On to State!

I've talked a little bit about our speech team and the musical theater gig that I am doing for it, but nothing has actually happened until yesterday. Yesterday was the big day, districts, and I am sure that everyone was a little nervous. There were so many different schools there with all their groups of people that it was all just so crazy!
It was another early morning for me; 3 am to be exact. We all had to meet at Kennedy at 545, load the buses, and take the long ride to Monticello. When we got there, we all packed ourselves into the gym with the other hundred people; it was so packed! So many schools were there, all getting themselves ready for their different shows. Our show, Spring Awakening, was scheduled to go around 9:30 am, so we immediately got ourselves ready and dressed into our nice clothes. Sooner than later, we were humming our short show and warming up our voices for the performance. Right after we went, I felt satisfied. I knew we were pretty good and that it wasn't very hard to go onto State, but there always those small details that could cause us our chance.
With the long day ahead of us, we decided to go and watch other groups. There were a lot of very good ones, like miming, one act, choral reading, and a lot more. For Kennedy, I'd have to say that almost all of our groups did amazingly well. We even had a choral reading where everyone in it got their make up professionally done, making them look like real demons which is what they were. Also, we had another musical theater group that did RENT, and they did exceptionally well. Everyone was pumped and happy about there performance, and at the end of the day we all found out our scores. I am almost positive that all of our groups went on to State, except for a few, but overall that is quite good!
For other schools, I think the percentage of who made it on and who didn't was a little different. Some of the performances out there were just awful! One group, a musical theater one, had girls who couldn't sing one right note or people who would, while acting, look at people in the audience and basically forget what they were doing. I know it is my first year doing this, so I am not a pro, but I do know how to pick out a good actor/actress in a performance and someone who shouldn't even be up there. It is kind of harsh, but I mean seriously people!
Overall, everyone tried their hardest and I am so happy that I did speech this year! I can't wait for the rest of the season.