Live performances entertain crowd at ‘Hit The Building’ event

Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum (QOSM) and The Youth Company, yesterday hosted a ‘Hit The Building’ event in front of Alriwaq Doha Exhibition Space in the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) compound.

More than 500 people gathered together for splattering Alriwaq Doha with paint balloons. The event featured live performances by several contestants of Youth Got Talent 2012 that was previously organised by The Youth Company.

Visitors were entertained by Rosaset Alam, an Arab rap band, and beat boxing performance by Ahmad Aba-Zaid. Mohamed Farid, marketing and events manager at QOSM, opened the event at 2pm by throwing the first balloon.

Paint-filled balloons then were distributed to the participants, while a DJ spiced up the afternoon with upbeat music. The children also got the chance to leave their colourful handprint on the walls.

The event was closed by The Last Stamp Group with a break dancing performance. In the end the logo of the exhibition “Olympics – Past & Present” was revealed on the freshly painted wall.

‘Hit The Building,’ a first for Qatar, was a part of the QOSM event programme accompanying an exhibition of both ancient and modern Olympic games, which highlights the history of the Olympics and their establishment in modern times.

The exhibition “Olympics – Past & Present” itself has been going on for almost a month and will continue until June 30, at Alriwaq Doha.

“‘Hit The Building’ is an exquisite event and we are pleased to provide such a great platform for people to interact and unquestionably work together to produce an amazing art that is beyond imagination,” said Aya Abu Issa, acting chief executive officer of The Youth Company.