And it begins....

Friday began our intense start to competition practices in preparation for Daytona. Friday we had a 3 hour practice and we had to discuss ideas of how to pay for Daytona with fundraising. Since we are a club sport, all payments come out of our own pockets. It gets difficult to pay for costumes for the regular season and competition season, air fare, hotel fare, local and national competition fees, jackets and warm-ups. We came up with a few good ideas, and one which will be seen in the next couple of weeks on campus.
Tonight is going to be another hard practice. Now that we all aren't sore and have recovered from pulled muscles and injuries, we are going to begin doing everything full out instead of just going through the moves. It is especially tough right now because we all aren't in "nationals shape". By nationals shape, I mean we are able to jump and turn and hit every move to perfection while still having enough breath to make it through a 2 minute and 15 second routine. Right now, we are all breathing heavily after about a minute or so. We are not used to this much movement and difficulty; but with time and hard work and working out on our own, we will all become more and more in shape.

Here is a link to a few of the companies that were promoted to be used by the dancers and cheerleaders at the competition last year! Hopefully they will all be back giving out some free goodies!


Well, I'm off to practice now. Wish me luck getting through this tough night!
Below is a picture of me jumping at the Pack the Pitt game! It is a little blurry, but luckily, it's not of me falling!


Ciao!
Andrea