Saturday, July 9

Youth Day Journal



This is my entry, i'm supposed to do a journal on youth day assigned by mr ng, so here it is! :)

The whole process of planning the youth day was never easy. As one of the excos in HLC, i volunteered to take charge of the upcoming youth day. It was my first experience planning such a big scale events, and the audience was the whole school. What inspired me to take up this event was actually because i wanted to challenge myself and learn from this. We tried to brainstorm for new ideas, as for years we have been doing concert over again and again. In the end, we settled for the musical concert idea. We started preparation since March, all the adminstrative work settled before we carry on our plan. Organising the whole group of leaders was not as leader as i have expected. They gathered together in the youth corner after school, and i asked for volunteers to be involved in this activity, almost everyone seemed relunctant. Me and Calvin, the in-charges, spent a lot of efforts trying to convince them to join. In the end, we came to a conclusion that it will be a whole HLC and prefects' effort, everyone will do a finale together.

Assigning roles and splitting up jobs, i think that the logistics have a great part to play in this event. Without their support, we would be nothing. The whole youth day training took 2 weeks to get the leaders prepared. During the first week, a few of us met up to choreograph the dance items and the finale, nearly everyday, to teach them. After the choreography was done, the second week was to teach them the finale and last two practice was to run the rehearsal. We encountered problems, the props that we did were lost, the logistic team's effort had gone to waste and they had to redo. We had a little conflict here and there between members due to different opinions. We all had different goals. This was the moment i felt that we need to communicate with everyone. On the last two days of rehearsal, their minds were tuned to the right track and it all went well. We all had a common goal, to make youth day musical concert a success.

It was wednesday, that fateful day. All our efforts will be shown today, regardless good or bad. While preparing at the backstage, it was chaotic as the leaders were all nervous from head to toes and were scrambling everywhere. Settled them down and the show began. We encouraged each other before we went on the stage. It was a rare experience to perform in front of the whole school. A good experience, as this was a platform to build up the confidence of the leaders. And as leaders, we ought to put up a good show for the students to see as role models. Everything passed too quickly, months of hard work, all in a day. After our finale ended, i could see sense and see the joy on everyone's faces. Everyone was elated and jumping around in joy. We ran around giving each other hugs.

Through this whole event, we have learnt a great deal of things. The student leaders, HLC and Prefects bonded together and also boosted their confidence level. I am sure they would definitely take part if there was a chance to have another event like this. Although there were some improvements needed on the concert here and there, it was a good show on overall. Lastly, i wish to thank all the teachers who supported us and made this event a success! Without you, i will be nothing, we will be nothing, as everyone plays an important role no matter how small your role is.

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