Our Destination Imagination team has been struggling with the technical difficulty of joining three 4’X8’ very HEAVY boards together into one unit and creating a platform on which the three boards can spin freely during their theatrical performance. If you have been following the story you may remember that during their State competition the boards collapsed on the actors who then had to hold them up, with a smile, for the rest of the performance. Now our team will be exhibiting their project in a local gallery. This time the boards cannot fall down!
Frustrated with all their previous efforts, the boys are now getting serious.
They have borrowed a friends wood shop and are finally using the correct tools. (Previous efforts included trying to hot glue the boards into place!)
Math skills are actually useful! Who knew?
Destination Imagination: It is possible to learn a new skill and be successful!
And now for the real test. Truth and Quantum have built a beautifully engineered base and top. Will it fit the boards? Will it be stable? Will it rotate? Can the team actually put the whole thing together? The anxiety level is high.
It works! The boards are upright. Quantum is afraid to .move.
Kimono of 1000 Cranes: Dressed for Success!
Team I.C.E. (Imagine, Create, Empower) is ready for their first gallery opening, Kimono of 1000 Cranes. It is very exciting to see all their wonderful backdrops and props on exhibit with other works of art.
Oh! And don’t forget the famous Can-Can dancers! They have a starring role as well.
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