect opportunity to keep oneself abreast on the latest campus gossip! Now that should bring on the party spirits kicking in. For a more in-depth induction into the party culture, be there to find out.