Kite Fest Observation
On April 2, 2016, I volunteered for the event Kite Fest at Wolf Pen Creek. The event was in a perfect location for all attendees to get to. Upon arrival, I identified a designated area for the vendors to park and begin setting up. All of the stations were set up and ready for attendees to visit. The table I volunteered at was the kite making station. This station was the busiest station throughout the entire event. There were two tables for the kite making station. One table was for kite making and the other table was for kite decorating. The kite decorating table was the first spot I started at. I provided the children with several colors to use for decorating their kite. When they were done with coloring, I placed the ribbon of their choice
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As expressed earlier, several children visited this station so even with 3 people building kites, there were still people waiting for us to make the kits. This could have been easily prevented if we were more prepared. The flow of children in and out of the station would have been more effective and efficient. For following years, I would suggest as well to have a variety of 3 different kite designs to have the children choose from. Some kids wanted their kites to look like a butterfly, something different from the others. People enjoy to have the opportunity to choose themselves rather than given only one option. Overall, the kite making station was a huge success. All volunteers assigned to this station collaborated together. The hundreds of attendees had smiles all over their faces. The weather was perfect for Kite Fest, sunny and windy. I am extremely glad Kite Fest was a huge hit and attendance were higher than the previous year. This could years to come transform into a major event people will travel to for quality family engagement. The final recommendations I would make are to use a different radio station playing music. From class we discussed the reasoning for why the music that was playing was played, but this is a children’s event. More Disney songs, Kids Bop music, or overall age appropriate music should be played. Some families were slightly disturbed by some of the
As expressed earlier, several children visited this station so even with 3 people building kites, there were still people waiting for us to make the kits. This could have been easily prevented if we were more prepared. The flow of children in and out of the station would have been more effective and efficient. For following years, I would suggest as well to have a variety of 3 different kite designs to have the children choose from. Some kids wanted their kites to look like a butterfly, something different from the others. People enjoy to have the opportunity to choose themselves rather than given only one option. Overall, the kite making station was a huge success. All volunteers assigned to this station collaborated together. The hundreds of attendees had smiles all over their faces. The weather was perfect for Kite Fest, sunny and windy. I am extremely glad Kite Fest was a huge hit and attendance were higher than the previous year. This could years to come transform into a major event people will travel to for quality family engagement. The final recommendations I would make are to use a different radio station playing music. From class we discussed the reasoning for why the music that was playing was played, but this is a children’s event. More Disney songs, Kids Bop music, or overall age appropriate music should be played. Some families were slightly disturbed by some of the