The proof of the little prince’s existence is that he was delightful, that he laughed, and that he wanted a sheep. When someone wants a sheep, that proves he exists
He tries a few sheep drawings, which the Prince rejects. Finally he draws a box, which he explains has the sheep inside.
Arte Diem daily newspaper
Friday,
September 19th: Good Bye!
Today everybody departed and flew back home or started or carried on their travels or just went back to their normal life and routine.
ARTE DIEM
2008 was a fantastic project and we thank all the supporters, volunteers and
everybody involved in the project: Thank you very much!
Thursday,
September 18h: Exhibition
During the
day everybody was still working on the exhibition.
The opening
of the ARTE DIEM 2008 exhibition was at 4.30 pm in the restaurant ‘Blue de Thuy’.
The exhibition was showing the drawings and works from the children, the stage
setting of the Little Prince, photo storys of the preparation phase, photo
documentation of the theatre play (including the script) and the pictures that
were taken by the kids.
Furthermore
the programme for the evening included music performances of the theatre workshop,
a traditional Indonesian dance performance, film and picture shows from the
media group and the distribution of the participation certificates for all the
volunteers.
Afterward
everybody enjoyed the Farwell Party, which was also in the ‘Blue de Thuy’ and last
but not least all volunteers closed the evening and ARTE DIEM 2008 together with
Karaoke.
Wednesday,
September 17th: Exhibition preparation
We prepared
boards and decorated them mainly with the different drawings, which the
children made within the last week together with the painting & sculpturing
workshop. Also the stage setting was over-worked, as it suffered quite a bit on
the travels to the different performance locations. Furthermore the media group
selected pictures, which were done by children and volunteers, for the
exhibition.
Tuesday,
September 16th: Visiting Hanoi & SJ Project
Today the
local volunteers took the international volunteers on a sightseeing tour around
In the
afternoon the volunteers went to one of SJs’ projects: the
Monday, September 15th: Free
Everybody
recovers from the last days…to catch up some energy…
Sunday,
September 14th: Festival in the Hospital and in the Blind School
The
performance started at 15.30 pm and the kids and the volunteers enjoyed the
show very much.
Right after
the first performance everybody moved to the
After the
two performances all volunteers went to the National Stadium and enjoyed their
Mid-Autumn Party.
Saturday,
September 13th: Painting in the Blind
School
The
painting & sculpturing split up
today: One group went to the paediatric hospital and the other group to the
blind school. The volunteers supported the kids while painting and the kids
created some beautiful pieces.
Friday,
September 12th: Hai Duong Festival
At lunch
time 2 busses left
At 7 pm the
official programme started. The Little Prince story was on at 7.30 pm and it
was a great success. Everything went fantastic and all the kids on and off
stage and the volunteers enjoyed the play.
In the end
of the programme all the ARTE DIEM volunteers distributed the gifts to the kids
and everybody had a great mid-autumn celebration.
Thursday,
September 11th: Final rehearsals
Today was
the first rehearsal together with the dance, theatre and music workshop and it
worked pretty well. In the afternoon the theatre and music group carried on to
practice together the play of the Little Prince.
In the
morning the painting & sculpturing group created more stage setting for the
play. In the afternoon the workshop went to the
It was a fantastic atmosphere – to celebrate mid-autumn festival together with the children and other volunteers.
Wednesday, September 10th: Hai Duong & joint rehearsal
The
painting & sculpturing workshop went to Hai Duong today. In the welfare
center in Hai Duong the volunteers were painting with around 200 kids. The created
fantastic circle paintings and formed planets out of balloons, old newspapers
and glue together with the kids.
The music
workshop composed more songs for the Little Prince play in different languages.
Moreover
the dancing and the theatre workshop had their first rehearsal together and
their practiced the play of the Little Prince.
Tuesday, September 9th: Creative workshops
Everybody
is busy in their workshops.
The
painting & sculpturing workshop prepared today the stage setting for the
Little Prince play. They created volcanoes, a rose garden and the costume for
the rose.
The theatre
workshop carried on practicing the Little Prince story and got support today
from a theatre student.
The dance
workshop managed to finish their second dance and practiced it over and over.
The music
group created songs for the Little Prince play.
The media
group is busy filming and photographing the whole actions that go on in the
workshops.
Tomorrow the theatre, music and dance workshop will rehearse together for the first time the Little Prince story.
Monday, September 8th: The workshops started!
Today ARTE
DIEM 2008 officially started. Over 60 international and local volunteers got
together in the Youth House of SJ Vietnam and started of with icebreaking games
in order to get to know each others.
After lunch
all the volunteers separated in the workshops: Painting & Sculpturing, Music,
Media, Dance and Theatre. The first results where already visible in the
evening. The theatre group set up some scenes of the Little Prince story, the
painting and sculpturing created some planets with balloons, old newspaper and
glue and the dancing workshop where practicing one of their dances.
In the
evening we welcomed all volunteers at the Welcome Party with homemade Vietnamese
food.
Sunday, September 7th: The final preperations...
Today the
artists made the last preparations for tomorrow’s start of ARTE DIEM 2008. They
created an outline how all the workshops can be included in the theatre play of
‘The Little Prince’. The artists found good linkages: not just how to link the
dancing, music, media and painting & sculpturing workshops with the theatre
workshop, but also they created great ideas how to integrate all the different
children in the preparation and the play.
Furthermore
the dancing group had their first rehearsal. Laana (artist of the dance
workshop) and the volunteers practised some belly dance and more Arabic dance.
More and
more volunteers are arriving to join tomorrow’s kick-off of ARTE DIEM 2008.
We are looking forward to a creative and exciting week with local and international volunteers and all the children that will join ARTE DIEM 2008.
