Kids With Talent

Last week was all about planning the “Kids With Talent” talent show at a Charter School. Last week, to say the least, was stressful. I came up with the idea, so of course I lead the event and designated the responsibilities. I knew from the beginning this would be an amazing experience, but also a quick one. I had exactly five days to plan.

The week went by quickly and I was able to send invites home to parents, have the students sign-up and commit to a talent, make awards for the children and design posters to create the theme. Everything was under control and seemed as if it would go perfectly.

As I said before, I would be writing about my event planning experiences, both good and bad. The whole week was GOOD…but here comes the BAD.

The day of the event, the principle asked to see the lyrics to all the songs that the kids wanted to either sing or dance to. I printed them out thinking they were all pretty appropriate. Some of the songs were Can’t Touch This - MC Hammer, Thriller - Michael Jackson and You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift.

She DENIED all of them. What do I do? Go tell these precious kids who have been practicing all week that they can do their song/dance anymore? I was a nervous wreck after that. It eliminated almost half of the talent. The other students were playing instruments as their talent so we did not have to worry about them.

I figured that I should have definitely gone to her with the lyrics earlier in the week. I was really disappointed in myself that I did not think to do that.

The principle and I came up with a solution an hour before the event began. The students who had a “inappropriate song” could dance to the instrumental version of the song.

It turned out to be great, the students were not too upset that they had to change. They still rocked it!

I learned to be on my toes at all times and how important it is to be prepared for anything.

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