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we stayed at the same hotel the woodlands did this weekend, and they were so kind whenever we made conversation. i wish you all the best for the rest of your season with your beautiful show!!

Awe, thank you! Having traveled with them for the last 4 years I know they love when they get to interact and talk to other groups at the hotels. They are the sweetest and nicest girls (as most of the colorguard groups I’ve ever encountered are!) I miss traveling with them and being with them this year since my daughter graduated last May.

I'm impressed by how they changed some of their show on the fly between prelims and finals. That front walkover toss after the opening ensemble rifle toss was not in the show in prelims. They had a nearby girl play substitute. The fact that they can just throw in such a difficult toss like that and have it be clean is really impressive. Much cleaner run. Honestly, their score in prelims was also too far off the top, even with the weaker run. I just don't see a 10 point gap between them and Avon, especially taking into consideration the depth of the talent on display in TWHS. I find their show astounding.

Really liking some of the shows out west. El Dorado is super mature, LOVE the body and rifle opening. Arcadia is quirky but has some great moments. Lots to like in IW too. I think Fantasia medals. I'm always a little iffy on no flag but it's a beautifully crafted and emotional show and reminds me of their glory days. Vox Artium is a BLAST, the Bloody Mary flag feature is super fun.

I think TW was still scored too low, but I’m biased, and not a judge. Lol

The Woodlands-the light you cannot see: What an opening! Rifle work in the start was SOOO Much cleaner, OMG they are flinging rifles left and right, I mean wow this is some Really hard stuff they nailed! Love the flag trio through it all which builds overtime, adds some color to this dark scene. You can tell they weren't happy with yesterday's run, because today was MUCH cleaner, just so much going on all the time, rifle work is UNBELIVABLY clean today, WOW! Great usage of the barrel-shaped props, staging design is so smart in setting up the performers for some really challenging stuff they make looks so easy. Can't stress enough how much cleaner this run was, like night and day, big flag moment at the end is breathtaking. They are gonna do some really big damage Dayton, WOW WOW WOW Woodlands!!!

In my opinion from the last few seasons of watching up close, I think the numbers just don’t fully mean anything until that week in Dayton- they do give some insight to where they are, but there are too many variables to compare them side by side through the season. Until the shows are seen by the same eyes on the same day… I don’t think comparing numbers across the nation is fully accurate. ‘22 had something special. ‘23 was great, but didn’t have that special moment to it… ‘24 I feel like it has the special piece to it that was missing last year. If the girls can clean it up, Avon might not be catchable, but everyone else is still within reach. No matter what- Dayton will be so incredible to watch!!