Continuing the tradition set by our seniors, my class once again conducted the Aadi Street Festival. After three weeks of preparations, the festival was finally set to begin. I had been tasked with supervising Grade 7, who were in charge of nail art and handbag making (out of old t-shirts), along with Pranav of IBDP 2.
One of the first obstacles we encountered was actually getting the students to make handbags. The task was too difficult for them, leading to less-than-desired-quality handbags. After lots of help by Pranav, many handbags were finally made. If I were to repeat this, I would allocate a higher grade with more experience in handicraft to recycle the shirts into handbags.
I also felt that the preparations of all the prerequisites (such as paper cones, packing of jewelry and pricing) was done too late, leading to rushed decisions. For example, many of the students and teachers clashed over determining the price of good to be sold. If we had had more time, the problem could have been solved more efficiently.
On the actual day, I was assigned with supervising the Grade 9 students at the beverages stall. Served at the stall was lemonade/tang, neer mor and paanagam. However, almost instantly, we ran into a problem: everybody was buying the lemonade and not the two traditional drinks. This led to us refilling the container every half an hour. Near the end of the festival, I realised how to overcome our problem thanks to a teacher's advice: simply do not refill the lemonade! As soon as we implemented this, the sales of paanagam and neermor skyrocketed. However this late-thinking resulted in several containers of extra paanagam and neermor left over. Had I been able to figure this out myself, I could have prevented this surplus.
Another problem I faced was overcrowding towards the end of the festival. Several people were requesting for drinks simultaneously and not in a queue causing it to become rather hectic. However we soon overcame this problem once a few extra hands came to help and we worked in an organised manner.
Nonetheless, the festival was a big hit as it reached it's goal of raising more money than the previous year. Despite some poor stall placement, which could have been overcome, the festival drew a large crowd. Inclusion of more traditional food and snacks proved high successful. Overall, the Aadi Street Festival was a big success.
One of the first obstacles we encountered was actually getting the students to make handbags. The task was too difficult for them, leading to less-than-desired-quality handbags. After lots of help by Pranav, many handbags were finally made. If I were to repeat this, I would allocate a higher grade with more experience in handicraft to recycle the shirts into handbags.
I also felt that the preparations of all the prerequisites (such as paper cones, packing of jewelry and pricing) was done too late, leading to rushed decisions. For example, many of the students and teachers clashed over determining the price of good to be sold. If we had had more time, the problem could have been solved more efficiently.
On the actual day, I was assigned with supervising the Grade 9 students at the beverages stall. Served at the stall was lemonade/tang, neer mor and paanagam. However, almost instantly, we ran into a problem: everybody was buying the lemonade and not the two traditional drinks. This led to us refilling the container every half an hour. Near the end of the festival, I realised how to overcome our problem thanks to a teacher's advice: simply do not refill the lemonade! As soon as we implemented this, the sales of paanagam and neermor skyrocketed. However this late-thinking resulted in several containers of extra paanagam and neermor left over. Had I been able to figure this out myself, I could have prevented this surplus.
Another problem I faced was overcrowding towards the end of the festival. Several people were requesting for drinks simultaneously and not in a queue causing it to become rather hectic. However we soon overcame this problem once a few extra hands came to help and we worked in an organised manner.
Nonetheless, the festival was a big hit as it reached it's goal of raising more money than the previous year. Despite some poor stall placement, which could have been overcome, the festival drew a large crowd. Inclusion of more traditional food and snacks proved high successful. Overall, the Aadi Street Festival was a big success.
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