Videos of Club Tropicana Musicians

 Videos of Club Tropicana Musicians 

REFLECTION DOCUMENT

POPULARITY OF STALL/ PERFORMITY

 On the day of the market palace our team worked together to successfully deliver a space for relaxing and enjoying performances.  Overall we feel that our stall gained huge popularity. The musicians on the day catered for different genres. Our team worked hard to collect equipment including lights, stage, trusses, TV and the PA system as well as extension cords in order to set everything up. We worked together to set up the decorations to create a club Tropicana vibe. On the day mike organised the media run down of acts on the TV. Steph made sure the acts knew what time they were playing and made sure they were ready at least 10mins before hand. Tama was the MC and took care of music during intermission. While Zac, Nicole and Suny made sure everything ran smoothly, encouraging people to pick a beanbag and enjoy the music.

EFFORT V RETURN

Our aim was to fill the gap in the market as no other group had suggested music. We had to scout musicians who would play for free and plan set times accordingly. A lot of organization and communication back and forth went into finding out what equipment we needed and where we could source it.  We planned what decorations to use and make. Work went in to designing and promoting Club Tropicana through posters, stickers and media. Overall our idea was well executed and went even better than expected due to the organization we did before hand. Everything ran smoothly. All the equipment we sourced worked well together. Musicians played on time and did not run over there set times. Throughout the day we had a consistent crowd relaxing on the beanbags we provided. Everyone seemed to enjoy the overall vibe. 

VISITOR NUMBERS. EXPECTATION V REALITY

Even though our group was non-profit we still managed to have a large number of visitors to our area. We hoped that all the musicians would have a crowd in front of them that they could play too. Extra incentives were providing the beanbags so people could sit down and watch. On the day we provided free lollies in a Tropicana bucket to hand out to people in the market while informing them to check out the acts. In terms of placement of our stage we requested that we could be in between food stalls so that not only will they have a place to eat but can take in the music at the same time. We feel that the organization put into our idea earlier made a big contribution to the number of people who stopped by at Club Tropicana.

GROUP FUNCTIONING. WHAT WORKED WHAT DIDN’T

As a whole our team worked well together everyone got along and did what they had to do to contribute. We communicated well through various mediums i.e Facebook, Pinterest and our blog. As a group we played on everyone’s strengths and what they were interested in, whether it be creating props and being hands on or more communication and organizational tasks. Things that didn’t work well was assuming or relying on someone else to do a certain job. From the beginning we assumed that we could have a specific area in the great hall but had been placed in a completely different area and so had to adjust all our planning.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM WORKING IN A TEAM.

From working in a team for this assignment we found out that delegating everyone a specific role within the group worked well. Nicole was team leader and spent a lot of time communicating to the facilitators and various people about stage equipment and organization of our area. Zac being an industrial major focused on creating props for our stage. Mike was the media coordinator, which involved creating posters, and an exposure event page. Tama was involved video and print. Tama created videos of the artists and video shown in the presentation during week 7 and also printing out club Tropicana stickers to stick around campus. Steph was the electronic developer this involved organizing the musicians and the musical equipment. Suny was responsible for costumes and props.

WHAT WAS THE AUDIENCE RESPONSE.

From the crowd that we had in our area, it was clear that the audience enjoyed the overall vibe. People were engaged in watching the performances and interacting with the musicians. We had a lot of people tell us afterwards that the performances were well done and that they loved the decorative set.

  

OCTOBER 8TH MARKET DAY

Flit Nintron 

Alex Ware 

FUSE TURNOUT

THE TURN OUT - CLUB TROPICANA

After weeks of preparation the day arrived for fuse to take place and it was a huge success due to the emails, texts and group meetings. Everything ran pretty smoothly from the set up to the musicians arriving on time and packing down.

Although we had a lot of equipment source from Massey we managed to work as a team to collect and set it up with the assistance of carl the maintenance man :) 

Steph from internal coms played a large role in the actual organisation and confirmation of equipment and important information. 

Lets take a look at the awesome turnout !!! 

THE SET UP TUESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2014

FUSE - CLUB TROPICANA

 WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2014

 CODY TUCKER (MASSEY)

 FLIX ROSE AND TORI REED 

Hazard Form for Fuse

TO DO

STEPHS LIST OF THINGS TO DO 

Musician Details

CONTACT DETAILS OF MUSICIANS

ONE WEEK UNTIL FUSE (MARKET PALACE )

  LIST TO INTERNAL COMMUNICATION

THE FINAL CONFIRMATION LIST OF THINGS WE NEED TO HAVE ON THE FURNITURE ORDER : 

  NEW LINE UP : DUE TO TIMES OF MARKET DAY PALACE !!!

ADDING THE FUSE LOGO IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER AND PUTTING THEM UP ALL AROUND THE MASSEY CAMPUS TO GAIN FURTHER EXPOSURE 

ONE OF THE LAST TO DO LIST 

- DOING THE FINAL ORGANISATIONAL PIECES BEFORE THE DAY .

- HELEN MITCHELLS ADVICE ON WHAT TO PUT IN THE EMAIL TO MIKE HEYNES 

Mike Heynes Lighting email cc Helen Mitchell

 Email to Mike Heynes about light Cc Helen Mitchell 

Facebook Publicity Event for Club Tropicana

Facebook Event for Club Tropicana

Confirmation List of things

CONFIRMATION LIST OF EQUIPMENT 

This is a list of things that need to fully be confirmed in order for this market palace day to happen ! 

CONFIRMED SO FAR :

Stage 

Trusses x2 

MIKE EMAIL THIS PERSON ABOUT MEDIA 

Gifts for the musicians

GIFT FOR THE MUSICIANS 

I contacted the musicians and bought a few shirts and singlet for them, just need to figure out where to put the designs and come up with name plate and screen print. easy as. oh and add $29 to the record keeping..

CONFIRMATION OF STAGE AND TRUSSES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

STAGE AND TRUSSES CONFIRMATION !!!!! 

I am so glad to confirm that the trusses and stage has been confirmed , This project is going to pull through on the day no just waiting on equipment confirmations and MDF and we are a Go !!!!!

my response 

How to cut Guillotine

CUTTING USING THE GUILLOTINE  

As we have a significant area to cover with AstroTurf we need to cut the run off strips in order to create a square.

We went to the guillotine in the industrial workshop and talked to Ule in order to see how it could be cut.

- thick blade scalp 

- guilloine 

The only issue is that to put it through the guillotine the width is one 1 metre wide.

This is the thickness of the astro turf at it biggest thickness .

Lighting with Mike Heynes

MIKE HEYNES 

Emailing Mike Heynes to confirm Redhead lights for the stage !! 

Equipment

EQUIPMENT

CODY TUCKER
Does not need any extra equipment. Will be playing acoustic.

FLIX ROSE
Has own equipment

TORI REED

Will provide all own equipment

ALEX WARE + RUBY MOYES

2 Mic's
2 Stands 

1 Guitar Amp

ALISON TOD

Still need a proper contact number/ contacted on facebook, waiting response

GARDEN PARTY 

3 Mic's
2 Guitar Amps

PROBLEM:  I talked to the music school reception about hiring equipment but said they were unable lend anything. 

RESOLVED: Suny has sourced 2 Mic's and 1 amp from her aunty but we still need to find 2 microphone stands. Might be able to source some from Loz ( Bodega).

I have just contacted all the musicians and asked them what other equipment they need us to provide for them. I have also advised them on the times that they are playing on October 8th and to come prepared at least 10-15minutes before hand.

          

Email to Helen Mitchell RedHead Lighting

 Email to Helen Mitchell about Lighting  

HOPEFULLY THROUGH HELEN MITCHELL WE WILL BE GETTING SOME LIGHTING POSSIBLY ! 

 First email : requesting redhead lights.

Helen Mitchell email to correspond with Mike Heynes