by Smaranda Morosanu

1. ROMANIAN DELEGATION
Winter Event Presentation

2. First attempt: IceBreakers Battle

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Second attempt : FICS

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. “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!”

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. FICS in Numbers
- 6 schools
- 35 performers
- 4 hours of sound
check
- 2 , 5 hours of
concert
- An infinite
number of smiles

21. 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

22. 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

23. Thank you!