winter/artistic event

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!