This year’s performance at UCA Nationals ended up being a bitter pill for Alison and her team. But more on that shortly. First, let’s go over the day leading up to the ESPN Complex at Disney. First off, Kris and I were not in a good mood due to reasons/situation beyond our control. And part of it was due to Ali not performing until about 3:00 in the afternoon. Last year they were in the first group/session and they performed around 10:00 AM. So this year there was a lot of waiting around before they went on. Second, was the venue. Last year they performed in a large, field tent. I didn’t think it was all that bad, but this year ESPN built an entirely new “arena” and all the performances were in there. The only problem is that the arena was separated into (4) different areas, North, South, East, and West, each one color coded. We found our area, and tried to find a place to sit. It was a zoo! We gradually made our way over from one spot on the very edge/side of the arena to a place pretty close to the center of the seating area. But that took forever.
Then, one HUGE complaint about the venue… there was no cell service, so we had to use the wifi in the arena. Unfortunately, because there were about 2000 teenage girls (and some boys) in addition to the parents and spectators, there was not enough bandwidth/capacity to handle everyone wanting to use the wifi. We were trying to get in touch with my parents to let them know where to go and where we were, but couldn’t connect. ARGH! Also, since all four areas were in the same place with only curtains and some flimsy dividers separating them, we could hear the music and cheering from other sessions that were going on while teams from our session were performing. It was very distracting and made it very hard to watch the teams.
So, now with all that being said…. Here is the Menomonee Falls Indians Cheer 2018 UCA performance:
It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great. Unfortunately, they also got put into a very difficult session, so they had to be almost perfect in their performance. They weren’t. When it was all said and done and the scores came in, the Falls was not announced as making it to the semi-finals, which is a bitter pill to swallow after last year’s relative success. I think that it is easier to accept when you perform your best and other teams are just better than you. This performance was not one of their best and I think they all felt they could have done better.
Then afterward, Ali was being a little brat. She didn’t want to talk to us, or her grandparents. She was pouting and walking around doing her own thing. It sort of made me mad, and I laid into her when I finally tracked her down, and I don’t feel bad about it. In the end when the coach reported what the scoresheets were, she told us that they just missed out on making it to the next round. I forget how many teams were in their session, but they were something like a half a point away from making it to the next round. I think they took the top 12 or 13 teams, and they finished in 14th place. Don’t quote me though, but it was in that neighborhood. I am sure they got over it after a couple of hours. At least now they can just enjoy the rest of their time at Disney.
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