script for inauguration of new school building

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The grand inauguration and blessing ceremony of the new building of St. Mary s English School at Udupi, a memorial of the Silver Jubilee event of the school and dedication by the Mother of Sorrows Church to the society, was held on Saturday, 29th May 2010 at 10 am at the sprawling campus at Kannarpady, Udupi.
Earlier, at around 9.55 am, ceremonial welcome was accorded to the Bishop of Mangalore and other dignitaries at the New School gate, with school band and children lined up with flowers to welcome the guests. Thereafter, all the dignitaries proceeded to the main entrance of the building where Mr. Jerry Vincent Dias, Mandavi Promoters and Developers and President, Builders Association, Udupi inaugurated the new school building. Different blocks of the new school building were inaugurated by other dignitaries.
The prayer service and blessing of the new school building was conducted by Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D Souza, Bishop of Mangalore and President, Catholic Board of Education, Diocese of Mangalore.
The stage function began at 10.45 am with prayer by the group of school children followed by classical welcome dance. The Correspondent of St. Mary s School and the brain behind the new school building, Rev. Fr. Mathew Vaz escorted the Bishop, who presided over the function and the Chief Guests and Guests of Honour to the dais. The Chief Guests were: Rev. Dr. Baptist Menezes-Episcopla Vicar, Udupi District, Rev. Fr. Wilson Vitus D Souza-Secretary, Catholic Board of Education, Diocese of Mangalore, Mr. Oscar Fernandes-Rajya Sabha Member, Mr. Raghupati Bhat-MLA, Udupi and Mr. Jerry Vincent Dias-President, Builder s Assocition, Udupi.
The Guests of Honour were: Mrs. Gladys Almeida-President, Zilla Panchayat, Udupi, Mr. Dinakar Shetty, President, Udupi town Municipality, Dr. G. Shankar-President, G. Shankar Family Trust, Udupi, Mr. Vinay Kumar Sorake-Ex-MP, Udupi, Mr. Mahidas-DDPI, Udupi, Mr. Manjunathaiah, BEO, Udupi and Mr. Ramanand Nayak, Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayat, Udupi.
After occupying the respective seats by the dignitaries on the dais, the Headmistress of St. Mary s English School-Miss Myrtle L.F. Lewis welcomed the dignitaries and other guests by offering bouquets. The dignitaries then lighted the ceremonial lamp to the reciting of Sanskrit Shlokas. The donors who had given considerable amount of contribution to the institution such as Dr. G. Shankar and Mr. Jerry Vincent Dias were honoured by offering them shawls, garlands, fruit baskets and mementos. Even those donors who had contributed one lakh of rupees were also honoured by offering them flower bouquets. The architects, engineers and contractors were also felicitated by offering flowers.
Rev. Fr. Mathew Vaz, who conceived the idea of having a new school building that would meet the requirements of international standards, was also honored by the Bishop by offering shawl, garland and flower basket.
Earlier in his introductory note, Rev. Fr. Mathew Vaz narrated the circumstances that led to the new school building as a memorial of the Silver Jubilee event of the school. He said that the land, 10 acres in area was purchased form Mr. Jayaram Shetty from Mumbai for an amount of three crores of rupees. Mr. Jayaram also donated five lakhs of rupees towards the new school building. The land was purchased in April 2007 and the foundation stone was laid in April 2008 and the ground floor and the first floor of the building are neady which were inaugurated and blessed today. When the building will be completed, it will have ground plus three floors with all modern amenities and facilities that a world class school should have. Fr. Mathew Vaz thanked all donors and contributors and the parishioners of Mother of Sorrows Church for making sacrifices so that such an excellent school building could be constructed.

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An inauguration is a formal ceremony or special event to mark either:

the beginning of a major public leader's term of office.
the opening or first public use of a new civic area, organisation or project. Such as a museum, hospital or film studio.
The term, in a less formal context, can also be used to be refer:

to the beginning or introduction of a new system, policy, or period.
the first, maiden or initial use of something. For example a ship, railway or even computer service of some kind.
Etymology
The historical source of the word inauguration stems from the Latin augur, which refers to the rituals of ancient Roman priests seeking to interpret if it was the will of the gods for a public official to be deemed worthy to assume office.[3]

Public Office
Political inaugurations often feature lavish ceremonies, in which the figure publicly takes his or her oath of office, sometimes called "swearing-in", often in front of a large crowd of spectators. A monarchical inauguration is similar to what some countries may be called a coronation or enthronement.

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Kindly assist on preparing an anchoring script for the inauguration of our new school building