The moments twirlers go through every week.

This past weekend I had a competition at the junior high field house. I competed in team, show twirl and strut.  As you probably already know, one of our girls did not have a costume so she wore a sparkly red costume to go with the theme.  We did pretty well, and we did not have too many drops for the new girl learning the routine and performing in a week.  We ended up placing second, and we competed against three other teams.  I did not expect to do that well, but we all had faith it would be okay. It ended up being just that!

For my show routine, I got a new costume, and it looked very good when I was performing.  Also, I did not realize that I am now in the 15+ age division, so I am now competing against girls much older than me.  Most of the girls in my age group have been twirling since they were little, and I have only been twirling for three years.  Although it seemed like I had a major disadvantage, I ended up placing second, and there were seven other girls in my category.  I did pretty well for my first time against all of the older girls.

It was my first time competing in strut, and I was extremely nervous.  Again I was in the 15+ age division, and there were four other girls in my division.  The other girls were very good, and I did not think I would do that great.  While I was doing my routine, my baton got caught in the straps on my back and unhooked them.  So I had to finish the rest of my routine with straps flying around and trying to keep my costume on.  I thought it was a disaster, but I ended up getting third place.  The judge did not say anything about my costume, but she definitely noticed it was undone. She seemed to like me and was very nice; I hope I get her as a judge again some time in the future.

I went home with two trophies this past weekend, and I could not be more proud.  I did not expect to place, and I ended up doing very well. The next competition is going to be very exciting, and I hope I do as good as I did this past weekend.  Anyway, join me next week when I talk about my progress as a twirler and my goals for the future.