Tayler had a long day as well, as she went with us, but had to leave around 3pm to head back to Ryan for the final performance of Bye Bye Birdie. The 2 female leads are our Captain and Lt. Captain, so they and Tayler, along with 2 other Strutters all had to leave early to go perform.
At the awards ceremony at the end of the night, the girls were awarded 21 trophies and plaques. I can't remember all of the awards they got, there were just too many! I will have a list tomorrow though, as I have to get it to the local paper. Some that I do remember are: Team Grand Champion, Team Sweepstakes trophy, Officer Sweepstakes trophy, Officer Circle trophy, Jazz Ensemble Best in Show. I will post the full list when I get it.
Here are some pictures from the day.....as well as the videos of the 3 routines. You can click on any of the pictures and it opens them larger, so you can see better.
****Here are the full results****
* Sweepstakes and Judges Award (which means you have 3 routines with a score of 90 or above)
* Best in Category (average of 92 or above from each judge) :
Team Jazz
Team Pom
Team Military
* Grand Champion
Also, our officers and specialty groups received the following honors:
1st place Large Ensemble: Jazz Elite
Sweepstakes and Judges Award (3 routines with a score of 90 or above): Officers
Best in Category (average of 92 or above from each judge):
Officer Jazz
Officer Novelty
Officer Lyrical
Applause Award for Choreography: Officer Lyrical
Champion Circle: Officers
Kati & Bryan on their way in (notice Kati's house shoes with her military costume)
Waiting for their turn to perform the first routine - the Team Military (Kati is 3rd in line...looking a little nervous)
The 3 team performances are done, and some of the girls were across the gym in the bleachers - looking a little tired.
Bryan went over to their side and got above them to take their pictures...
No matter how tired they are, they always have a smile!
Such camera hams
Taylor (who earned mega good boyfriend points for spending the entire Saturday there supporting Kati) and Kati
Haley & her mom Tawnya (and Sheila doing who knows what, and Kati studying her candy)
The typical Kati face
Ben (our Director Cassie's husband) - pretty much showing how we all felt
Haley & Kati
The girls after the awards ceremony - with their haul
Another shot - look how happy they are!
Getting goofy - letting off some steam!
Kati (and her house shoes made a return appearance) & Haley and their Grand Champion trophy, which is literally almost as tall as them!
Don't break it Haley!
In case you were wondering what to do with the cup trophies...
Our wonderful, very hard working, very proud, and very pregnant director Cassie Mayer (and her husband Ben...who is the most supportive!)
Haley & Kati imitating some girls from a dance school who were there, and kept making a very exaggerated face during their routines (ohh...you can see one behind them even)
Taylor & Bryan - end of a long day (they are the best!!!).
Here are the girls before starting their jazz routine (Kati is on far left)
Girls before their Military routineHere is their Jazz routine. Kati is in the back, if you look at the "H" on the stands - she is right even with the left arm of the H. Later when they are in a triangle formation, she is on the far left back.
This is their Military Routine. Kati is just to the left of the H. It's hard to hear the music, you have to turn it up all the way to hear it. It's a pretty cool piece called "The Pentagon", from the movie Flight 93.
This is the Team Pom routine. She is on the back right hand side, 4th from the right. Later in the routine, when they are doing the pom pass, she is standing on the back row - on the end on the right.
