_____Update numero dos! Today was our second color guard competition of the season, at Lone Peak High school! It was kinda trippy, because the layout is just like Copper Hills... but they don't have a second floor! It's like, half a cake... Eva was away in Portland, so Curtis and Kate came with us, and I've determined they're both pretty freaking awesome. I love my color guard. We were all pretty stressed out going on, because there were some people who were sick, and a few that hadn't learned all of the work. When we finally went on, I started feeling pretty horrible, since my blood sugar had been freakishly high an hour or so before and had rapidly fallen... and, in the gym, they covered all the windows with black paper, so I was even more tripped out. But anyway! We performed, and only one person forgot to set a piece of equipment, and most people didn't notice (yea!), and I hear that we did okay... It felt very off to me, because we were very squished together, and ALMOST NO ONE SMILED (it made/makes me very depressed... really). But, now I have things to see if I can get Eva to have us work on.
- Practice with the actual BACKDROPS!
- MAKE PEOPLE SMILE. It's been proven to everyone who's tried it before (and another girl tonight!) that if you force yourself to smile, you will eventually actually feel happier, and therefore, a lot more confident in the show.
- Going off of that WE NEED CONFIDENCE! I know we can do this... we can be as good as American Fork. They get good by work and practice, not by blood/school!
- Work on SYNCHRONIZATION! Many of the things we look not-so-good at are just because we don't have it all synchronized, not so much that we don't know it.
- Work on TRUST! We need to be able to trust that we're all doing our hardest, and that we all trust each other to do the right things in the show, and to fix them and take advice if we need it to fix it, so that we can all grow closer together and grow higher numbers to add to our score tree. So far, I actually think this is the thing we need to work on the most as a guard.
- Work on our FEET! People notice when we're off foot... really, they do.
- Have FUN AND DEDICATION! Color guard shouldn't be something that people just do as a side thing. It shouldn't be something that we just blow off, then go to when we get bored. It shouldn't be something that is just for fun. It should be something that is fun, and that we are dedicated to. As we go along, we have even more fun, and more dedication. But we can't do it if that first dedication isn't there. We have to PRACTICE and COME TO PRACTICE for that to happen.
_____My favorite memorable shows! American Fork (circus), Provo (Oceana), Mountain Crest (lighthouse), Wasatch Independent (Wizard of Oz/Asylum), and Urban Expressions (Colors... a guy tossed so high tonight that it hit one of the basketball hoops at the ceiling and went flying across the floor! He danced to it, and it was freaking amazing! I'm glad no one got hurt!). Wish I had seen Payson's show! I don't remember what theirs is this year, but last year's was my favorite of that year. (I found out the sooong! "Cold Bread" by Johnny Flynn. YES!)
_____Last Saturday was the Sweethearts dance! It was freaking fantastically fun, and that's mostly all I have to say. : ) I'm glad I went.
_____Umm.... I have my roads test on Tuesday! I'm very nervous, but will just let it work itself out... if I relax, I'm always a fine driver.
_____I'm going to die from the homework this weekend! YEA! XP
_____I don't remember anything else I did recently! I'm tired! I'm either going to bed or going to watch some weird movie to fall asleep to! Yesss!
Goodnight. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
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