Anyway, back to the original topic. Solstice this year was a gala affair, running over the complete weekend from 18th to 20th Dec, with over 500 alumni and their families in attendance from all over the place. We also had alums sharing quads with current students, getting nostalgic about their ISB days.

The student villages were all decked up for Solstice, with lighting and promotional posters (comprising of some really funny extracts from the batch yearbooks) all over the place.

Student Village 2

Student Village 3

Most of the alums arrived on campus on Friday, with registrations during the day. We also had mock interviews for the current batch by some volunteer alums as well as events for kids who were on campus. There was poker from the afternoon till evening, followed by a ‘Speed Networking’ designed to help the current students get to know the alums better.

This was followed by dinner and drinks with the alums along with a stand up comedy show, ‘Hamateur Night’ was the term, at the Class of ’09 Amphitheater, by Vir Das, the Indian equivalent of Russel Peters. The show was opened by ISBians trying out their hand at stand up comedy. For some videos of his work, try looking on Youtube. [WARNING: Search at your own risk. Some of the videos may be considered offensive by some people. We take no responsibility for your search results.]

Vir Das @ ISB

The comedy hour was followed up by a bollywood themed Christmas party at the Class of ’08 lounge. We had a DJ flown in from Mumbai and the party rocked, with a huge number of people on the dance floor! This was probably the biggest party on campus till date, and we may not be able to match it again, though I am keeping my fingers crossed over the last going away party of the year.

The Party

The Dance Floor was Full

The party went on till late in the morning, with people being ferried to a nearby hotel for an early breakfast to actually end the party! And yeah, 5AM is early by all standards!!

More about the second day festivities, and the a great music concert in the next post…

- Jasnoor, Class of 2010

It is a time for the class of 2005 to have their fifth year reunion and for the class of 2009 to have a homecoming of sorts in what promises to be three intense days of nostalgia, parties, fun events, chaos, mayhem and high quality entertainment.

In order to keep yourself posted about the latest happenings and updates regarding Solstice 2009, please check out the following links:

The official Solstice 2009 website: http://www.isb.edu/solstice2009/

The Solstice 2009 twitter page: http://twitter.com/Solstice2009

The Solstice 2009 Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ISB-Solstice-2009/178906826548?ref=nf

Of course, you can rest assured, Dear Reader, that the weblog will be updated with relevant information as well, but those other links are way better for periodic snippets to keep yourself constantly in the know.