Competition - Week 2

This past week has been another busy one full of games, dance concert performances, and another drill team competition. Monday night was the only night that I didn't have something dance or drill team related to attend!

Tuesday, Payson had a home boys basketball game, so the drill team performed their military routine. It went well--they stuck their headstands and are getting sharper each time we perform it.

Here they are in their military uniforms. The second picture is of the beginning pose of the routine.

Wednesday night was the Drill Team Christmas Party. We held it at one of the girl's houses and we ate dinner and then opened gifts. It was fun to just relax and not be practicing!

Thursday and Friday the team performed in the Payson Dance Company dance concert. They also performed Friday morning in the Fine Arts Christmas assembly.

Saturday the team was up early to go and compete in the "Beet Classic" drill team competition at Jordan High School. We had to meet at the school at 5 a.m. so we could load the props and get to Jordan High by 6 a.m. Luckily, the snow hadn't started yet and we made it there in good time.

Here they are in their kick routine costumes:

Our music is "Free Ride", so we wanted our costumes to have a "driver" feel to them. So we wanted to use the checker board pattern in our costumes. Our seamstress found the fabric in green and white, so we thought that was cool since it is one of Payson's school colors. We also wear black hats. They performed the routine really well, but unfortunately we didn't get in the top five. The competition this week was a lot larger than the one last week. A lot of the "top" 4A teams were there and so the competition was very hard.

We did end up placing 5th in the Prop category-so we were excited about that. No broken benches this week--but we did get a penalty. During the routine, they do a straddle jump with their hands on the bench and then they go up in the air. Well, the penalty judges said that they go in an inverted position (their hips are above their shoulders) and this is illegal. So, even with the penalty, we still managed to place 5th. We would have been 4th, had we not received the penalty. So, we will be changing the straddle to something that won't give us a penalty!

Now, we get a break from competitions until January 9th. I am also looking forward to just one more week of school and then a full two week Christmas Break this year! Yes--I can not wait to sleep in!