R O M A N I A N D E L E G AT I O N
Winter Event Presentation
First attempt: IceBreakers Battle
Brainstorming key ideas:
-- Valentine’s Day Party
-- Launching a volume of poetry
-- Ice Skating Event
-Conclusion:
-- Ice Skating Event
-Reason:
-- Practicability
-- Lack of funding options
-- Short time span
-- Not taking advantage of local resources Brainstorming with the team from
Portugal
Polishing Our Event : Description
Name: IceBreakers Battle
Location: PalasIce
Time: 26th of February, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Concept: Relay Race
Contestants: One team from each middle school class
Reason: Merging both sports and the wintry theme
Responsibilities: Guaranteeing the safety of our participants
Communication environment: Our Yahoo Group
Actions:
- Creating an accord between the contestants’ parents and our school
- Creating a database to involve members of the main project
- Creating small groups for certain aspects of the event: fundraising, promoting, prizes
- Renting the local ice skating rink through Parents’ Association
Tasks and process
Promoting the event
Endeavours:
- 20 posters in the middle school section of National College
- Facebook Page displaying details, rules and a virtual version of the accord
- Creating a group of students who informed the target classes during breaks
- Informing through our school’s communication system: Adservio
Issues and Cancellation
Action:- Cancelling the event
Reason:- High temperatures above 0 degrees Celsius causing our Ice Skating Rink to melt
-- Storm filling our ice skating rink with water
-- Lack of safety for the entire event
-Solution:-- Brainstorming meeting
-- Finding another event idea
Second attempt : FICS
FICS : Beginnings
FICS:
- “Folk în curtea școlii” = “Folk in school’s yard“
- The event concept was created in 2009
- Happens at least once per year
- An average of 3-4 schools participate with performers
- Previously hosted by our coordinator Mrs. Luchian
Performers : expansion and Reinterpretation
Why take over FICS?
- The event has been expanding really quickly during its previous editions
- This year, the School Inspectorate of Iasi offered us the opportunity to host it
- The power of an international project such as Erasmus+ was a major addition to the event itself
Actions:
-- Creating a Database in order to settle certain roles such as sound managers, journalists, poster creators, moderators, stage directors etc.
-- Having meetings in order to create bonds between teams and decide on event details
Tasks and process
Philosophy of Tradition
How we kept FICS Traditional, yet expanding it:
- Keeping the same time span : a day from “Saptamana Altfel” – a week during the school year which is dedicated to a different type of activities
- Bringing two new schools to perform
- Having a record number of performers
-Improving the quality of the overall experience
Promoting:-- 4 types of teaser posters displaying name, date, time and our catchy motto
-- 1 type of poster also displaying link to facebook page, invited schools and bond with Erasmus+
-- 1 type of poster displaying all the performers
-- Adservio platform
-- Teachers informing their students
“Muzică FICS cum îți place!”
Motto elements:
- Muzica = Music, bond with concert
- FICS = the name of the event + /FICS/ in Romanian = exactly
- Cum iti place = How you like it
Overall Meaning :
“Music exactly how you like it!”
Interviews with the Performers: Bonding with the Public
Interviews with performers:
- Creating questions in order to expose the motivation behind their passion , less mainstream
- Virtual platform – facebook page, bonding with public
- Physical environment – journal, brochure
Effect:
- Bonding with performers, noticing how personality and music blend together
Rehearsal : Embracing the Artistic Nature of the Event
Rehearsals:
- Keeping the same relaxed atmosphere
- Catalysed the spirit of folk
- Offered our performers a chance to accomodate with the environment
Actual Event : A Day of Beautiful, Organised Chaos
Pros:
- audience embraced the spirit of folk
- harmony, passion – relaxing atmosphere
- People looking forward to the next edition
Cons:
- It was slightly too long – some people left during performances
Surprises : Freedom of Music
- In the end, we had an unexpected performance
- Everyone started to sing along
- This moment made everyone feel like they were part of the show
- We think the F from FICS also mean freedom of music
Feedback: Positive Impact
Feedback :
-- Positive impact
-- Embraced both talent and emotion
-- Beautiful experience
-- Unordinary event
-- Audience met new performers
-- Audience welcomed new genres of music in their preferences
FICS in Numbers
- 6 schools
- 35 performers
- 4 hours of sound check
- 2 , 5 hours of concert
- An infinite number of smiles
Final Analysys
DOs:
- Continue to bring new performers
- Promote different genres of music
- Welcoming impromptu performances
- Opening up to a larger target group
DON’Ts:
- Having such a long performance
To Remember : Our Thoughts
“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” ~ Jimi Hendrix“Music can change the world because it can change people.”
~ Bono“If music be the food of love, play on.”
~ William Shakespeare
Thank you!