Whirlwind

The blog for our first week of competition comes to us from Alicia Bond, a member who has been with SIG since we first started the indoor guard in 2011. She was captain at SIG for the last two years, served as drum major in high school, and marched with the color guard in the Bands of America Honor Band in the Tournament of Roses Parade. She is now a college student majoring in theatre and this weekend was very special for her because her Spintronix schedule has had to be worked around her college schedule:

What a weekend! It felt like I was caught up in a whirlwind of fun, friends, and one FANTASTIC first performance! In all my four seasons with this guard, I have to say that was my favorite first competition. Rehearsal went really well Friday night and, besides a few pit stops on the way to Republic High School, the journey to our first competition of the year went really well. When we got there we got checked in and took our stuff to our holding space. Then we all went to put on our uniforms. I have to say, all the girls look beautiful in their ballerina outfits. We went to warm ups, and then it was time to take the floor! I was so proud of all the girls and our one guy for the amazing performance we put on. one of my favorite parts was that we had no drops! Not a single piece of equipment hit the floor unless it was supposed to. After we got everything cleaned up and put away we went back inside and watched the rest of the guards perform until it was time for awards. We were all excited to find out that our performance earned a score of 52! That is pretty good for a first performance! I can't wait until the next competition in two weeks. I know we are all going to work very hard and improve a lot. Our next performance is going to be even better!

Alicia performing as the soloist in the SIG 2012 production: The Pink Alliance.

We are all so proud of our incredible performers at SIG, and are going to continue working hard before our next contest. Keep checking back to read more from our students!