Taking color guard to Illinois

This weekend let me tell you. It was so great I loved it, it was so fun and full of surprises! On friday we had practice and made sure everything was perfect! We had so much fun. We had to go to bed at 10:00 because we had to wake up at 4 IN THE MORNING!! LIKE WWWHHHHAAAATTTTT?! haha. In the morning we got on the bus and basically everyone fell asleep haha. I mean it was 4:30 am so, everyone was super tired. Oh and by the way we were on our way to Illinois for a competition. We then got there and got ready to preform. We went in the hallway and did our "ritual's" haha. We then preformed. We didn't do our best. Alot went wrong. Some of us did our best and some of us messed up but that's OK. We then had where they told us what place we got. And we thought we would get 2nd like a really low grade. BUT THEN WE GOT A HIGH GRADE.... AND 1ST!!!!! We then celebrated by eating Culver's. And then went home.

<3 Kirsten

Spinning in Memphis

This year we were invited to come to a color guard competition in Memphis, TN. I have a very solid history with Memphis since I marched Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps many years ago before they tragically folded. I am still very good friends with many people who I marched with, as several of them are members of the staff at Spintronix in addition to teaching at their own schools. We decided to rent an Airbnb instead of getting a hotel, and the benefits of that choice have been astounding. It brought our group closer together as there were common spaces, and they could go to one another's rooms. There was also plenty of space in the yard for rehearsal! Winning at Memphis and also breaking our all-time score record was almost easy because of the closeness of bonds that the performers had, and how excited they were to be in a new place. I highly recommend doing a trip to any group who needs to initiate a closer bond between group members.

Jackie

Memphis weekend was one weekend I'll never forget. We all showed up early to help pack and then headed out that same night! There was no sleeping at the Angelica building. 🙂 After a long ride we arived at our temporary home sweet home and all proceeded to pass out into our beds. We woke up the next day and became an out door guard, that includes fighting sticks, marching around the block, and learning popcorn marching. We left for the school and rocked the socks off our show before sprinting across the road for food! We spent a second crazy night (with no bedtime) then headed back to Angelica to unpack. 🙂

<3 Shandon

Hard Work with the Fam

The First time I walked into Spintronix I thought to myself, "Man I will never make this team because they are all very good at guard." I didn't think that I was good enough to be on it.  The team showed me different. As the saying goes there is no I in team. You learn how very true that is. We work very good as a team, but we work great as a family. This weekend we did a lot of cleaning, anything to make us better. We broke down all the weak parts and re-informed the members of the counts so that everyone was together. We did a lot of warm-ups that made our muscles hurt so bad from a long weekend of hard work. Getting ready for our next competition in Memphis. 

- Dannie