After a short holiday break, we are back. With only 3 days left in 2016, we wanted to squeeze in one last post to make sure no one misses out on a GREAT contest happening in just a couple weeks.
Today for the Contest Calendar Series we will be discussing Twirl in the Woods 2017!
*DEADLINE TUESDAY* Please note that the deadline for this competition is Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017. You must have your entry postmarked by this day. You can either open the entry by clicking here or you can visit the official Twirl in the Woods 2017 website. For any additional questions, please contact the contest director, Patti Mickey, at patti@mickeysmajorettes.com.
Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Who - Contest Director Patti Mickey of Mickey's Majorettes
What - Twirl in the Woods 2017 Twirling Competition
When - Saturday, January 14, 2017. Doors open at 7:00 am. Contest begins at 8:00 am.
Where - The Woodlands College Park High School, 3701 College Park Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77384
*Picture on the left from the 2015 SW Regional Championship, used to showcase the facility size and ceiling height of the gym used for competition.
Why - Since this is the first competition of 2017, it is often one of the biggest of the season outside of the Regional and State competitions. Many coaches consider this contest to be the most accurate showing of what competition twirlers will face at the Southwest Regional Championship held later in the Spring. Many teams debut their routines here, and most of the twirling groups in the State will have representation. On top of that, the awards are extremely nice (tiaras, giant pageant trophies, the always popular light up trophies, Disney plushies, etc), and the contest runs very smooth for being as large as it is. It is definitely a 'must attend' for the season!
CONTEST HASHTAG! #twirlinthewoods2017
For this event, we strongly encourage our Texas Twirlers to utilize the hashtag #twirlinthewoods2017 when posting photos of this competition on social media. Below are some of the photos found on Facebook or Instagram that used the Twirl in the Woods hashtag during the 2016 competition. Shout out to Abby, Hailey, and Josie! Hashtag your photo this year and you might just see your picture in the contest follow up blog post.
Highlighted Event
A highlighted event for this competition is the team portion of the competition. As mentioned above, many teams premier their routines at Twirl in the Woods, which means team routines you have never seen before will all hit the floor for the first time. This is where we get to see the starting point behind all those hours of teamwork and new choreography. It is so exciting to see where the teams all begin each season and compare it to how far they go by the time we reach State in June.
Unique Feature
A unique feature of the Twirl in the Woods competition is always the award ceremony! You have to love any awards ceremony that has the placement blocks, an awesome photographer, and utilizes amazing senior twirlers from around the State to help pass out the awards. As you can see in the above Team Pictures, for the 2016 Twirl in the Woods competition, the awards were passed out by Baylor Feature Twirler, and current Miss Texas, Caroline Carothers. Should be exciting to see who will help pass out the awards this year!
Any Last Comments?
Big shout out and photo cred goes to Mickey's Majorette Dad, Edward Obias, who took all these great photos included in today's blog and will be also be taking the award ceremony photos at the event. Thanks Mr. Obias! We love awesome twirl dads, especially when they are also pretty great photographers.
Want to attend this event? Please visit the Twirl in the Woods 2017 website or contact the contest director, Patti Mickey, at patti@mickeysmajorettes.com for more details.
We hope you have this edition of the Contest Calendar Series. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Please contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.
No comments:
Post a Comment