Spirit Assembly

Date: September 18, 2024

Prior to the School Spirit Assembly, I was assigned to do the music aspect of the assembly. After I was assigned a role to complete, I started working on the playlist to play at the assembly. I tried to include many upbeat songs that are both known, and lively, to get people hyped up about the assembly. A block before the Assembly, We had to go down and check in with the equipment we were using, making sure our phone could connect to the speakers, and sound checking everything. Then it was time for the assembly to begin, we chose a few upbeat songs to play as all the students walked in. Then it was time for the lip-sync battle, where we had to play certain songs that the teachers wanted us to play. We had to know at what point of the song they wanted us to play it and when to stop it. We also then played the rest of our playlist during the other activities and as well as when the students were exiting the gym.

Theme 4: Develop communication strategies with members of the class when verbal conversations might not be possible.

I focused on this competency because the noise levels during the assembly were very high. You could hardly hear what the people next to you were saying. Therefore, knowing when to stop or play the songs were a bit difficult, especially since we couldn’t see when the activities were starting or ending due to being in the corner with a lot of leadership students standing in the way of our sights. Luckily, we decided to use a form of non-verbal communication with our MC’s. We thought this would be the best way to know when to stop or pause the music since we couldn’t really see the state of the activities from the corner we were in. We decided that they could raise their hand and show a hand signal for play and a different one for pause. That’s how we would know when to start and stop the music in time, leaving no room for awkward silence in-between activities. This aligns with my course goals because I want to achieve good teamwork skills and to be able to efficiently communicate with others, even when verbal communication is not possible.