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.
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| 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.
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| 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
ST.MAARTEN ACADEMY
TO SEE ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED AND ALSO DID A GREAT JOB. VISIT THE OFFICIAL FLASHMOB PROJECT YOUTUBE PAGE http://www.youtube.com/user/FlashMobProject1/feed
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