D.I Blog Post

Intro/Recap

To start my blog post off, I should probably give a bit of a recap! If you didn’t read my previous blog post, it has a more in depth explanation so I suggest you check that out first. I’ll link it below!

 

Link:https://www.blog44.ca/brooklynw/2024/03/11/d-i-regionals-reflection/

However, I’m sure most of you won’t be checking it out so, I’ll do a quick run through. The previous blog post that I talked about before was about regionals D.I, and just a few days ago my team and I completed the tournament! 

 

What is D.I?

D.I stands for Destination Imagination and is a project based, kid-driven program that teaches kids to be innovative problem solvers. There were different challenges such as engineering, fine-arts, scientific and/or technical. My group was fine arts and our main challenge was mostly about creativity and props. There were also other components to the challenge that included using a moving piece. (For example simple machines) and then we incorporated it into the story that we needed to write and present. 

 

 

 

A week before, getting ready!

Since everyone in my group went away or was busy during Spring Break (including me), we had to complete all our tasks RIGHT AWAY because the tournament was only a few days away! Even though there wasn’t much we ended up wanting or needing to change, there was still work to be done! Over the course of a few days, we practised our performance quite a few times as   some of us had forgotten our lines.

 

Changes That Were Made

Even though there weren’t many changes we felt needed to be done, my group and I still decided to fix some things up. For example, a TV prop was redone and some lines were changed up. However the biggest thing we added was more in sync choreography to our song. In my opinion it created a better flow and was more engaging to the audience. Overall, even though there weren’t many changes, everything we did still made a positive impact on our overall performance. 

 

How The Tournament Went

Personally, I feel that my regional performance was better than my provincials. This is mainly because my lines were more memorized for the regionals. Also by the time provincials came by, my brain was pretty done with D.I. This is not to say the final performance was bad, the audience was laughing non stop and we didn’t make any major mistakes, but we could have done better. I’m okay with how everything turned out though and it was fun to work together with my team.  

 

Here’s a link to a video where we were just about to present!

Link:   f60ec0f4988440dbb92bb157a255931a

 

Awards

 My team placed fourth, a frustrating one point away from third place, which is what we achieved in regionals. We would have loved to be first but were still proud of what we accomplished! 

 

Conclusion 

I know I did complain a bit throughout D.I but I think it was a great overall learning experience. Despite the challenges my group and I faced, there were still times where I had lots of fun! I look forward to seeing what we do for Destination Imagination next year. 

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