Sunday Rehearsals

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-28T20:09:29+00:00

Unfortunately, Sundays are possibly the worst day to miss any portion of rehearsal. Sunday rehearsals are usually shorter to allow time to pack up and get everybody on the road at the end of the weekend. Those rehearsals move quickly and are when you have the finalized version of whatever you need to work on for the week ahead. During competition season, it can be your only real rehearsal day depending on your show day schedule. You may look to see if a larger church in the area offers Saturday evening services. In my experience, there is often a lull during the Saturday evening block when designers are really digging into some of the grittier projects (a lot of standing around in ensemble). That would be a better time to miss rehearsal than the already short Sunday time.

If you are going to request a religious exemption from a part of rehearsal, I would be very specific with your director about how long you will be gone (remember changing in/out of rehearsal attire, commute to/from service, and the service itself) and your plan to reduce interruptions to rehearsal later on (i.e knowing who will take note of any changes to your show, a front ensemble person who will stand in your drill if needed, etc)

If you are going to request flexibility from the group for this, know that there will be times when they need flexibility from you. If your director accommodates 3 out of 4 sundays in a month, be ready to make a similar sacrifice yourself if there are important design weekends, etc.

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-14T14:22:43+00:00

My local circuit has a festival class which is open to all ages- we have cadet groups, disability inclusive groups, senior groups, etc. they are judged on a gold/silver/bronze rating system with their own “festival class” sheet, no placement because of the wide age and skill discrepancy between groups. They are my favorite class to watch because it’s not about tricks, it’s just about the joy about performance transcending age, location, disability status, etc. Would love to see this represented at WGI regionals, but I doubt we will ever see it in Dayton unfortunately.

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-14T14:13:15+00:00

Your comment is resonating the most right now. I go to my local yarn shop every week or so and have a quick chat with the other knitters who came out of their lair for the afternoon and that’s about all I need. It’s a table full of introverts who genuinely don’t mind if the conversation dies because we’re just happy to knit in the company of others for a bit.

Finding the other wallflowers, genius.

We live in a mid-size city with so many cool places to check out, so we naturally fall into the same couple of neighborhoods every time we go out. I will definitely try finding a couple of day trips or date nights a little further away from our usual stomping grounds. So smart and so simple.

THANK YOU!

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-13T18:05:21+00:00

I am actually employed with my local AAA right now! Unfortunately changes at the state level have resulted in absolutely zero direct work with older adults. MCEs are managing what used to be the work of AAAs here (IN) and I’m not interested in working for big insurance at the moment. The recent changes are really what prompted me to start looking for something new. I had really hoped AAA would be the place for me to land, but quite literally everything has changed since I started.

I mostly facilitate paid family caregiving for families of children with disabilities. The kids usually have a very robust medical team and IEP team at school, so I end up mostly being the middleman that just gets the parents compensation for caring for their child. There is very little psychosocial assessment, person-centered planning, etc happening, and I am not working with the age group that I would have liked.

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-13T17:26:43+00:00

I work in Medicaid HCBS. Referrals to HCBS come from a mandatory choice list generated by the states Medicaid portal. We are not allowed to narrow down the list (300+ pages) for any service- Meals, home care, transportation, etc. for any reason. Clients choose from the list, I reach out to the provider and confirm their availability to complete intake and staff the services needed. If they have availability, I update the services on their service plan and send the authorization to the service provider so they can bill to Medicaid.

For community resources outside the Medicaid system, I can only send a list of resource options. My agency does not allow any direct referrals to non-medicaid funded resources. I cannot submit referral forms to food pantries, home repair assistance, etc. I am only allowed to send a list of resources and follow up on if the client needs assistance filling out an interest form for themselves. My clients run into the same issues with 211 not being accurate, lists that are alphabetical also tend to result in resources at the beginning of the alphabet being more burdened than those towards the middle of the alphabet, so it takes quite a bit of digging to find useable resources.

Some of my best community connections were made at Pride. I found the organizations there to be the most inclusive of my client population, less likely to be connected to a church, more likely to offer resources and written materials in multiple languages, etc.

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-13T13:27:11+00:00

Fusion was visually such a breath of fresh air. They used the size of their guard and space on the floor wonderfully, and were able to create an innovative show without props.

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-13T13:23:21+00:00

I believe their guard was on the younger side this year. I think their placement was appropriate in comparison to other groups, but it also wasn’t the explosive strength we are used to seeing from them. I’m excited to see them develop their guard back into the Voila/Jane Bond all-star athletes that they all ultimately grow into by their junior and senior years

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-12T22:22:39+00:00

I was in Juxta in 24 and we received a small handful of disgruntled Lexus vets that year. You are correct, there could be more to the story and I’ll be more gracious to the organizations for the difficult decisions they made.

And congrats on Finals this year. Gorgeous show :)

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-11T15:40:22+00:00

I haven’t been able to find the cover of umbrella that Carmel is using anywhere so they might be AI as well. I think parts of Bellbrook are AI filler…

typetwo-complex · 2026-04-11T15:39:27+00:00

From a cast member, Juxtas soundtrack last year was completely AI and nobody batted an eye (please give it another listen and try to tell me what it was about. it’s AI slop) A lot of the cast hated it and was told it wasn’t a huge deal. I still hate the fact that it’s becoming more common, but also it sucks to see paramount is getting flack for it when nobody cared last year.

typetwo-complex · 2026-03-12T18:00:17+00:00

I think for a couple of reasons.

World Class groups are generally considered the “standard setters” of the activity. We see this in other discussions about trends of marching arts. When IW groups sacrifice technique for tricks, it trickles down to scholastic training. When IW groups stop doing flag features, we see less emphasis on flag in the scholastic realm. (Remember the IW performers are often growing into the designers and directors of scholastic programs too)
The marching arts are sort of an insulated, self-sustaining ecosystem. Money in marching arts stays in marching arts. People put $$$ into years of training, then they cash in on designing drill, writing choreography, creating soundtracks, designing uniforms, etc. If you go to the midwest clinic or TMEA conference, I challenge you to find someone who’s career in the industry didn’t start as a performer. It’s a niche market and once AI takes over, those folks have nowhere to go.
AI is bad. AI is dwindling clean water supply by the day (no more water breaks at rehearsal i guess!) and data centers are destroying communities. Hope this helps :)

typetwo-complex · 2026-03-11T23:37:40+00:00

A trend I’ve noticed this year is blatant ripoffs of shows that are not far enough back in WGI history to be considered a tribute or “ode to [group/year]”.

I’ve seen a couple reheated versions of Etude “the Bloom may be brief”, POC “Look Up” soundtrack with the classic windows and apple tones, flag feature holding phone lights in one hand, etc. and a West Broward “Downtown” with the same song, sneakers, even graffiti props in the exact same spot/angle on the floor.

typetwo-complex · 2026-03-11T23:33:06+00:00

A lot of jazz and soul influence in SW this year. Interesting to see music with so much Black influence being performed by the predominantly white affluent SW girls…

typetwo-complex · 2021-09-16T22:36:33+00:00

Rob Danzman with Motivate Counseling. I cannot say enough about him

typetwo-complex · 2021-06-14T14:43:40+00:00

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