This week has been an amazing one for my guard, Capella. After 3 1/2 months of hard work on the staff and members part we entered into the WGI Nashville regional with high hopes for a strong placement to solidify our prelims performance spot at Worlds.
The weekend started a little rough with Friday’s rehearsal at Bartlett High School. The anticipation of the importance of the next day affected some of the members concentration and confidence during rehearsal. I definitely remember what it felt like as a performer to worry about how the audience and the judges would perceive your show. It’s hard to be “scored” on something that means so much to you and that you have spent so much time perfecting. What if’s start going through your head and the true reason you do color guard sometimes becomes muddied in your mind.
Now as an instructor I understand more than ever the value of the experience of performing over the trophies or medals you can get. I mean, honestly, my medals from all of my performing years just hang absently in my room and they mean more for the experiences they represent than the placements that went along with them.
Needless to say, our placement at Nashville was something Capella truly earned. The members really stood strong together to give a strong finals performance after struggling in prelims. They learned the true meaning of competition after the battle of the boom boxes and more importantly learned how to deliver when under pressure. I think we all learned to trust ourselves more that weekend and that we truly are on the right track as a unit.
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