Mean In Green

1. What was your event? Describe it, all elements, name your contacts, and describe how you planned the day to work out.


-My event was called Salsa on the Sixth. I asked Adela Valcea of the GC&SU Salsa & Latin Dance Club to ask the members of the club if they would like to perform the half time show at the games. Since the club is currently in great need of more members, they decided performing an original routine would probably excite the students, so they would want to join the club. I requested that the club set up a table with a banner, some brochures, and some decorations at the front of the centennial center where people enter the game. I met with Adela and helped her design a flyer about their club which listed some upcoming events, the meeting schedule and location, etc. I asked Al Weston exactly how much of the half time's time the club would have to perform. With only 3 minutes, the groups routine they had been working on would have to be cut. Why though? Well, after having to get the female dancers shoes approved by Patty Weimer, we found out that since the gym flooring is so expensive and fragile, we would have to move out 16 mats for the dancers so that they would be able to wear their dancing shoes. I would have to get 10 people to help me move the heavy protective mats, not including the dancers because the dancers would have to walk out onto the floor barefoot and then once the mats were in place, fasten their shoes for the performance. We managed to get both sets of 8 mats( we needed one set for each of the 2 couples who were dancing, one facing each side of the gym's audience) out on the floor in a little over a minute. The women's game performance went flawlessly but was more of the test run for the men's game because during the men's game, the former cleer leaders who were in town for a reunion, were to be named, as well as the sassy cats performance which also occurred in the women's game. It was executed flawlessly.



2. Was it a success? How do you know that? What forms of measurement did you use to assess your success?

-About 500 people attended the game. For a Saturday, I think that turnout is large. The stands looked semi-filled. The crowd was loud. The feedback I got from about 15 people who I spoke to who attended was positive. As for the Salsa Club, I'm not sure if their performance helped to boost attendance or not.


3. What was the best takeaway learning moment you got from your event?

-Make sure you get everything approved at least two weeks in advance, never the week of.


4. What is the one thing you wish you could do over?

-Put up a lot more posters around campus to publicize the event.


5. If you had to grade your event, what grade would you give it?


-A 95. The game was on a Saturday, yet the audience was still large. The audience reacted well to the energetic performance; It pumped them up. The half time entertainment took place within the allotted time.

6. What's your one best idea to keep "Mean in Green" ALIVE?

-Make sure that the brand is put on posters, shirts, swag, etc. Also, people who attend the games regularly such as the cheer leaders incorporate Mean in Green into their cheers. The fans learn the cheers, so if they cheer "Mean In Green" the fans will too.