SSS Taekwondo Addition

This is late, but never late then never. The Shimmer, Sparkle, Shine Event at my Teakwondo went great! I started promoting it a month before hand, and at first not alot of people signed up, making me really nervous. Last minute lots of girls signed up, and I was very excited. I wanted to make this a little different and incorporate TKD elements into the event, while still making it fun. To do this we discussed the Tenants of TKD in a fun way, and later on they played taekwondo games with out master. It was really cool because our volunteers got to try taekwondo, making them look silly which made the girls have lots of fun. When the day first started there was only 6 girls there, and that made me so nervous! I kept telling myself that it doesnt matter if I help one girls life, 6, or even 10000. Alot of girls called saying they were going to be late so we started the event later. Since I am big about being on time it was hard to shift plans, but it worked out for the best! They really enjoyed all the activities we had planned, but they really loved the boost books. This time the design was changed to make a few page prompts to get them thinking, then blank pages. Master Andre did a great pep talk, and they all enjoyed their gift bags! The girls also had a quick mini photo shoot with Carleigh in their uniforms doing taekwondo techniques. It was just so hard to fit all the girls in with quality photos.

Through this event I learned a few strengths and weaknesses on how to make it better for next time.

• Photo shoots take too long, and are so rushed. Plus getting the photos returned to the girls in a timely matter is difficult. I am not going to do this aspect in the future unless its for a small group of girls.
• Boost books are so essential to it all, and is something that the girls really enjoy and I must keep in.

In the end I accomplished what I wanted. All the girls walked away with a better sense of self worth and new techniques to help their confidence. In addition I opened up the communication barrier between myself and the middle school aged girls to see me as someone they can go to, which made nationals a blast. The younger girls still say Shimmer Sparkle Shine all the time, and keep asking if it will happen next summer. It was a great success.