We drive to:
Palm Springs
Las Vegas (some fly but we drive - it's 5 hours)
Anaheim
Ontario
Long Beach
We fly to Orlando for UCA, Worlds (for our worlds teams) and Summit for teams with paid bids.
Next year will be NCA (Dallas) hopefully. :-)
I really hope this turns out to be an amazing competition!!! With just getting back from Orlando and then having to go back 6 weeks later... FROM CALI... is tough and super expensive. My one daughter (Sr. 5 Restricted Coed - Cheerforce Chaos) has the paid bid and of course we are going... And...
I know it gets super packed in there for Worlds. I haven't been there (my oldest is on a Sr 5 restricted) but my friends have gone and last year they had to sneak in through the back because it was at maximum capacity and they weren't letting anyone else in! Haha I love it!!!!!!
I hear what you are saying and I hope that this is not the case. With going from 9th to 4th hitting a clean routine on Sunday, to me, shows that the judges gave us the correct values for the areas they killed us in on Saturday (not the drops, but jumps, execution, etc.). I'll never know of...
I do not in any way think our team would have gone past Brandon even if we hit both days. They are just that good and I have so much respect for them. CJA did great both days as well! Remember, it's not just about hitting, it's about difficulty, etc. To be 9th with our difficulty is the issue...
Our J4 team had a pyramid issue - a drop absolutely. Looking at all the teams (12), with that pyramid issue we all thought we would be in maybe 5th place worst case scenario. Um.... We were in 9th. We have never been anywhere near 9th in all the 6 seasons I have been in cheer. Long story...
The scoring was a sham for some of the divisions. NCA NCA - I'd rather travel half way across the country than all the way across the country to get unfairly scored. Just sayin'
I know. I hate going clear across the country to compete with limited teams in a division. Looks like most of our teams have 6 or more, 9 in some. My oldest daughter has their paid bid to summit (Sr 5 R coed) but my youngest daughter's team is chasing that paid bid (J4 sm). Their division looks...
Mini 1
Cheer Zone (Sm, SG)
Gym Tyme (Lg, LG)
UA (Small)
River Cities
Mini 2
Buckeye Cheer Elite
River Cities
Youth 1
Youth 2
UA (Small)
Indiana Elite (Lg, LG)
Gym Tyme (Lg, LG)
Apex Athletics (Sm)
River Cities
Youth 3
UA (large)
Indiana Elite (Lg, LG)
CheerForce- San Diego (Sm)
Youth 5
WC...