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Jul-Aug 2016 55 meetings & conventions • mcmag-asia.com that would help the students better grasp the content for reenactment on stage. In a bid to rope in social enterprises or charity organisations wherever possible, Big Heroes enlisted the help of Dignity Kitchen, a hawker training school for the disabled and disadvantaged in Singapore, to supply food and drinks for the tea breaks. EXPERIENCE The event kicked off with a training session where iC2 PrepHouse teachers trained Grand Hyatt staff on being guides for the visually impaired students. This was followed by an icebreaker facilitated by Big Heroes instructors where staff and students got to know each other. Later, the group split up into three teams and went for a specially designed guided tour through the museum, with a focus on the three paintings that were selected for the reenactment. After a relaxing tea break, the participants commenced the understanding of the picture, students described how they imagined it before attempting to recreate. When everyone was finally in place, a photo shoot was done to capture the moment. The session concluded with an award ceremony for winners across different categories. FEEDBACK The client felt that the session was a meaningful way to blend team- building with community outreach and volunteerism. Participants said they learnt a lot and were able to better appreciate the abilities of a visually impaired person to master daily life. For the subsequent two sessions, Big Heroes worked with Grand Hyatt staff to take iC2 PrepHouse students to educational indoor theme park Kidzania, as well as invited them to the hotel for a taste of working life in hospitality. TALKING POINT Reenacting Lim Yew Kuan's "The Painting Class" proved to be a good challenge because of its perspective and depth as participants had to translate a two-dimensional piece into a three- dimensional setting. "The session was a meaningful way to blend team- building with community outreach and volunteerism." reenactment. For a start, pairs of Grand Hyatt participants also worked together – one blindfolded, one seeing. The one who was able to see described the picture while the blindfolded re- enacted a scene. After that, staff and students worked together. According to their Clockwise from top left: Reenactment – success! Participants gathered for a group photo; "Painting Class", an oil-on-canvas artwork by Lim Yew Kuan

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