Helping 2013

I interviewed Brittany Ho on Tuesday April 24th during elective.

(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
Honestly, I’m not planning on coming back senior year, so I haven’t put much thought in it, but if I did stay, I would choose concert production or social work. I would choose concert production because it would be fun and social work because that’s what I want my career to be and I know it would look good on my college applications if they see I’ve been working on stuff like that.

Roz (Feedback): I think concert production would be good because you have the resources for it, but social work would be a little more challenging unless you have someone in mind that could help you with that.

(2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting? Note: They also have to complete the 50 hours during the school year.
Well, like I stated in the previous statement, I'm not planning on coming back to iPoly. So obviously, I haven't given much thought to how I'm going to do that. I really have no idea. 

Roz (Feedback): Well if you do concert production, My dad can always help. And since you have Glass House connections, there’s other people there that can make the project easy like they did for me.

(3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?
I hope see some pretty interesting topics, nothing boring please. If I'm going to be sitting around, watching a presentation for two hours, I would hope that it would be entertaining or informative.

Roz (Feedback): Just go into them with an open mind. Last year, I didn’t want to watch them either and the first one I watched (Matt Briggs’s) completely blew me away and made me automatically interested in the project. I saw a lot of good ones, so you should have a good time.

(4) What questions do they have about senior project? What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project? Be specific and note what you told them.
I think the whole point of it is to learn how to back up your opinions with factual evidence. I thought it was actually really fun. It’s especially gratifying to know that you’ve done a good job all year and didn’t give up like some of your friends. The key is just to pick something you either really like or have connections with. I think that’s the only flaw in the system. You can’t just pick anything. I would’ve loved to do a senior project on cake decorating or baking, but I didn’t want to end up changing everything about my project like so many people had to do. And Stay at iPoly! It's worth it.

Indpendent Component 2

Literal
“I, Roz, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

I held an event at The Glass House with 6 hip-hip & techno DJ's.
Independent Component 2 Hours Log

Interpretive
This demonstrates 30 hours of work because I had to first create an event proposal to send to the managers of The Glass House and negotiate a date. I then had to create a flyer and negotiate an amount and price with Colorprise printing. I had 1,000 flyers printed. I went to local high schools and related events and promoted my event by passing out flyers. I managed to get all the DJ's to work for free since I didn't have any money to work with. I had to come up with a budget to work with. I also had to work with Mike Whited, the head of security at The Glass House, to get 2 security guards to work my event.
The day of the show, my mom and I went to Smart & Final to buy snacks and drinks. Unfortunately, I didn't make any money at all. I actually lost money, but I think that's iPoly's fault for not supporting the event and helping promote it. Luckily I had a lot of people that helped me. Thanks to them!

-Jesus Diaz & Kevin Salazar DJ'd. 

-Elijah Robledo & Angel Macias managed the lights

-Josh Salas was my booking agent

- and Brittny Jansen was the only person from the senior class that came and supported the event. 

Applied
My EQ is "What is most important in producing a successful concert?" This event helped me answer that by showing every aspect that goes into holding an event. I basically got to see and proved all of my answers. It definitely proved my best answer by showing me that if you don't promote and aren't supported, then things aren't going to go well. I also got to experience losing money, which was very sad :( but we had a lot of fun and we'll definitely do it again.

Photos:

Event Proposal:

Answers

Answer 1: Find a venue with appropriate characteristics for the genre of music you are promoting
Answer 2: Thoroughly promoting by utilizing a street team and social networking sites
Answer 3: Negotiating contracts and decisions

Answer 3

EQ: What is most important in producing a successful concert?
Answer 3: Negotiating contracts and decisions is most important in producing a successful concert.

Evidence:
1. Band Riders. *Thailand story.
2. Guarantee/Door Split
3. I have had to negotiate with people for the date of the event, staffing, flyers, and entertainment for a club event that Norma and I are hosting for our 2nd Independent Component.

Sources:
1. Service Learning at The Glass House

2. Note By Note: A Guide To Concert Production by Redwood Cultural Work

3. Independent Component 2

3 Column Chart

*Located under Working Bibliography Link