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On A Water Break With… Piper Click & Max Marr, Marching in Social Media
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This week, we’re taking a break with two powerhouse performers who are redefining what it means to be visible — both on the floor and online. Hosts Jackie Brown and Nicole Younger sit down with Piper Click (University of Alabama, Alta Marea, Blue Devils) and Max Marr (Fantasia, Blue Devils) to talk about performing at the highest level while managing a growing social media presence during the competitive season.
In this episode, Piper and Max share their 32 Count Life Stories, give us a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to balance school, rehearsal, and content creation, and reflect on how visibility, legacy, and pressure shape their experience as young leaders in the marching arts.
🎧 Hosted by: Jackie Brown (@spintronixguard) & Nicole Younger (@nicoleyoungercreative)
🎤 Guests:
• Piper Click – @piper.k.click / @piper.spins
• Max Marr – @maxspin.s
💬 In This Episode
• 32 Count Life Stories from Max & Piper
• Being recognized at Dayton & UD Arena
• The realities of rehearsal schedules, travel, and vlogging
• “Color guard influencers” and what visibility really means
• How they deal with social media pressure and performance anxiety
• The biggest misconceptions people have about them
• Their most surprising (and weirdest!) DM stories
• What Are We Doing? (Max and Piper sound off on white ceilings & timeline chaos)
• Gush & Go: The future of Alta Marea, Blue Devils, and show reveal season joy!
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"I just wanted to make sure I kept myself on track… and it turned into this big thing." – Max Marr📲 Want to be on the show?
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Transcript
Introduction to Bonus Episode
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Hey everyone and welcome to another bonus episode of On A Water Break With where we spotlight the incredible people shaping marching arts. From performers to designers to educators, we're here to learn from their stories and find out what keeps them coming back season after
Performers on Social Media & Competition
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season.
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This time we go on a water break with two amazing performers dealing with the new world of social media during the competition season.
00:00:26
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Eight off the Met and go. Welcome to to On a Water Break. The podcast where we talk everything marching arts. Everyone, bring it in.
00:00:38
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It's time for a water break.
00:00:43
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Hey everyone, it's Jackie. I'm super excited to be doing this bonus episode with you Before we get started though, don't forget to follow us at On A Water Break.
Meet the Hosts: Jackie & Nicole
00:00:52
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Subscribe and leave us a review.
00:00:54
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It really, really helps others in the activity to find us and join in on the conversation. I am not on the sidelines alone today. Joining me is the amazing Nicole.
00:01:06
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Yeah. How are you? I am good. I'm a little bit, I had some sun this morning, so I'm all ready for rehearsal though. Look at me go. Oh, you're rosy cheeked. Yes.
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Love that for you.
00:01:20
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I have not gotten outside as much as I should, and I'm going to be on tour a lot this summer. So yeah. Hit that base tan going before you go out on tour. That's going to be like my best advice. Make sure you have a base tan. Otherwise you're going to have some funky lines.
00:01:35
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I'm going to have funky lines anyway, girl. You're smelling and don't have from nothing, okay?
00:01:45
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Oh, we were just saying before we started that this is our first time in a long time having guests for Nicole and me to talk to. So we're very excited to get talking to our guests. Let's go ahead and bring them in.
Introducing Max Marr & Piper Click
00:01:58
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but They are performers who are not just performing at the highest level, you know, in WGI, DCI. They are also living a double life because they are...
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performing on the floor and online. So one of them has a huge following and is bringing that Fantasia fierce, and the other is dancing her way through Alta Marea, the University of Alabama, and she is carrying the weight of a family legacy and drum corps. I can't even imagine.
00:02:28
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Please welcome to the podcast, Max Marr and Piper Click.
00:02:36
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Welcome, welcome. a Bye. Okay. So just so you know, and Jackie, I hope you're okay with me going right into this. This is my favorite.
00:02:47
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Jump in. I guess you could say, yeah, jump on in. This my favorite game to play with all of the ah guests that come on. And I say game, but it's more for our benefit than yours. But it's called the 32-count life story.
00:03:01
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But what do you need to do is just put your whole life story into 32 counts, and we'll even give you the Met to go off of. It's so easy. Okay. So Max, we'll have you go first. All right.
00:03:13
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Okay. I'm ready. So we'll give you eight counts off the mat and then you're in. Okay.
00:03:22
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So I started Color Guard when I was nine. My parents got me my own equipment and I just practiced on my own. And then I started high school Color Guard at Ramona High School. And I did two years there, my eighth grade and ninth grade.
00:03:34
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And then I went to Chula Vista High School and I did ten and 11th grade. And then I graduated from Eastlake High School and did Color Guard there as well. And I did fall and winter for all five of those. And then i went to Fantasia for 2023, 2024, 2025. And then I did Blue Devils this past summer and Blue Devils this upcoming summer.
00:03:55
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That was so good. That was so good. Thank you. I heard the tempo speed up and I'm just like, did you write that down? i did. I have notes.
00:04:06
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look That's okay. He comes prepared. He comes for prepared. Exactly. if there's a cheat, you do
Experiences in Competition Season
00:04:12
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it. yeah Right. You do it. If I don't have them, I'll just start yapping.
00:04:17
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We've had that before. We've had that. On this show, never. All right. So Piper, same rep, just different stuff.
00:04:28
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Right. but yeah Got it. Here we go.
00:04:36
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Okay. So my parents are very involved in the marching arts, so I grew up all around it, but I actually started dancing when I was two and did competitive dance from first grade to grade. Started color guard in eighth grade and did it all through high school.
00:04:50
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Did Blue Devils the summer between my junior and senior year. And then when I decided on college, I would go to the University of Alabama. So I now do fall with them and Altamaria is connected to that with their winter guard.
00:05:04
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So now I'm doing Devils and Altamaria. There you go. She got it. She got it. Nice. nice
00:05:14
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It's so funny. You like no one started sweating or having moments. So very nice. and We are dealing with super professionals between the social media followings and the color guard experience. So it's showing it's showing.
00:05:30
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Okay, so I want to start ah my question part off with like, but so we start this season, it just finished up. So just tell us about and I'll i take this to Max.
00:05:41
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um Tell us about how was it for you? And more specifically, once you reach Dayton, and you were inside like the beast, that's the UD arena, like, how was it seeing everyone? And how was it with people coming up to you? How was that?
00:05:55
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Well, of course the season with Fantasia was great. i had a great time as always, my third year with them. ah When it comes to being in the UD, that's my favorite place to perform actually. So I was super excited to be there.
00:06:08
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And with everybody coming up to me, honestly, that was my favorite part of the entire trip. Like just feeling somebody behind me, try to stick a clip on me, really just entertaining. And then getting to meet them was even more fun.
00:06:26
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All right, Piper. So how was that for you? Yeah, Dayton was great for me. It was Altamaria's first year in world class. So we knew it was going to kind of be a beast of WGI, but it ended up really great. We had two really great runs in the arena. And I mean, we ended two places out of finals, which is crazy for our first year. And I think that's all we could ask for.
00:06:51
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But we were all super proud of everything. I think it's weird people coming up to me. It's kind of hard to wrap my head around people knowing who I am, but it was super fun meeting everybody and taking pictures with people and getting clipped and all of that. It was super, super fun.
00:07:08
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So we're in between seasons right now, but let's kind of talk about what does a typical week during your competition season look like for you? So you're trying to balance rehearsal and travel, creating content and just like your normal life
Balancing Time: School, Rehearsals, and Content Creation
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stuff. Because like, aren't we in school at this point to something?
00:07:26
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So Piper, let's start with you. What do you what's that look like for you? Yeah, so I am a full time student, so i have class every single day. um Altamaria's rehearsal schedule is we go Wednesday night, Friday night, Saturday night, all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
00:07:45
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Once competitions start, sometimes we get Sundays off. just to prepare for school the next day since we all are full-time students. um But I also, Max also vlogged this season. I did vlogs every weekend this season on my spin account. So did that over the weekend and then would try to edit those and get those up by Monday while juggling school. And we have video assignments. So we,
00:08:12
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filmed those during the week and all of that. It was a lot. But once I kind of gotten and into a routine, it all worked out pretty well. Wow. ah Max, how how was your week?
00:08:25
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So ah one of my favorite parts about Fantasia actually is that we just have our rehearsals for the weekends. ah So we rehearse Friday nights and then we ah rehearse on Saturdays and Sundays all day.
00:08:40
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ah if we have a regional, we would rehearse in the mornings and then we would get ready and then go to the regional at the nighttime. was pretty easy for me to make my weekly schedule work with that because I could just have my day-to-day life during the week and then Fantasia on the weekends.
00:08:59
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And then everything with social media, just a little extra thing that came with that. And I just got to do it along the way. Okay. Okay. Your fun little thing, you guys, just so you know, like what made me, of course, you know, ah performing with Ultima Raya and with Fantasia, but like your social media made you blow up with all the people that you saw. So oh it's just like, oh, it's a fun thing.
00:09:22
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That's so great. Max, I do want to ask, or just, we all know that your audience is huge. So do you ever feel pressure to post certain type of videos or content just to keep that engagement high? And when you're tired or frustrated or not in a good mood, like, is that harder or do you just not do it? Like, just tell me a little bit about that.
Max & Piper as Color Guard Influencers
00:09:42
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But I don't really feel any pressure to post a certain type of content. If you... Well, started my Instagram about two years ago now. And if you go all the way back to day one, ah the content from there to now is about the same because I just make what I enjoy.
00:09:58
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i just do trick tosses. added on the TikTok and YouTube thing because I thought it'd be fun to do some little vlogs. Like even since Dayton has been over, I've gone back and I've watched all my vlogs and I was like, oh, that was so fun.
00:10:11
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Like that was a fun moment this year. So really it's just for the fun of me and I'm glad people enjoy it. A lot of people enjoy it. yes But the best thing though, isn't it? Like when you're just creating content from your normal life that you're doing the stuff you love to do, that's what people connect with. And that's why they're so drawn to your social media because you're just doing what you love. You're not out there like trying to be a fake influencer or something. You're like, this is just what I'd love to do.
00:10:39
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This is what I do in my life. I'm just going to share it with people. Right. That's the best part. I think it's safe to say we can call you both color guard influencers. It's not because you have to be, ah she got the be you know, the top or elitist or anything like that, but it's just like, Hey, you love doing color guard. You put it online and Hey, people can relate.
00:11:01
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Yeah. love So Piper, um I know I keep going back and forth with the same question, but actually same thing. Like if you're too tired, cause you, I mean, you have a really tough schedule.
00:11:12
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Like I love that you're sitting here like, yay. But I know sometimes she's probably like, I'm so tired. So like, how how do you get videos out when you're feeling like, hey, I want nap?
00:11:25
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Yeah, it's kind of the same thing. i just record whatever. And if I'm going to practice one day and like, oh, this toss is kind of cool. I'll record it and post it on my story because why not? and um The vlogs on the weekend, i was just going to film show days and then people enjoyed them. So i was like, okay, why not do a whole rehearsal weekends and more things like that. But it was literally just, I was going through my day like normal and would pull out my phone and my friends started to enjoy like being in them and
00:11:58
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Looking forward to watching them that like after the weekend was over just to look back on everything we did and It also was just a fun thing that I did and I mean, I don't post every single day, which is totally fine, but um It's just kind of when I feel like it and I I like that people enjoy them very cool very cool your story Piper is so unique too so Often you have been positioned as the face of the group that
Responsibilities of Being a Prominent Figure
00:12:31
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you are in. I saw you on social media so much this season, not just your own social media, but you, I feel like you were everywhere. So what does that feel like? What is that like? And do you ever feel like this is like a responsibility that you just had to take on and didn't really ask for?
00:12:49
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yeah Um, Sometimes I don't feel like I'm like the face of the group, but i think I have an advantage of having like many years of dance training. And so I think that's ah just so another responsibility that I can bring to the color guard world, which is amazing. And I'm so grateful for all the opportunities that come with that.
00:13:12
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But I also have like, there's weaknesses in other areas. So I will get help from my weapon friends and I help them with dance. So I think it also is kind of nice that we can bounce off of each other.
00:13:23
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um But usually going into shows, I never really think about like, oh, this is gonna be recorded and gonna be posted everywhere, um which I think helps, but it's always super cool to just be scrolling and see me on some like flow marching video or something. I think it's super cool.
00:13:40
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um But again, I'm so grateful for all the responsibilities that come with, being the dancer that I am. All right. So this is for both of you. You both have a lot of visibility, but from different angles.
00:13:53
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What's the biggest misconception that people have about your experience because of how much they see you online? And whoever wants to answer first can. Just jump. for For me, my my main visibility is my social media is where I post like a lot of trick tosses and little pieces of the choreography.
00:14:16
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And ah for like social media, obviously, i want to post my best. I think people don't realize that I don't mess up or like I mess up like all the time. like That was the other question I was going to ask you. is just like Is that the first take or is that the 32nd take? It really depends. like Sometimes it will be the one to three takes or sometimes it will be like 100. There's a lot of time I've done like 100 takes.
00:14:48
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um I mess up a lot and then obviously in performances you you get one shot. So ah i'm not I'm not going to be perfect, but I try my best. yeah Yeah, I think for me it's I mean, obviously I don't post as many like tricks and things, but I'm, I talk to my mom a lot about, I'm so normal and like a college girl and living my own life with this full schedule. And so I think it's hard to see just through social media that like, I am more than just the dancer, color guard girl. Like I have this whole life and I'm,
00:15:28
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just a member of a team like everybody else. I started my freshman year of high school, so I have not been doing this super long, um Color Guard specifically.
00:15:38
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um So I think sometimes people don't realize like, oh, I've been doing Color Guard the same amount of years that she has. And like, I'm on a team just like she is, that kind of thing. So just for my personal, like, I just want to know where you guys are coming from. What inspired you to start posting? Cause I know sometimes it can be really hard to put yourself out there, you know, especially when you're young, you said you started color guard when you were in high school and you said you started spinning max when you were like nine.
00:16:10
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So what inspired you to start wanting to share that with the world versus just keeping it to yourself? And then like, what, what inspired like vlogging and all of the, you know, the tricks and everything you guys are putting out there.
Social Media as a Tool and Inspiration
00:16:25
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um I think my my start came two years ago. I wasn't marching the summer and I just made max spins and decided that I was going to try to post as much as possible, ah mostly to keep myself on track to make sure I practiced over the summer because I was working a lot and trying to save up for the next season of Fantasia.
00:16:53
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So I just wanted to make sure that I kept myself on track and made sure I was working on my technique and working on tricks and like making little pieces of choreography so I could stay on track. So like accountability for yourself, not just for your staff. love that Yeah.
00:17:07
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And then I just turned into this big thing and I love that I get to share with everybody. That's cool. Yeah, like that. For me, I didn't make my spin account until only about a year ago.
00:17:20
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And a bunch of my friends have spin accounts. And I just never really thought that I was kind of good enough to post me spinning and doing tricks and things. And then I kind of got like, I'm not FOMO from them posting on their spin accounts, but I wanted to start posting me doing like part of my audition routine or whatever. And I've decided to make it and it got a lot of followers really fast.
00:17:44
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So i was like, okay, this is, this is worth it. And then for like the vlogging, i for some reason have always just loved making videos of myself. just since i like middle school, I had a little camera in middle school and would vlog random things.
00:17:59
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um So I've just kind of always been like that. And then whenever the season started to pick up and it was like kind of a monumental season for Alta Marea, I just decided that I wanted to start vlogging and that I would post them on my spin account just so I would have more content to post. And it just worked out really well.
00:18:18
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Honestly, that's like, that's so perfect. Like it's such a genuine, like I was saying before, it's that genuine, that passion for the activity. love it. and And that's what they are the youth for the ages too. Or like for this time, that's what the youth are doing.
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Youth. that you yeah All right, guys, let's, ah we'll be right back from afterward from our sponsors.
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00:20:15
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right, everybody, roll those flags up Max is going to be teaching you some more tricks after our next water break. So bring it on over here. Nicole, you want to take it away with the next question? Absolutely.
00:20:27
Speaker
So I want to talk legacy. Hyper, this is for you, bub.
Family Influence and Team Support
00:20:32
Speaker
All right. So how was it growing up with drum corps legends as parents shaped the way that you handle expectations and everything like and from others and from yourself?
00:20:43
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I will tell you, I used to work with your dad at Monarch.
00:20:47
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I love that. Honestly, growing up, I knew no different. I literally from the day that I was born was at indoor rehearsals and going to see drum corps over the summer and all of that. But I think most of the like pressure I put on myself because I know that there's all these people that I probably have no idea who they are, but they know me through my parents.
00:21:10
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And especially having parents that know what I'm doing and know what's hard and know if I have a good show or not. Just getting off the floor after having like a good run and them telling me that it was a good run, I know that it it actually was because they know what they're talking about. and Like if one of my grandparents came to watch a color guard show and I dropped five times, they would still think that I had an amazing show because they're proud of me no matter what, which my parents are too, but they also have the expectation because they know exactly what I'm doing and how it's supposed to look and all of that kind of stuff.
00:21:47
Speaker
But I think I mostly put that pressure on me, like on myself. They are proud of me no matter what and no matter how my show goes. That's cool. That's great. Honestly, too, I was thinking about that. was like, I understand that the pressure, i mean, you put the pressure on, but like, honestly, I think it comes from a place of like, this is how hard you have to work in order to be this good.
00:22:09
Speaker
So they give you that expectation right up. But it's also nice to see Mama and Papa come in and be like, oh, baby doll, that was so good. But
00:22:19
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but that's cute. I like that. That's awesome. Max, let's hit the flip side to the fame. So have there been any moments where your social media presence has created friction, either with your teammates or your staff, your own performance mindset, your schedule?
00:22:38
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I wouldn't, I wouldn't say so. All my teams have been really supportive of me being on social media. mean, ah Fantasia, they let me vlog at rehearsal all the time. but All the group loves to be in the vlogs and stuff.
00:22:55
Speaker
And ah I'm able to make trick videos. and with And I'm really excited to just do more of that over the summer with because I didn't vlog last summer. So I'm excited to do that this summer. so like your social media personality and reputation has never made you late for anything?
00:23:12
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No. Not even in the souvenir. I'm telling you, out. You've got to share the story here.
00:23:25
Speaker
Yeah. So I believe it was semifinals day. i was in the March tent and I was in the very back of it And it was about five minutes before we had to be on the bus to ah change into our costumes.
00:23:38
Speaker
And I started making my way to the front door. And about every two feet, I would be stopped for a photo. and So it took me about 20 minutes to get from the back to the front of it. And then i was late to my bus and I had one minute to put on my costume, which was a little bit stressful, but I really enjoyed getting to meet everybody. So it was definitely worth it.
00:24:02
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but I would do it again. thing you didn't have like a huge extravagant costume, you know? That's true. Just like, yeah, we had the bits and pieces, but otherwise it was pretty easy. Not like a big elaborate hair thing you had to Right.
00:24:20
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Ooh, buddy. That would have been bad. Piper, I knew I was just talking about like ah pressure and stuff like that, but this is also a question that I'm asking you, but also because you're so young, this could be so for, you know, younger folks coming into like the independent coming from scholastic into independent too. But yeah,
00:24:39
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um is there any pressure on you to be perfect? So when mistakes happen online or on the floor, how do you recover mentally, emotionally, and publicly? Yeah, usually just keep working hard like the next week. If I have a bad show on the weekend, i will put in extra work time throughout the week on my own. I don't really publicize that kind of thing. um But for like Altamaria, we have video assignments. So maybe I'll submit a couple extra reps as my video assignment, just so my staff knows that I'm working just that hard. And I mean, I'm just naturally really hard on myself. So I will put in the work to make it perfect the next week or whatever. But I also just have to tell myself, like, I'm going to get more reps before the next show, just so I don't freak myself out and know that I am still capable of doing whatever it is that
00:25:35
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I like messed up on or whatever. you. Max, same question. I mean, yeah, there is definitely a lot of pressure with it. Actually, like in Pentatea 2024, would get like a lot of show anxiety going into shows.
00:25:52
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I'd be super nervous. here I cried before a few of them too, even. But think like recently, like starting with BD,
00:26:04
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I don't know what it was, but I was never really nervous going into a show this summer. It might've just been the reps. It might've been just how drum corps is. but But then Fantasia, I was definitely a lot less nervous ah this season.
00:26:16
Speaker
And I just kept telling myself that nobody wants to see me mess up. Nobody wants to see me like crash out or anything. yeah but So everybody's, everybody's just here to see me do a great job. And that made me really excited to perform. And I just had a lot more fun on the floor.
00:26:33
Speaker
Do you feel like the social media interactions helped with that song? Because a lot of them are so positive and uplifting. Yeah, I think it really did, like meeting a lot of people, but especially like in the UD.
00:26:46
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We would go ah before we went to perform, we'd go in and just watch a few shows. And of course, during that, I would meet a bunch of people. So it was really great to like talk to a bunch of people who were really positive and really great to meet before I had to go on and do my performance.
00:27:03
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So let's get into the DMs. We want to get down into the dirty parts of social media here.
Unique Social Media Interactions
00:27:12
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So what's the weirdest or most surprising interaction that you have had, either online or in person, because of your social media presence?
00:27:21
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No one's come up to you with like a doll that they've made of you, have they? Because if so, run really fast.
00:27:29
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That's not normal.
00:27:34
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I personally have not had any like super crazy interactions in person at least. I always think it's funny when people DM me and say like, I don't know if you'll see this or I don't know if you'll respond because I'm not getting like a million DMs like some celebrity. Like again, I'm so normal and literally just a girl at this point.
00:27:54
Speaker
um But I do think it's funny when people kind of say like, I don't know if you're going to see this and I'm kind of scared to tell you this, but whatever. And of course, like I respond to everything that I see um just so that they know that I see that kind of stuff.
00:28:11
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um And I appreciate them telling me that they love me and watch me and think that I'm great and all that stuff. But I haven't had any too crazy interactions.
00:28:23
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It's got to be really cool though, to get like your hype from your DMs though. I would love that. You know, it's just like, I love seeing all of them. Yeah. Yeah. What about you, Max?
00:28:35
Speaker
Any crazy stuff? So when I was like, like a year ago when I had like less a following or whatever, it would answer every DM and I would try to answer a lot of them, but the more popular you get the weirder they get.
00:28:51
Speaker
So I have actually started backing off ah answering all the DMs. I do see like pretty much all of them and a lot of them are really, really sweet.
00:29:02
Speaker
Just don't have enough time to answer every single one and sometimes not opening the door for conversation is the best idea. The most surprising DMs I've gotten are actually really positive ones from people who I looked up to when it was first starting Color Guard, like Heather Graham, Paul Scripps, Walter W., Vance Anderson.
00:29:29
Speaker
ah like gave Rosie Miller Queen a hug like at my rehearsal site, Freelims Day, and I was like totally geeking out. So those are like the most surprising ones to me, seeing all of those.
00:29:43
Speaker
It just like, it brings me so much joy because I looked up to those people like crazy when I was younger.
00:29:52
Speaker
i do love that. All right. It's time now four What Are We Doing? This is the part of the show. What are we doing?
00:30:09
Speaker
What are we doing?
Personal Frustrations and Future Excitement
00:30:10
Speaker
this is the part of the show where we call out something in the Marching Arts that makes us go, why are we still doing this? Or why aren't we doing this yet?
00:30:20
Speaker
So Max and Piper, whoever wants to jump in first, what are we doing? Okay, I can go first.
00:30:29
Speaker
This is, I don't know if this is really a what are we doing, but it's kind of just my biggest pet peeve in the color guard world um is the different timelines on the floor. having to switch between horizontal and vertical, which I know sometimes it's just the venue and just yeah what we have to But i personally hate a horizontal timeline.
00:30:51
Speaker
ah wish they were all vertical, but and i know we have to just do what you have to do depending on where it is, but I wish there would just be one and it would be vertical and we could do the same thing every show and it would be just way easier on everybody.
00:31:06
Speaker
Agreed. ah agree And that whole like enter from the front or enter from the back or enter from the side or whatever. Just like, can't it just always be the same?
00:31:20
Speaker
Contest dynamics. But you know what? I'm not going, that's another side of me that we're not going to start getting into. Nicole's like, I know why it has to be like this, but i also get the complaints.
00:31:34
Speaker
They're noted.
00:31:37
Speaker
What about you, Max? What are we doing? So Piper talked about the floor. I'm going to talk about the ceiling. What are we doing with these white ceilings, especially WGI regional sites?
00:31:54
Speaker
I know it's hard to get venues and stuff like that, but i think it would be best for the performers if we were able to have a ceiling that's not exactly like, but closest to what we're going to perform like in the UD.
00:32:10
Speaker
So like a black ceiling and lights that aren't super crazy.
00:32:17
Speaker
Most of those gyms, well, y'all know, you know, I'm not sure i'm not sure how gyms are in California. Mm-hmm. A lot of them, the WGI ah regional sites are pretty big.
00:32:29
Speaker
They're not like super small gyms, like local circuits usually use pretty, pretty small gyms. They're usually pretty big, but the the ceiling at some of them is a little crazy. Just a little bit.
00:32:42
Speaker
Understandable. Understandable. I don't understand why. It's not like you have anything that's like white above your head that's spinning and could potentially injure you or anything, right? Right, right. Yeah. There's been many times, this is a super small, like little, little story, but there was one time when I was performing with Patriots in upstate New York. And like, every time a rifle would go to take a toss, they would look up and then have to shuffle to one side. and there was one time, one chick, she shuffled.
00:33:10
Speaker
I had to run around her. It was enough not enough room. We collided, busted out laughing. Like it was a terrible show. We had so much fun. You're going to say somebody got busted in the head. just like, oh, oh. Oh, no. We did get hit, but no one was like, ow. I think we were laughing too hard.
00:33:27
Speaker
Yeah. Every show I went to. Great job, everyone. Sit down. Dutch go. We just got in trouble.
00:33:36
Speaker
For every show I went up for my big saber toss, when we were setting up, I'd go stand in my spot and I'd look up and I'd go, oh this isn't going to work. And then I'd scoot it over and then look up again.
00:33:47
Speaker
this isn't going to work. And then by the end, when I found a spot, I'd be like five folds off my dog. Yikes. All
00:33:58
Speaker
right, everybody, let's wrap things up on a high note. It is time for Gush and go So this is your moment to celebrate something that's bringing you joy. Great job, everyone. Set your equipment down. Gush and go.
00:34:11
Speaker
Whether it's a student win, a personal milestone, or just something that is lighting you up about what are you gushing about? so Let's hear it. I'll go first. um For me, I'm just super excited to kind of see the future of Altamaria, now that we're in world class, we've gotten the first year over with.
00:34:30
Speaker
um I'm just excited to see where we go. We have um auditions this week, actually, for our Fall Guard, which is all members of Altamaria. And we have the most we've ever had audit auditioning. We have 108. Woo! Yeah.
00:34:43
Speaker
so yeah
00:34:48
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I'm excited to see just where the Fall Guard goes, because... We all do, or most of us, end up doing Alta Maria. So I think we're already set up so well for next year. And then, of course, I'm going into my fourth summer with the Blue Devils. So I'm super excited to get back doing that. We have April camp this weekend. So I'm excited to see everybody and get that rolling as well.
00:35:13
Speaker
Can I clear up a rumor with you, Rebecca?
00:35:17
Speaker
because this has been coming up on my social media even lately too. They've been asking me or while people have been telling me and I've had to go back and say, no, no, no, that's not true. Is Alta Marea a female only guard on purpose?
00:35:33
Speaker
Not on purpose. We have just not had any males audition in the recent years. And I think our director, just kind of has a standard for when a male does audition.
00:35:47
Speaker
She doesn't want somebody that can just toss super high and catch and maybe do something cool under it. Like if we're going to have a male on the guard, We need somebody that's good body quality and can do more than just toss high and all of that, which I think should be the standard for every guy that does color guard. I think it's a great way to look at it.
00:36:09
Speaker
but But we are not all female on purpose. We just took advantage of the fact that we were this year and made a statement with our show first year in world class. Gentlemen out there, you hear this? Go audition.
00:36:25
Speaker
max what are you guys saying about? So other than ah Blue Devils coming up and April camp this weekend, obviously I'm super excited about that. But I'm gushing about all the show reveals we are about to get.
00:36:39
Speaker
I love this part of it. Yes. I love seeing everybody's show title, the little graphic they make for their social medias. And I love just like looking at it and guessing what it's going to be like.
00:36:51
Speaker
It's really fun to play like that little guessing game with it. That's one of my favorites. Hey, it's called gush and go, not gush and stay. Let's go. thank you, Nicole, for hosting with that Piper and Max. Thank you guys so much for joining us and for sharing your heart and your work and your stories with us. I've been so happy get to you know talk to you personally. Not that.
00:37:21
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Just in case there's anybody out there who doesn't know, which hopefully everybody does, but if they don't, where can they follow you and social media? Who wants to go first? I can go. Go for it, Piper.
00:37:33
Speaker
I have two Instagram accounts. My main is piper.k.click and my spin account is piper.spins. I'm just piper.click on YouTube. My TikTok is the same as my Instagram.
00:37:44
Speaker
And you can find all the groups that I'm with through that. ah You can follow me at maxspin.s on Instagram or TikTok or maxspins on YouTube. And the groups I'm with, you can follow Fantasia Winterguard on Instagram or the Blue Devil's Color Guard on Instagram.
00:38:01
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00:39:02
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