Going into Overdrive at Guard Rehearsal

Hey there Spinthusiasts! This is Sam and I am here to inform all of our lovely fans about the most recent Spintronix rehearsal.  This was also the first rehearsal that I was able to attend.  Upon arriving, people swarmed me and got excited (mostly because they knew that I would be cooking breakfast the next morning).  Unfortunately Anna was not in attendance, but it was still a wonderful weekend.
        Practice on Friday night began with rifle class. We split into our respective groups and tossed until our arms felt like they were going to fall off.  We also learned our rifle warmup up and our flag warmup.  Or maybe everyone else already learned it, but I had to go into overdrive and learn everything I missed out on in the last couple of weekends.  The rifles learned some sick new tricks and after our arms were ready to fall off we did the awful arm workout thing that includes lots of pushups.  It was immediately followed by Swan Lake so by bed time all of us felt like chopping off our limbs because they felt so useless and sore.
        Before we could get some much needed sleep though, it was time for team building.  We did a team building exercise that the SIG 2016 group did towards the end of their season.  It didn’t work out quite as well as in the previous season so after many attempts, we finally stopped and discussed why it might not be as well suited for a group as new as ours.  We then talked about what we needed to do in order to grow together as a family and make this season a successful one.  I think that was even better team building than the actual game.
        At seven the next morning I arose stealthily, fell off the top of my bunk bed, woke Lee up to see if he’d like to help me cook breakfast (he’s usually my company in the kitchen before anyone else gets up), and I padded down the frigid hall.  Jackie and Bekah were already up and moseying towards the kitchen and they talked while I got food ready.  We did put things in our new fridge and reorganize a little. (Basically more teambuilding in order to maneuver two fridges in such a tiny space.  After that little endeavor I cooked waffles (in our haunted waffle iron) and sausage.
        Shortly after breakfast we were off to rifle class.  Here we split off into our groups again and tossed for what felt like years.  We also danced the rest of the morning away, starting our across the floors with emotion walking and working our way into more structured things before working on turns for ages.  We also cleaned tendus until
lunch.
        After lunch when we all returned it was time to jump straight into flag class.  We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned basics in order to prepare us for more difficult choreography later on.  We finally ended with a short chunk of choreo to our show song for this season.  But we’ll see if we keep it ;)  Chores were done and we left for home feeling tired, but proud.

- Sam