Meeker Team Challenge

I'm late in getting things posted, they really keep you busy!  The Meeker team was VERY early on Thursday morning.  Performance time was 8:54 AM.  We have to be ready with all equipment checked, all members present and all costumes and scenery assembled by 7:54 AM.  Our assigned housing is a Holiday Inn 25 minutes away.  Which meant a very early morning after a late night at Opening Ceremonies.  It helped that Jacob and Devin who arrived early went over to the Prop Storage on Wednesday and assembled the backdrop and checked the equipment, so we could save about an hour on Thursday morning.  Prop storage is crazy and we'll have more on that later.

The Challenge --- They did great!  Globals added more complexity and really (and I mean really) tightened the rules.  They were nervous but stepped up to the challenge.  They moved all their objects but had problems with touching the sides of the pool (a new rule at Globals - along with 2 ft more height and 6" of water).  The moved all their objects but only got credit for 5 of the 8 because of the "touching the sides" rule.  Many others were having the same problem.  We'll only really know how they did after Closing Ceremonies.    We are so proud of them and they represented Ames and Meeker with poise, creativity and politeness (the parents liked that last part!).   Here's some photos:

On the launch line - do they look nervous (you should have seen the parents!)

Putting it together

The Sales Promotion!

Moving the objects - such teamwork!

TIME!  - the Final Bow to an appreciative audience

 More and better photos later -

Jeanne