Last week RBC Bank launched their opening of the new bank which was formally known as RBTT Bank. St.Maarten Academy was asked to do their winning flashmob at this event. RBC Bank also donated money to the school, to help with other on going and upcoming activities.
Before doing their flashmob. Sint Maarten Academy marched in a parade with other youth organization from one RBC Bank to the next. It was a great event.The students were making up their own cheers on the spot which was pretty catchie.
So what do you think about the New Change ??
This is a short video of what went down that day. Enjoy :)
HAPPY FRIDAY !!! So glad i can try to enjoy the weekend. I had yet another busy filled day at my internship. Today i visited all high schools on the island, to invite them to an upcoming event. I'll keep you posted on that as it develops. Till then you can check out my Outfit Of The Day. Let me know what you think and maybe i might do a ootd once a week.
The shamballa "thing" has been taking over. You see it every where. If you don't know about shamballa's, then you must live under a rock! Or maybe your just not that into fashion trends.
Now of course shamballa has a special meaning to it. Soo i googled it because google is humanities best friend. "Shamballa was originally a legend of hidden kingdom that is mentioned in various ancient texts. Shamballa gradually came to be seen as a pure land, a fabulous kingdom whose reality is visionary or spiritual as much as physical or geographic. Today, Shamballa is regarded as a place of "peace, tranquility, and happiness". Some Tibetan medical texts those are believed to have come from this kingdom of Samballa describing human anatomy and physiology, sophisticated theories and methods of diagnosis, and ways to prevent and cure serious diseases. It is also said that Shamballa is the dharma chakra, located in the heart of all living beings. It is the symbol for the mind, completing the trinity of body, speech, and mind. "
"Shamballa jewelries, also known as Shambhala, Sambhala, and many other names that is recognized the ball bead fashion jewelry. Most of Shamballa bracelets are made from nylon string or waxed linen string featuring a traditional macrame manual toggle locking mechanism. The beads are made from plastic, metal, cubic zirconia stones, hematite, or diamonds. "http://naturalhandmadejewelry.blogspot.com/2011/06/shamballa-jewelry.html
What i love most about shamballa's is that it's unisex. This jewelry does not discriminate against gender. If you surf the net. You will see all your favorite celebs rocking this absolutely gorgeous jewelry, but of course they come at a high price.
If you just want one of the more simple looking ones. You can get yourself one between $70 - $100 dollar.
Now if your more of the flashy type of person then of course you gotta pay the money for that kind of life style. Lets say between $200 - $1000 dollar.
After and before the Flash Mob Competition I had a couple of interviews to talk about the whole project.
One of my favorite ones has to be the one at YR radio. Mainly because it was the first and only interview i did with members of the winning flash mob <3
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
FLASHMOB PROJECT
For the past 4 months I have been interning in The Beautiful Island of St.Maarten <3. Yeah "I from Here" lol.
I must say my experience so far has been a crazy one. I took it upon myself to organize a flashmob competition between all high schools on the island.
Enjoying the random moments that happen in St.maarten
After months of running around preparing.Trying to get sponsor( which was not easy at all!). Making sure the schools understand all the rules and what i am expecting from them. It was a big hype on st.maarten and to the amount of the people the links of the video were send to.
Concept - Each school was to prepare a flash mob on school grounds in uniform , film it and enter it to be posted on the official YouTube page. Students were judged on the amount of "views" & "likes", creativity and the amount of participants in the group. Also the schools were suppose to state in the video what they will do the money that was up for grabs.
The schools were competing for 1st place that received $2000 and 2nd place who received $1000. So you can say that these students were working hard to better their school, which is a great thing to see and do :).
The competition ended on Friday, March 9th, 2012 on the boardwalk where the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners were announced. Before anything was mentioned about who was the winner of the grand prize. I invite talented students and local young artist to perform and showcase their talent.
Everyone enjoying themselves at the winner announcement event !
This night was a unbelieveable succes! The kids really enjoyed themselves and cant wait for the next competition. This was not just another talent competition. It was a learning experience for me and also the youth of St.Maarten. They came together as a school and worked hard to do something positive. This is something you dont hear alot about these days (sadly).
HERE IS THE VIDEO OF THE SCHOOL THAT WON 1ST PLACE
