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Hello February

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February started with a bachelor party in Providence, at least according to my body. It was actually an Athletic Championship Platinum Event in which they were awarding their Cheerleading Worlds bids. Due to some weather issues we had 2 judges not make it to the event. Fortunately Kiera lived close enough to drive up. Unfortunately I had the pleasure of being put on both panels. It wasn’t really that bad, just long days, 153 teams per day. Congrats to World Cup and East Celebrity Elite on earning the paid bids. From what we could remember, World Cup Shooting Star’s day one score of 95.5 is the second highest this year using the Varsity Standard of Scoring.

While on the topic of Providence, I want to apologize for an incident that occurred. As judges, part of our job is to remain professional and there was a point in the weekend in which this wasn’t done. Even though most of you will never as much as hear a mention of what happened, I want to apologize on part of the judges on the panel, at the event, and on behalf of judges everywhere that try to do the right thing.

Between catching up with Donna, Lila, Justin, Derek, and JP on Friday, the Remember the 80′s party on Saturday, and the Casino on Sunday, sleep wasn’t really part of the schedule in Providence. Saturday had some outrageous 80s outfits I’ll try to get some pictures of from the other judges. At the party I had the pleasure of meeting the crew from Elite in New York. We sat and chatted until they threw us out. I enjoyed it and want to thank them. Sunday turned into Casino night. Thanks Cole.

Next is Cheersport. Nick & Becky, it was great meeting you guys and good luck in Atlanta.

Goodbye January

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I couldn’t think of a good name for the article so you’re stuck with Goodbye January. My January will end in Providence, RI with the crew from Athletic Championships, assuming the Delta-Northwest merger hasn’t completely screwed up my flight. February starts with a trip to Atlanta for Cheersport.

This week has been uneventful, but pretty productive. The Aneris outline is now much more organized and useful, I wrote an article about judging stunts for Spirit Post, and I took care of a few things around the house. I’m also 2 chapters away from finishing The Innovator’s Dilemma. I think The Essential Drucker will be next.

In random news, the mailbox had to have more surgery and the pizza wasn’t nearly as expensive as expected, but we still don’t know for sure how it got in the room.