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The One About WGI 2024 Colorguard Championships
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Join our hosts this week as the recount their amazing time at WGI 2024. We get to meet Ryan Eberly a WGI volunteer and TikToker as well as talk to Jas Cousineau about the amazing journey Les Eclipses took to a Bronze Medal in A Class this year. All this plus Water we doing and Gush and Go’s!
Special Guests
Ryan Eberly - @Ryan1eberly
Jas Cousineau - @les_eclipses
Meet our Hosts
Jackie Brown - @spintronixguard
Stephen McCarrick - @stephenmccarick
Cindy Barry - @leandermomma
Nicole Younger - @o2bnpjs & @thecookoutcg
Trevor Bailey - @t_pain151
Trish O’Shea - @trishdish1002
Beth Beccone - @bether7189
Chris Rutt - @wildhornbrass1
Cynthia Bernard - @cynthiabern
Ashlee Amos - @famousamossss_
Theo Harrison - @harrisontheo07
Stephanie Click - @stephanieclick
Whitney Stone - @dancerwhit
Justin Surface - @J_dex07
Ashley Tran - @itsashleytran
Jack Goudreau - @goudreau_
Bill Woodward - @remoking100
Emily Nee - @tch.makes.art
Ricardo Robinson-Shinall - @ricardorrobinson
Callie Quire - @cnquire
Austin Hall - @Austin_hall10
Jose Montes - @joeymontes57
Music provided by leydamusic.com Follow him @josh.leyda
Avatars provided by @tch.makes.art
Featuring
Lexi Duda - Host for On A Water Break In Rhinestones - The Stories of the Twirlers @lexi_duda
Thank you also to @guardcloset
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Transcript
Recap of 2024 WGI Color Guard Championships & Memorable Moments
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Hey, everyone. We are back for another week of exciting rehearsals. This week, we are recapping the 2024 WGI Color Guard Championships. We will also find out what made Ricardo say... When that girl snatched that saber out the air in the name of Jesus standing on that rock. I... And why Trish said...
00:00:28
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But oh, if you go back and read some of those comments from alumni, they just feel like this was not right, they're not being treated fairly, and what a disappointment for those kids. All this and more, so get out of the field and we will see you back on the sidelines for this week's episode of On a Water Break. Eight off the Met and go.
Introduction to 'On a Water Break' Podcast
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Welcome to On a Water Break.
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podcast where we talk everything marching arts. Everyone bring it in. It's time for a water break. Welcome to another episode of season two of On A Water Break and the podcast where we talk about everything you and your friends are talking about at rehearsal on a water break.
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I'm Jackie Brown. Percussion is over, wins is over, and of course, Color Guard is all over also. WGI is now a wonderful memory for everyone who got to participate and watch and just be surrounded by this whole experience. Memories were made, tears were shed, celebrations were had. We have a super exciting episode.
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recapping all of it because not only do we get to deep dive into WGI with some of our hosts who were there, but we have some very interesting guests joining us. So we don't have a minute in this rehearsal to
Hosts Catch Up & Introduce Trish and Nicole
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spare. So let's see who's on the sideline. Ricardo. Bonjour. I always want to roll your R. I love it so much. Oh my gosh. I loved working with you this weekend.
00:02:05
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Jackie, it was so great to get to see you, because we haven't actually seen each other and hung out in years. Years, literally. So it was fun to just get to spend some time with you and just watch Color Guard with you. I loved it. Oh, and Trish. Hi, everyone. I was so excited to get to meet you in person, finally. I know. It was so cool. And speaking of meeting in person, Nicole is here.
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This sound is everything. I love it.
00:02:43
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Hi, Jackie. Nicole, I'm also getting to meet you in person because I feel like we've known each other forever now at this point. Honestly, we got along like a house on fire, and so did Vic and I, your son. He's great. You bake him good, Jackie. We'll get on another one. We'll let you know how that goes.
00:03:09
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Listers, I have to tell you, meeting Jackie's son for the first time, oh my God, the most adorable child in the world. My ovaries are hurting and I want a baby now because of that. Not to mention, when we went to WGI, we had a content house going on during WGI because we all lived together. Right? I'm sorry, this little sound's cracking up.
00:03:39
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So it was good to like be in there and then like after the day, it's like, okay, let's all meet in the living room and talk about what we're going to do tomorrow. It was fun. I liked it. It was a lot of fun. And returning to join us again is Jaz, the designer of Les Eclipses. Hi. So excited to be here. I'm excited to meet you because I've heard your episode before, but I wasn't on it with you. So I am.
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and your guard. We'll get to that. We'll get to that.
Ryan Everly's Introduction & Marching Band History
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But up first is someone that represents some of the most important people at WGI Championships. And he happens to also have a pretty decent following on social media, if I do say so myself. Please welcome WGI volunteer extraordinaire, Ryan Everly. Hi. Hey there. OK. Thanks so much for having me. I'm glad to be here.
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I'll share a bit of my, uh, life story and, uh, and then we'll get into the, uh, we have a way we do. Oh, you have. I didn't know we should have explained the rules beforehand. I know that's our, that's our fault there.
00:04:52
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So we have this thing, it's called the 32 count life story. We're going to give you, we really like our guests to have like a, a good like heart rate going whenever they start on this show. So, uh, we're going to run a metronome for you. You sound too calm right now. We got to get you up. Yep. So we're going to give you eight off the mat and then you just start right in and you have 32 counts to give us your whole life story. All of it.
00:05:21
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All right, from the beginning. From the top. All right, let's roll it. OK, so I started marching band in Color Guard in the 90s. I tell my kids in the 1900s. But then right out of high school, I started designing and instructing. And I happened to stay there my entire career. So here I am 30 years later and loving every minute of it. I did have some former students at March DCI and DCA and WGI.
00:05:51
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But I've been local my whole career. And about a year and a half ago, I went viral on TikTok. And that's been the history ever since. Good job. Good job. All right, there's grass. I gotta do it. Did you say you have the drip? The drip? I don't think I said that, but I hope I don't. No, he like went.
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It's a good thing. Having the drip is the good thing. That's what the kids say. I was going to say, he was born in the 1900s with us guys. He doesn't say drip. When my TikTok went viral, I had to get a translation because people were like, oh, he left no crumbs. And I was like,
00:06:39
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It was on a middle school cafeteria floor. I guarantee there were crumbs. Yeah. And that was to an NSYNC song, which is crazy because like people sent me your TikTok like crazy. They're just like, you have to react to this. You have to react to this. And then, but then it also came up in my for you page because I love NSYNC. And so that just, you know, it was just a big, whole big bundle of viralness is great. Yeah. Yeah. It was a bit overwhelming, but, uh, I think it was the juxtaposition of
00:07:09
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This old guy doing stuff like that, I don't think many people expected that from me. I look like a dad. I don't look like somebody who can do that, so anyway. A fierce dad.
00:07:23
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And we'll go with that. So let's dive into our WGI experiences. How, how did you kind of get involved with your role? What's your role, Ryan? And how did you get involved with that? And what was your experience this weekend? Just let's go into short time.
Volunteering at WGI Championships: Insights from Ryan
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Yeah. So I've, I've gone to Dayton many times as a spectator and this was my first time volunteering. So.
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Um, it's actually a pretty sweet deal. If you volunteer, they put you up in a hotel and they feed you and you, and you get awesome seats. And the only thing we had to do was get there. Right. We had to find transportation to Dayton, but otherwise they took care of us and boy, did they take care of us. It was great experience. Um, I would a hundred percent do it again, the volunteer piece, you know, seeing the behind the scenes and, and really being able to, you know, for, for all of these groups, this, this is whether it's prelims or whether it's the, you know, in finals.
00:08:15
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This is world championships. It's a big deal. And for me, instructing all these years to be able to be part of that experience for these groups was pretty cool. And I know the first, like the first day when I was, so I was at the convention center on the first day with the independent A during prelims and then UD the rest of the week. And, you know, I would, I would take these instructors and show them the logistics. Okay. Here's where we're going to go down this path and just kind of, I called it the anxiety walk because
00:08:44
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You know, it's like they just need to see it and then they're good. So, so that was a lot of the, you know, that was a lot of the value for me was just helping them get comfortable with, okay, then you're going to go here and here's the entrance and over there's your exit and getting them comfortable. And then I was at UD on Friday, I was on the top of the tunnel. Like that's a cool place to be. Yeah.
00:09:09
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It was, you know, kind of rainy and yucky, but getting people trying to get them in inside, you know, as quickly as possible out of the rain. Um, and then Saturday I was at the, uh, equipment warmup tent, you know, and there's these groups that I've watched for years and I'm like, Oh, you got five minutes left to warm up. Let's go. You know, so it was just a very different experience, but, but kind of cool to be able to, to be a part of that experience with, uh, with so many, uh, with so many young people. It's great.
00:09:37
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That's awesome. I love that, that you're like getting involved in that way. You know, so many people don't, they don't realize they're like, Oh, if I'm not a performer anymore, I can't be involved in WGI. Or if I'm not like instructing a top 12 guard, I can't be involved in it. It's like there's, it takes so many people to do what we do. So it's, it's just amazing. And it is a well oiled machine. Yeah. Watching the behind the scenes, all the volunteers and the, the, the structure they have to support the volunteers.
00:10:06
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But the organization alone, it's a well-oiled machine and it has to be to move the number of groups they do in those couple of days. But yeah, a lot of great people that are making it happen. We obviously know what jazz was most excited about at WGI. But before we get to that, what else was there, Jazz? For us, it was really exciting because if you heard the podcast we did,
00:10:35
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with the two other Quebec groups. We actually weren't supposed to go to WGI at the beginning of the year. That's where I saw you the first time. We watched that actually one of the nights at WGI. Yeah. So it was really exciting for us just to like actually be there. So that was really exciting. And then, I mean, we got to medal. So bonus. Bonus. It's amazing. Yes.
00:10:59
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We shouted you guys out in our little independent A recap that we did in the tent at WGI at the show day table on what you guys did with those six people.
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It's just incredible. Really, honestly. I mean, Ricardo even talked about, what times you didn't even know there were only six of them out there. Yeah, Jazz. I was saying that when you saw those six performers, they were all so dynamic and how they moved around the floor. It was just captivating the whole time because I'm going to be 100% honest and don't come from me in the comments, everybody.
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But if you have a guard that small, it's hard to keep interest with just six people. And I never lost interest. I was intrigued from the start to the finish of that show. It started with how the floor, how y'all set out the floor. And I was like,
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Okay, I know this is gonna be interesting because we don't have like it's not 50 by 90. It's not 50 by 70 It's you know abstract art and you brought it in in a 3d way and I was like I'm here for it And that was the goal all along is that with what you said Ricardo being six is so hard because it gets boring really really quickly and you have to take the whole space so
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with them being six and they're all really really mature as well like I have to give them credit they're like super pristine members but we just wanted a show that represented kind of like laughing at the fact that we were six is like well what what's good with six well the number three so we'll just do a show on that and so that's kind of how it evolved it's just like just embracing the fact that we were six and not just being like oh we're a small group
00:12:43
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What are we going to do with that? We're like, we're embracing it. And like, yeah, we're six, but we're taking it to our advantage and like, you know, taking the show to another level. I have always said, and this will tie it back to Ryan's TikTok too. I have always said that a small guard can be very successful and very entertaining, very visual, as long as you have seen any NSYNC concerts because they're a band of them.
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There are five of them, and they do aging, and they do visuals, and they are crazy, and you can't look away. And it's possible. And now we've seen it happen. Oh, dear. Through that. I'm just staking my head over here.
00:13:41
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Okay, so let's
Jazz's Experience with Les Eclipses at WGI
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bring it back. What are some of the standouts, besides the performances? We'll get to the performances, we'll talk about those in a little bit. What are some of the standout things that happened at WGI? What were some of your guys' experiences? Just, all of my stories revolve around my son, so we're, yeah. You know, I have to say, first of all, it was so great meeting the rest of you co-hosts, because coming into this, I only knew Nicole and Jackie.
00:14:08
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We have our little, so listen, this is inside information. You're gonna get a bunch of inside scoop tonight about the podcast. So we have a group text message and we are very active in said text message. And we talk all the time, like late at night, early in the morning, all day long, text messages are going. So we have already built this little family amongst the podcasters, but it was so nice to like actually meet people in person. Like when I saw Trish for the first time, it was like Trish and I,
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have been marching color guard together for years. And we already, it was just, it was great. And everybody else that was there. So that was probably my biggest highlight. And also just seeing everyone in the family aspect that WGI is what it is. Like you have friends that you've marched with or friends that you taught with their friends that you taught and just being able to be in this little space for three days and just be the biggest color guard nerd.
00:15:05
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And nobody cares because everybody's right there being the color guard nerd with you. It's the most wonderful time of the year. A thousand percent. A thousand percent. Yeah. And honestly, as soon as you say something like that, like I was and I was at true truest.
00:15:21
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with one of the guards that I was working with and just a low, like a volunteer came by and I was helping to set up a prop and I was like, it's the most wonderful time of the year. He was like, yeah, it is. And I just kept walking by. I'm like.
00:15:39
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That's the one place you can say any, well, not the one place, but for colored people. You can go in and say some stuff and everyone just talks to each other. It's such a really welcoming community.
00:15:54
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But far as like standout stuff happens, I guess, just for me alone, because like the last, the last time I was up on on the retreat floor was like, Oh, gosh, back when I
00:16:10
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was marching maybe. But yeah, I mean, and with kids that, you know, with groups that I've had before, but like, this was the first time that I ever like presented a, an award of any kind. Yeah, that was cool. Yeah. And it was a lot of fun. Um, it gets real hot down there on the, on the floor. And it feels, it feels honestly like close your eyes. You're like, Oh, am I in a club?
00:16:37
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Oh no, no, there's kids around. I'm like, no one wants to see an aunt dance. That's me. No one wants to see an aunt. Oh, come on. Did anybody else have any moments that were like amazing? Wow. We besides shows, but like experiences that were great for you.
00:17:02
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I think that for me, it was being up in that box. It was being up in that sky box and being like, seeing everything from so high and just being with like so many
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you know, influential people in our activity, along with our podcast team. It was, it was really, really great. And a big thank you to show days designs for allowing us that opportunity to be up. Excellent sponsor. Oh my gosh. Love that. So we had a similar experience on the other side of the box, right? So for the volunteers, we were over on the flight deck on the other side and, uh, you just, I didn't know coming in, but we got to.
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So for a class finals, we got to sit up there and watch that. And then for world-class finals, we had primo seats, um, literally glass in front and there, there it was. So, um, yeah, we, I really enjoyed sitting in the box to, to watch when we weren't working highlight for me, though, open class finals. I got a text right, you know, towards the end, um, of open class, you know, the last couple of groups were going on and, um, you know,
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Special assignment for you. Meet us down behind the curtain. Well, I got to actually participate in open class finals, um, where I walked out and I was the guy who waved them towards me and then I sent them up to the front. So, hey, for first time volunteer, I felt pretty, uh, pretty important that I was on the floor and directing traffic. That was pretty cool.
00:18:35
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I would have loved to have done, like, I call the oranges, like what Lex calls it, communion. And I would have loved to have given out some oranges. That is so funny. Communion, that's perfect. Well, everybody, it is time to head back out onto the street. It is parade season, my favorite. We have some work to do, so let's go ahead and take it to commercial.
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00:20:27
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All right, everyone, set your equipment down. Hey, make sure you roll those flags up. Don't just throw them on the concrete. It is time to hear more all about the fun times we had at WGI. But right off the bat, before we get too far into this discussion about our favorites, we need to dive into our bronze medal winner of the WGI A-Class. This designer who took six performers from Canada
00:20:55
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They weren't even originally planning on going to WGI and they showed up and got a metal jazz. What was that like?
00:21:06
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It was insane because we, it was crazy. The reason why we actually decided to go to WGI and we registered probably two days before the limit was because we had so many people tell us, this show is so good, the show is so good, you need to go. So we were like, you know what, let's just do more fundraising and let's go. And we all knew that the show was good because we had been told so many times and that was the reason why we actually ended up going.
00:21:36
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But we didn't know how good it was until we got to finals retreat. So the kids were actually super, super nervous the first day and they didn't have a really, really good show. So we were kind of like, eh, what's going to happen? We were hoping to get top 10, top five, you know, depending on everyone else, obviously. But we ended up getting third, even with the bad show on prelims. And that got the kids really, really hyped.
00:22:04
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And they just continued until Friday evening for those three shows. And it was just insane. And my favorite part of the DJI was the reel that you guys took of the staff reaction during the finals.
00:22:20
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I think I've watched that video probably like 50 times on repeat and I still watch this whole week. I'm like it's so wholesome and like reliving the moment of like the reaction to the super clean flag feature and just us being so proud because that performance was so good.
00:22:36
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but you all made me like I look I remember looking over and being like oh my goodness like honestly like the amount like you can feel it in your hands I bet like you all just look so proud so proud yeah because the flag feature we had worked on that flag feature for so long and that was like all we did during those two hours of rehearsal before pre-list and semis so when it hit and it was clean we were just so happy and so proud and like just the
00:23:06
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Ending of like this whole big performance and the kids performing in ud arena and finals You know, it's a huge thing and there's only six of them and they just delivered all the way and they filled up the arena Six people filled up the arena. Absolutely
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So yeah, and then just obviously going into retreat, we were actually fourth in semis. And so we were like nervous about if we would get a medal or not in finals. And there's actually a video of the staff reaction and the members reaction when they announced fourth place and it wasn't us. And it was also another video that I keep watching over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
00:23:51
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you know, just being proud of them. Dude, live in that moment because, you know, are you I mean, are you decided to come back next year or?
00:24:02
Speaker
Oh, I'm super excited for next year. I'm already getting started. I mean, we'll see what rings the future brings with Liz Eclipse. I mean, there's only six of them. So hopefully we get more members. But I think this will do it. Yeah, we'll see what happens. But yeah, I'm ready. The staff is ready. Sure. Kids love to show up when I say kids like kids performers love to show up when they
00:24:26
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have a good chance of taking home a medal. Right, right. I mean, no promises for next year. We'll see, but. Doesn't this mean that aren't you now in open class automatically? Yeah, kind of. You're gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine. Yeah. Everybody gets all upset over those promotions. Listen, WG, I just told you that you are doing what you need to do to move into the next level.
00:24:52
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Yeah. I mean, I guess we're doing it. I guess it's the thing. So you did what needed to be done. Yeah. Yeah. It definitely was not expected because at the beginning of the year, we actually are cut off member limit was six. And if there was five of them, it was not going to happen. So it was just a true underdog story. I would say from the beginning.
00:25:20
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Thank you so much, Jazz. Congratulations to your members and the staff of Lacy Clipses. Guys, if you want to see that staff reaction to the Lacy Clipses finals run, go check it out on our social media, at On A Water Break. It's also on my Instagram, at Spintronics Guard, and it's been cross-posted most of different places, so go check it out.
00:25:44
Speaker
Those reactions you guys had were absolutely priceless and Cynthia is not here, but I love her so much and she's in that video too. Let's dive into a few of our hosts' standout performances.
Standout Performances at WGI
00:25:58
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Ryan, I want to know because you got to see behind the scenes, you got to see in front of the scenes, you got to see so many different perspectives. Who do you feel like really stood out to you? Yeah. Well, so I'm a little partial because
00:26:11
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One of my first TikTok followers was Heather from Etude. And I mean, they have a beautiful show, but I was a little partial there because as they were coming through the tent, I'm like, I know you. And she's like, I know you. And so I started taking pictures with anybody who recognized me. But yeah, so Etude was amazing. And the fact that they jumped from fourth up to second at finals, that was awesome. I was very excited.
00:26:42
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They were breathtaking in finals. They really were. Oh, yeah. Just flawless. And I believe they had at least one or two performers that were injured that didn't. Oh, wow. I sure couldn't tell. Right. Oh, wow. I think as if you were missing one or two performers, you probably know, but. Definitely. Yeah. But no, I thought their performance was was amazing. And then I'll just say just one word, Avon. Right. And then God. Yeah. Go for it.
00:27:11
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Those kids, those kids, those high school students. They're machines, yeah. Avon created an entirely new class for WGI. They are now universe class.
00:27:25
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Yes, universe class. What is it? What is it, Steven? Steven always says something like that about needing like galaxy level drum cores. Yeah. Or whatever. Universe. There's world, universe, galaxy. Right. Mm hmm. Talked about this in a very seriously nerd out way when we talked about it. Trish, who stood out to you? I know you all know what I'm going to say.
00:27:53
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You all know the guard that everybody called that weekend, my guard. So I really kept saying, your guard, your guard, your guard. Yeah, I might be friends with the director, but they are certainly not my guard in my dreams. But Arlington High School.
00:28:09
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I can't say enough. I mean, Bobby from show day and I were up in that box sobbing through their whole finals performance. I mean, really where I saw it. It finally all happened. And everything that I said was going to happen for them since the beginning of the season really did happen. And it was a magical moment, really one that I'll never forget.
00:28:33
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So good, so good. I'm pretty sure it was during their performance that Victor and I were up in the box, and he was jumping down the steps, and I was a little bit afraid he was going to hook himself over that barrier a little bit. Yeah. What a moment. But people were waving at him from the crowd, so I was like, okay, whatever. Maybe they'll catch him if that happens.
00:29:02
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Nicole, who stood out to you? What was your favorite? I will tell you, I mean, all the obvious ones, but there was a day that Jeremy's friend John and I went to the Nutter Center and we watched A-Class Semis. And I'm just going to give it up for A-Class because this was so good for them.
00:29:26
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And everyone knows what a bloodbath A-Class is. And every guard came and said, I'm not playing. But the show that really, really, in jazz, yes, you weren't playing. The show that really stood out to me, and I know I have this right, Lockhart High School. Lockport. Oh, Lockport, excuse me. From Illinois? Yes. With the windows and the vampires. And the newspapers.
00:29:56
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I did an Anthony and the Johnson song and that lead singer has like this really like haunting voice and they had like the period piece sets and you know and the uniforms and everything and it took you you know what I mean it started off real subtle.
00:30:14
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you know and then like it was just like a what I call a slow burn because by the end you were like on your feet and I did not expect that yeah I didn't expect it and then I was like this is another one I want to see I watched them twice and even when we were at the tent when they walked through I was like oh my gosh stop I love your show like I was being fan I was fangirling them
00:30:39
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My favorite part of that show was when they had the newspaper, the giant newspaper. And I was like, oh, they're going to spin newspaper. And then they tore those off and there were flags. But then inside the flags, there were more newspapers. I told John, I stepped behind John on Saturday night and I told him, I was like, that's the most creative thing you've ever done.
00:31:01
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I, I absolutely loved it. And, um, I wanted to know more about it. I'm that kind of person that I want to dig deeper into your show. Like, yes, what you show us is great, but I want to know why. So, um, one of my friends actually looked it up and there was a poem about a woman in the Victorian times who was in a yellow room and she kind of went crazy.
00:31:26
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And like they boarded up the windows. There's more than a poem, but I remember I was like, Oh, I found this out. Oh my goodness. And so I read it and I just, it has a whole new, I have a whole new appreciation for it, but I really loved it. That was definitely one of my favorites. You're catapulting off of what you're saying there. Like I love the way that color guards
00:31:51
Speaker
are using their social media for that to kind of give the backstory of their shows. Because like sometimes you watch a show and you're like, that's so interesting, but I don't understand it. And I felt that way about Blessed Sacrament's show. I was like, this is amazing color guard. I love it. But I don't get the concept of the show. And then I go to their Instagram and I'm like,
00:32:14
Speaker
Oh, okay. This is what they're doing with that concept. And this is what they're doing. And honestly, I loved it. I love that so much that I could, I felt like I could appreciate it more. So then when they came back for finals, it was like, okay, I get it now. I understand the concept.
00:32:29
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And it's good. I mean, honestly, everyone says that this activity is changing and it's evolving. It is. And I think it's evolving with the time and how the time right now is that almost every performer and every designer and tech and staff member
00:32:47
Speaker
judge, they're all on social media. A lot of people will get their information that way. And that is a great way for us to honestly communicate as an activity. And like you said, I don't understand it first, but it actually gives you a way to not be alienated from those shows that you're like, I don't get it. And then you see that and you're like, oh, I get it now.
00:33:10
Speaker
I like that is accessibility. That's what it is. What was that group that did the thing with the lights? They used their social media to be able to tell people to turn their flashlights on on their phones. Oh, yeah. That was like the Anne Frank show. Holly Holly Springs, Holly Springs. Yeah, there we go.
00:33:30
Speaker
That was special. We were all up in the box and we were like, how did they all know? How did they all know to put the lights on? How did they all know? Right.
Holly Springs' Unique Audience Interaction
00:33:38
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To find out it was social media. I misunderstood the assignment. I'm like, you're going to burn your battery out. Right.
00:33:49
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But I did not know that. What a cool moment for those kids, though, to see that. The director had reached out to multiple groups, yeah. Just to know there's so many people listening to them out there, you know, like, right, like, it's so nice to know you're not just like screaming into a void when you're like messaging other directors, or if you're posting things on social media, like people are seeing it, they're looking at it, and they're taking that information and they're doing something with it. Ricardo. 100%.
00:34:17
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What were you so excited about? There were so many. OK, so first of all, we always have to make reference to Avon from now until the end of time. We have to make reference to Avon. Right. Voila. It's done. Voila. It's done. Voila. Don't ever stop.
00:34:34
Speaker
Don't ever stop. In world class, I'm so excited. I hope everyone is going to listen to the bonus episode that comes out because we got to interview Bloody Mary from Boxardium.
00:34:48
Speaker
That show was just creative and fun. You know, we were talking about how like that kind of commitment that Bloody Mary did, like we really haven't seen that in the arena in a really long time. And like if I really had to put my finger on it, like back in the day when Patriots did liquid days and there were two people, Mary Hoyt, which well, wait, she's not Mary Hoyt anymore. She's Mary Romanowski.
00:35:18
Speaker
now. And she walked around Yudhi Arena with that big old trout in her hands, just going up to people. And it's just like, girl, you're going to stink in a minute. And then there was another performer as well, Tracy Babs. Tracy Babs, yeah. She put, and she put, well, it was supposed to be mud, but it was actually like cookies and water. I know, I just told the secret, but she walked around Yudhi Arena with that thing on.
00:35:46
Speaker
and like would go up to people and start talking. And I was just like, oh, that that level of commitment and the way she was just like, I don't y'all can fold the floor. I'm given every section a little time with me. And that's a great way to be a great way to be. Absolutely. Jerry just signaled and said when everybody did the peacock show, which I've only seen on video, but that entrance from them coming in with those peacocks, that was another.
00:36:16
Speaker
Back in the, we're back in the 1900s. Last century. But yeah, so my, I think all the, everyone's calling out all the really good shows too. So I'm just going to piggyback on them, but I am going to say one of my favorite A-Class color guard moments was the moment at the end of Mount Vernon show when that girl snatched that saber out the air and the name of Jesus.
00:36:45
Speaker
Standing on that rock, my spirit left this earth and went up to heaven and came back into my body because that girl snatched that saber. She said, she'll not move. She said, set out. Set out.
00:37:07
Speaker
I lost it. So that was, that was a big stand out moment for me, but it's just, there's so many groups to talk about that were good, but you know, those are my few. How about Tampa independent, the guy that did the aerial at the end, right? And I'm like, yeah, this is the second group on what's coming next. Right. I mean, that was, that was great early in the independence at finals. And it's like, what, what is going on here?
00:37:35
Speaker
I thought about that because I was just like, if I'm tearing up right now, please don't let anyone take a picture of me by the time the last one comes on. Just speaking of Tampa Independent too, I feel like I remember when Tampa Independent was A class and now they are world. That is obviously it's growth, but it's also maturity because I remember when they were in A class and this was a gradual climb for them.
00:38:05
Speaker
Yeah. Gosh, beautiful. Yeah. Okay. We're not even going to talk about that because I taught the directors. They're my babies. Oh, all right. Okay. I have personal statements. It's from the 1900s. That was in the 2000s, yes, but I am from the 1900s. So being able to see them, you know,
00:38:25
Speaker
back in the day when they were in the gym and they said, we're going to start, maybe one day we'll start an independent color guard and watching that group grow and seeing them from week to week. Cause they're here. I mean, I live in Saint Pete across the bridge from Tampa, so I'm with them all the time. It was just fantastic. And my kids marched there after they graduate from high school. The captain of that guard is a former student of mine, the opening soloist.
00:38:50
Speaker
Juan is a student of mine. He is my assistant now. I have personal stake in them being amazing. So I can gush and go on them all day long. That's right. But that was just amazing color guard. That design and everything about it was just beautiful. And guess what? They are show day design clients too, so. Right. Absolutely. And I feel like really quickly I would be remiss if the Jersey girl didn't shout out
Fusion's Historic Win & Future Performances
00:39:20
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the first ever New Jersey independent world championship champion fusion winner guard, which, which for those of you who don't know our circuit, the mid Atlantic indoor network.
00:39:33
Speaker
goes another week. So our championships are this weekend. So we all here in New Jersey get another opportunity to see not only Fusion, but AMP, who we did not get to see in finals. So we all get another opportunity. So it's going to be really cool. But shout out to Fusion, go Jersey. I do want to bring up the fact that like unprecedented about what happened to AMP because that was so
00:40:03
Speaker
I, we just never heard it. We've never seen it before. At least in my time, I've never seen anything like that before. And, you know, for them to have probably done semis, like not okay. But to be like, Hey, you know, we're gonna, we're gonna bow out. And I really felt
00:40:23
Speaker
horrid for them. Because I was like, oh, this is going to be your, you know, last performance and you don't get to do it. But then someone told me, oh, yeah, they have, you know, their championships. And so I was just like, you know, that's going to be some special stuff for y'all. You know, you've got some prime seats for that performance. And yeah, man.
00:40:47
Speaker
I'll make sure their show is good. I'll make sure it's going to be your last run. Yeah. And their semi finals run was spec.
00:40:57
Speaker
It was amazing. Yeah. You know, when people say, you know, you need to pull it out and, you know, get out there and, you know, do the thing, leave your heart out there. It's just like, I'm sure that some of them like literally did that because like, you know, without, you know, without performing, they're already like, I'm sick and I'm tired. And it's like, OK, great. I'm sick and I'm tired and I'm performing.
00:41:24
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dig deep and figure it out yeah exactly they dug deep
00:41:29
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I need to give a shout out to Tarpon Springs. I feel like there was a lot, like coming from somebody who's like social media, video blogging and that sort of like that sort of realm, seeing how they took that element and like incorporated it with like the Tarpon World News concept, that really spoke to me. And I was just like, this is a cool concept.
00:41:55
Speaker
I love the integration of the non-guard performers and the live music and such. Shout out to them for all of their creativity in that production. Shout out to the prop guys because they had props going from, they were outside and on the floor at the same time. The whole way up the tunnel around the corner, no other group could even get in because they had quite the production.
00:42:22
Speaker
to do all of that. And it's like, I'm going to see in five minutes. It's amazing the level of effort that all of these groups put into these, you know, huge sets, but all that behind the scenes, all the dads, all the, there's a lot of people, there's a lot of work that goes into it over and above just the performers to get them on and off.
00:42:41
Speaker
as quickly and as flawlessly as they do. I have a saying. If you need something done, call a band prop daddy. That's right. Very true. All right. We need to get back out on the street because our banner carriers haven't been carrying that banner straight and we got to do some more drops. Let's do it.
00:43:17
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00:43:47
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Bonus Episode Announcement: Interviews with Jeff Sactig & AMP Captains
00:44:16
Speaker
We got to do so many fun interviews at WGI. Bobby and I got together and created an entire bonus episode of many more of the interviews that we did at WGI after WGI just all related. The episode includes interviews with Jeff Sactig, the captains from AMP, Rick Suble, and so many more people.
00:44:43
Speaker
Oh my gosh. What were some of the memorable- It was a good time doing those interviews. Yeah, those memorable moments of the interviews was awesome. And I have to gush real quick because Trish and I got to interview the people from Dartmouth and Bloody Mary. So we're super excited about that. Oh my God, it was so much fun. They were all so great. And just precious people.
00:45:10
Speaker
Guys, make sure you go listen to that bonus episode because like I said, there's so much, so much good stuff on there. I personally absolutely love working the booth. I loved, I loved giving away free flags. That was like amazing. And getting to talk to so many of our fans and listeners and like making new fans out of people and just
00:45:31
Speaker
It was fantastic to see people come through and subscribe to us or to get recognized. They're like, oh, I came over here because I heard their free flags. And they're like, oh, wait, I recognize you. Can we take a picture? And it's so awesome to get to have those connections. I had a lot of fun. Amazing, yeah.
00:45:51
Speaker
We, I mean, honestly, once we started going, like, when we took it to like other venues, that's where I was just like, oh, gosh, okay, I'm a little nervous. Yeah, I really did because like, I did like, what are we doing spectator edition? And I was like, someone's gonna say no, and they didn't. And I was just like, great, okay. Yeah, they didn't get any nos. No, that's really cool.
00:46:20
Speaker
I think some of those water we doings just from random people at WGI are the best and most honest and most real water we doings. Yeah. Yes, it's so true. So let's go ahead and let's talk about what are we doings because as much as WGI is an amazing time, so many incredible things come out of it, there are things that could also be a little different. So what are we doing? What are we doing?
Controversy Over AMP's Missing Semi-Final Performance
00:46:56
Speaker
What are we doing? Trish, I have to start with you. Okay. I love it. Now, I know there's probably some sort of copyright or legal or something in some kind of rule book that prevented this from happening. So I don't want to step on any toes or anything like that.
00:47:19
Speaker
What were we doing not showing amps semi-final performance on the Jumbotron when they were supposed to be performing in finals? Again, I'm sure there was a reason for it. I'm sure there was, you know, there's a backstory. Somebody will tell us eventually why that didn't happen. Streaming laws or something. But ooh, yeah, maybe. But ooh, those alumni were not happy on Instagram.
00:47:45
Speaker
Oh, some amp alums were commenting on flow marching's Instagram because flow marching did put up a post of pictures just saying it's nine o'clock, you know, you know, featuring amp or whatever. And they did put up some stills, but oh, if you go back and read some of those comments from alumni, we were, you know, they just feel like this, you know, this was not right. This, they're not being treated fairly. And what is this appointment for those kids?
00:48:16
Speaker
I did Sunday night when I got home, I did watch the rebroadcast because I just couldn't get enough. And I wanted to see what it looked like from the flow perspective when AMP was performing and all you just saw was the arena and nothing. And they did make the announcement obviously, but
00:48:33
Speaker
I mean, that would have been really cool. I know we would have been cheering in our seats. I'm sure the poor, sick kids back at the hotel who were watching Flo probably would have really, you know, that would have really, you know, perked them up a little bit. And, you know, it's just unfortunate. But again, I'm sure there's a story. I'm sure there's a reason. And I'm sure it's a good one. But what were we doing not showing that?
Ricardo Addresses Negative Online Commentary
00:49:00
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Ricardo, what are we doing?
00:49:02
Speaker
Listen, okay, now I have already, I'm going to scorn the listeners right now because I have already asked, what are we doing about this? But some of us obviously did not see that short daily watering. What are we doing about talking trash, about color guards, and putting it out in the world? Okay, I am sorry.
00:49:25
Speaker
Listen, you might not like something that every show is not going to be for you. Okay. But you do not need to go out and sound off on your keyboard and talk about those instructors worked hard. But furthermore, every one of those performers who were on the floor.
00:49:42
Speaker
We're working their butts off to entertain you. If you don't like it, don't say nothing. If you ain't got nothing nice to say, don't say nothing at all. We do not need to be on the internet posting stuff, being dumb, saying stupid stuff. All those people that were involved in that.
00:49:58
Speaker
They were doing what they were asked to do and they did it at a high level because guess what? You were watching them. So I just, what are we doing? Steal trash talking. We know better. Do better. Be better. Can I spill some tea that's totally related to this? Oh, I love tea. When I took my group to
00:50:20
Speaker
to WGI two years ago, struggle of our lives. Like you're talking about taking our little group and like throwing them in world class all of a sudden, a little A team throwing us in world class all of a sudden and running us to WGI and like with our show not quite finished and all this stuff going on and
00:50:40
Speaker
But we worked through it and we did it. We only had two members who couldn't come and like seriously they worked so hard everybody who was there even the ones who weren't there had been working hard they just stuff came up and Seriously, they were so proud of themselves like everybody, you know, the audience was freaking out They were so excited to see us. We have so many people who follow us online now and then like we were so proud and we were so excited to get off the floor and then we went and checked our social media and I had people
00:51:10
Speaker
who were people who I looked up to as instructors and judges, who I guess they didn't know I followed them on social media, who were saying horrible things about our show and about our team. And I was like, why would you say those things? Like, well, I know who's not my idol anymore. So yeah, you never know who's watching it. No matter what end of the spectrum you're on, it's
00:51:35
Speaker
for you. Yeah, not to mention we're all educators here, you know, this will be the last thing I say because like you are whatever you do, your kids are going to see it. Mm hmm. Social media once you put it out on the internet, it's there forever. It's there forever. People think that it just is going to disappear or it's going to know it's always there. Somebody and somebody's going to see it and that is going to be somebody's impersonation from you. So it's called screenshot.
00:52:05
Speaker
that.
Importance of Encouraging A-Class Groups
00:52:08
Speaker
Well, Nicole, I hope that's not the last thing you want to say, because it's your turn to tell me what are we doing? What are we doing? And I this is kind of a, I don't know, a happy what are we doing? But like, there was just so many good. Good is like, okay, good is, I guess you could say your basic level. There were so many fantastic shows.
00:52:35
Speaker
Not that we can do this, but what are we doing not lifting all the shows up in some way, shape, or form? I know it's WGI. I don't know. Maybe, Ryan, you can tell me how many guards came in to WGI this year. Oh my. I don't know the total. I would assume it's probably north of 200. I think there were 120 just scholastic A's. Okay.
00:53:04
Speaker
Wow. I mean, alone, again, just lifting those groups up, because there was a lot of new groups, especially in A class, Scholastic A and Independent A, lifting those groups up, making sure that, honestly, because that's where the future of WGI is, is in A class.
00:53:28
Speaker
Lifting those groups up, giving them a little bit more of a push, any way, shape, or form. So yeah, what are we doing? Why are we not doing that? But at the same time, I'm glad to see the way that some groups are being pushed by other groups, you know, the camaraderie of it all. So. Kind of to that point, WGI does a really great job of making everyone like, even if prelims was it, right? Even if you showed up and you did prelims and you didn't go any further.
00:53:58
Speaker
I think WGI really made a concerted effort to make that as special as if you were on the arena at Dayton or UD. So at least I feel like the organization really values each and every one of those groups, but yeah, to your point.
00:54:16
Speaker
You could definitely see that even at truest, which is the furthest away from, you know, UD and every kid that was, was out there was just like, yeah, you know, like jumping up and I love to see the like the nervous energy, but they're like, yes, go get it. Let's go. Let's go. And then you just see like, oh my gosh, have a good time. And they're like, high fiving people. They don't know. So good. So good. It's such an accomplishment just to make it to the end of the season and to be able to go to WGI. It's, oh, it's amazing.
00:54:44
Speaker
Jess,
Jazz on Exhaustion from WGI Championships
00:54:45
Speaker
what are we doing? What are we doing with early morning rehearsals? This is just awesome. Because I'm going from 4am on Thursday and Friday and I was up for 23 hours straight on Friday because we had rehearsal from 6 to 8 and then we had semis and then we had finals that night and then we had retreat at like 1am. So what are we doing with that?
00:55:11
Speaker
that we're taking nap time because we actually came back to the hotel after our semis before our finals, but we were looking at the scores and refreshing and like, you know, what's happening? What's the score? And then by the time we were done, we couldn't nap because we had to go perform at finals. So that was a struggle. Jazz. So I was sitting next to a friend who lives in Arizona for open class finals, and it was like 10 o'clock in the morning.
00:55:40
Speaker
And he started talking about, he said, you realize this is a West Coast group. And on the West Coast, it's just now 7am. And he said, and they had a rehearsal this morning and have been here for hours doing this. Like you have to think about like,
00:55:57
Speaker
The time shift that people have to do and, ugh, no. I always say it. I always say it and I have an expression. I call it date and tired. There is no tired in the world like date and tired. There's just not. Even my friends that weren't here were texting me, are you date and tired? Are you date and tired? I'm like, I'm so date and tired. There's no expression of date and tired. I'm so date and tired. There's no tired like date and tired.
00:56:25
Speaker
Well, and I would I would, you know, want to compare it to like the Macy's Parade because, you know, all the bands from like 2 a.m. or something. But but a lot of those bands are in New York for a week already at that point. There is no acclimation to the time zone when you're in Dayton. You're just there. You show up, you perform and you're on Dayton time.
00:56:54
Speaker
Ryan, what are we doing? Well, I kind of touched on it in the last segment, but what are we doing with all these props? My goodness. Just from the logistics, why, you know, why do these designers keep doing that to these poor parents and kids? But no, I kind of say that tongue in cheek because it really does add to the show. But I'm wondering, like, where is this going? Right. And and jazz can attest that
00:57:21
Speaker
You don't need to bring out everything to be super successful. And even Fusion or Blessed Sac, some of those groups, they didn't have a train of props. They had a handful. But yeah, I just think it's, I'm just curious where it's going to go. And drones, like what's next, right? We're going to have, so. Oh, I just gave someone some ideas, but. No, drones are my drone, man.
00:57:50
Speaker
They're presently fans. I don't know if that will ever change, but they're presently fans. I have a lot before rehearsals. And you get incredible footage from those rehearsals. Our marching band parents do that. They take drum videos. But sometimes you have kids scared and ducking from them instead of. Or marching the whole show like this, picking up. On the flip side. Good job, everyone. Set your equipment down. Gush and go.
00:58:20
Speaker
All right, it's time for the gush and goes Trish. What do you want to gush and go on about? Well, my gush and go was going to be kind of what Ricardo talked about earlier. So I'll reiterate. It was Dayton weekend was just an incredible weekend. It was just an incredible experience. And I said to my boyfriend earlier, I'm so excited. I even said it on the group chat. I'm so pumped about tonight's episode because I get to see you all again.
00:58:46
Speaker
And now I know you. And now we hung out. Now I know all you guys. And it was just, I couldn't wait to see my friends again. You know what I mean? So thank you for that. And aww. You all just saw that, right? Yeah. That was cool. Oh my god. Oh, wow. Oh, I'm sorry. Trisha, I didn't mean magic. No, you're good. You're good. But bois, I love you all.
00:59:15
Speaker
Oh, we love you. We love you, Trish. I love you too. Ricardo, what do you want to gush and go about? I just had so much fun.
00:59:25
Speaker
I, so I get the added benefit of, uh, my husband is actually from Dayton and my in-laws live in Dayton. So I get to go to Dayton and not only spend time with like my color guard friends who are the most awesome people in the world, but I also get to spend time with my family and my family all comes to world championship finals. And it's just, it's a special like family thing that we started doing like seven, seven, eight years ago.
00:59:54
Speaker
And it's my favorite time of the year. So my heart is still warm from all of that and being in all of y'all's presence and meeting Jackie's adorable son who got his wings and wanted to show them off. It was just great. And yeah, just color guard. I love color guard all over again and being inspired by everyone. Nicole, what would you like to gush and go about?
01:00:21
Speaker
I mean, Ditto Trish. Yes. It's just so many people that you want to see. I mean, I'm happy that I saw the people that I saw, and then I didn't get to see a lot of people. But at the same time, it's just like,
01:00:40
Speaker
I don't know. It's special. It's so special because you think about how old you are and how old you are. Oh no, it's okay. You can think about how old you are. But you know how long WGI has been going and then like honestly with like someone who is my age, like I have been in the era of no cell phones or internet into that cell phone and internet and then into like viral TikTok stars like Ryan.
01:01:10
Speaker
You know, so and how the world has evolved. So has the activity in so many ways and with so many people. So and with Jasmine and the way that you designed and wrote for those six people. So I'm gushing and going about the evolution of the activity. Jasmine, what do you want to go about?
01:01:35
Speaker
I'm just happy that we, Liz Eclipse got to experience what we experienced last week. It was just so great. And I'm happy that I got to be on this podcast with you all. Thank you for having me. Ryan, what would you like to gush and go about? I would like to gush and go about all of the, uh, the other volunteers. I feel like I had such a small part. And when I look at, look at all of the volunteers that helped with WPI.
01:02:01
Speaker
And they've been doing it for years. And it's definitely a family. So if anyone gets an opportunity and they say, you know what? I could help. I could move groups through. I know the process. I get it. I strongly encourage you to look it up. It's a great group. And it's very rewarding.
01:02:20
Speaker
And likewise, thank you so much for having me tonight. This has been a bit humbling. I feel like I'm not worthy to be here. You better stop. You are definitely worthy. I'm excited to have gotten to meet you since I was so disappointed we didn't get to meet at WGI. Yeah, we'll have to fix that next time. For sure. We should do a TikTok together. We should, yeah, absolutely.
01:02:44
Speaker
We might break the internet though. That's fine. The internet sucks anyway, so we'll just break it and start a new one. It's fine. I need to gush and go about all of you guys and not just the on a water break cast and everybody, but everybody who was so warm and welcoming. I got so much great advice from people. I was so, so, so nervous going into this trip because
01:03:11
Speaker
it's been a while since I've taken my little guy with me on a trip somewhere and like now I'm pregnant and I just got over like being really sick and so there's just so many things up in the air and I think you guys were just so great you know there was so much good advice and you guys were so
01:03:29
Speaker
flexible with everything that, you know, we had to do is like, okay, well, we have to, like, I have to go to bed because the toddler's screaming or like, you know, whatever's going on with us is always like, you guys are just like, okay, got to do your thing or, or, you know, anytime I needed help with stuff, there was always somebody there to help. And so I really appreciate it. You know, I brought my former student and friend Sydney with me and she helped a lot. And so I appreciate her help too.
01:03:55
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And yeah, you guys were just so warm and welcoming and I appreciate you all playing order pickup with him because that's his favorite game. Green beans. Green beans. What's a special green beans? It's a family jack game. I feel that way.
01:04:18
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Well, thank you all for a great rehearsal this week. Thank you to our hosts, Trish, Ricardo, Nicole, Jazz, Ryan. Make sure you look up Les Eclipses at Les Eclipses, spelled L-E-S-E-C-L-I-P-S-E-S. You can find Jazz there and all of her beautiful design and everything. And then Ryan, of course, you probably all already follow Ryan anyways, but just in case you don't, you can find him on TikTok at Pops Got the Moves.
01:04:48
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I think it's all one word or on Instagram as Ryan one Eberly one more thing.
01:04:58
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