Bam! There goes the boxes and black-eyed pigs tumbling down the ground like a building crashing down to the floor.As evident speaks for itself from the photos, we had a blast with our game stall in the whole Saturday morning, dated 16th of July 2011, which is our school's major event of the year - Hari Keluarga (Family Day).
Our game stall themed "Angry Birds the Game" was a hit with passersby and kids as many of them were fond of 'Angry Birds', a popular app created by Rovio which involved colorful birds knocking down pigs with a slingshot, which familiarized into the eyes of audiences worldwide.
Before the event, we had to prepare the necessary things and tools for the game, with which we'd like to thank Kah Hui & Lih Shiun for setting up the place and coming up with a plan. Not only that, Zheng Yen & Jo Win helped moving things into our stall, even after the event was over as well.
The concept of our game literally lifted most of the characteristics from the hit app game itself, but the only slight difference was that it involves people getting themselves on the field and pull the slingshot along with the bird, and hurling it into knocking our obnoxious targets down - the pigs. Prizes were given out to participants who managed to shoot down all the pigs present in the field with 3 throws or rather 3 bird plushies.
With a reasonable price of just RM 2 for 3 throws, myriads of onlookers jumped in to have the fun for their own of getting their hands with the game. The game stall quickly becomes packed with people lining up just to have fun playing it. With that, Hooi Ching was there for a moment to lend an extra hand in the stall.
Most of the birds and the pigs were already taking in much of the whacking and wrecking for the fun of it too much, but luckily members were there to help fix the problems quickly; like Jazmina with her sewing tools & skills to patch up the teared up bird plushies, and some volunteers who involved themselves to put up the pigs once they are hit and make the environment more jolly and entertaining (sorry if we didn't put up your names here!).
For almost the half of the day, from 8am till 2pm, our hands were obviously getting too busy, and tired. We too sold drinks of Nata-de-Coco in our game stall as well, which stemmed from Kuan Sheng & Kuan Peng's ideas & efforts. The whole game itself was a huge success for us, considerably about RM400 was collected!
In the end, we just like to thank many of our Art Club members and volunteers for their full support, ever so willing to sacrificed their time just to get their hands and feet busy in the game stall. They are the ones that make the club as a whole, a strong standing beam that supports the foundation of the club itself. Many thanks to participants and teachers as well who made it possible for this event to be carried out.
As such, it was a school charity event, so most of the stalls' income would be sent directly to the school's fund, where it will be used to improve the facilities, maintenance, etc. Our club's game stall brought in the best we could, and hopefully, it will be a great contribution to our school's progress.
We hope this event would bring up the club's name and efforts, as we strive to be the most fun and awesome community in a club that our school has ever had! Another "Angry Bird" event might show up in our heads again for another year school event again, but this time maybe on a grander-scale..
Cheers,
Art Club
