In year 8 some students (including me) participated in an event for Innovate Ed. We spent a semester spending time practising and learning skills for the performance. On the day of the $20 boss market, we had to perform in front of the parents, teachers and students. The innovate ED project was about us trying to raise awareness for the 9 is mine community in India, This community is a bunch of people in India trying to help young kids in need of help.
What we did
On the performance day, toby and cooper had to do pyramids gothic arches and other things. On the day we did do everything well. During the performance, it did feel like the audience was not really engaging with it very much. We wanted the audience to start clapping with us but they didn’t this made some parts of the show feel awkward but overall it was alright.
What went well
We managed to create an entirely new and easy performance in 2 lessons and also memorise. It would have been better if we used the lessons more wisely and spent more time on the performance.
I am most proud of
I am most proud that we managed to tie everyone’s skills together to form an amazing performance in the span of 4 hours. Also, memorizing it in the allocated time is a great feat considering we had to completely scrap the old performance that we couldn’t complete because of our lack of concentration.
We were challenged
We were challenged for the fact that we had to completely reform and new pattern in 2 lessons. This wasn’t much of a challenge, but it was frustrating and many people were anxious that we weren’t going to finish making and practicing the new set. Also the fact that we had to restart was annoying as well.
Even better if
It would be better if we managed our time better so we had more lessons to practice our performance and skills.
Now I know
Now we know what to do next time, like time management and organisation
In the future, I will
Practise more and make sure I do better and make sure to practise more and make sure I am prepared for the performance..
In the end, the circus performance in my opinion was really good and it felt very good to show everyone are skills that we have been learning for a while, this semester showed me skills that I never thought I could do. It also showed me how fortunate I am compared to some people in the world. In the end, I found the circus performance very fun.