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

detailsTasks 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!