Remembering the dead is a matter of honor for the survivors. In peacetime, such events are educational in nature if well thought out and prepared.
Instructions
Step 1
Agree with the owner of the premises how long the memorial evening will last. Better if you make the agreement in writing. Such foresight will help you out if the responsible person is not on the spot: it will be easier to solve minor training issues with his subordinates.
Step 2
Divide the evening into several parts. If you have four hours at your disposal, break it into 40 intervals of 6 minutes or something else to make planning easier.
Step 3
Think over the semantic content of each interval. At the evening, you can alternate the performances of the participants: a verse of the war years, a song, a story about the hero and his feat, showing an excerpt from the documentary chronicle of the war years. Add a story about the son of the regiment; reading a letter that came from the front; display of museum exhibits - items that were used in wartime; memory of a war veteran or his children. Demonstration of a map with a battle plan will arouse interest; showing photos, etc. Plan a prologue for the host to start the evening; a minute of silence in memory of the victims; handing flowers to veterans.
Step 4
Write a script for the event. It is not necessary to literally write down the speech of the presenter and other participants, but it is necessary to indicate the sequence of actions and the time duration of each. You will get a detailed step-by-step plan. If something goes wrong or someone is absent, there should be no pauses due to the fact that the next participant will be ready in 10 minutes. Therefore, plan back-up performances - poetry, songs, etc. - which can be quickly included in the program. Warn such participants that they have an important function - "sitting on the bench", as in sports - so that there will be no offense if time is not enough. Tell them that there will be another evening where they will be included in the main program, and others will be made spare.
Step 5
Invite speakers: contact clubs, music schools, museums, community organizations. All this must be done in advance.
Step 6
Assign people responsible for order. There should be people at the party who know how to quickly contact the administration in unforeseen situations, how to call an ambulance, etc.
Step 7
Supervise the preparation: make sure participants don't give up at the last moment.
Step 8
Invite listeners from nearby homes, contact the media to have their representatives come. Ask the city administration if there is an opportunity to invite veterans, bring them to the evening and take them home.
Step 9
Host an event and draw conclusions for the future.
