Week 3 of 24 ~ And So It Begins

November is a busy month for us! Last night we had our first UCONN men's basketball game of the season, and our first women's game tonight. It is incredible to be a part of such a basketball legacy! We feel so lucky to be on this team. The dance team was a club sport in the past, so we are slowly transitioning into becoming a regular part of the game-day atmosphere. It was very exciting to be sitting on the sidelines for the first time (for the whole game)! Many other dance teams may take this for granted, but it is a wonderful step in the right direction for our team. We are so pumped! We will be spending lots of time reviewing "sideline etiquette," however. Our coach had a nice LONG list of corrections/tips for us once the game was over! :-)

Friday night, we had a football game that resulted in the fans rushing the field, and an awesome win over West Virginia. It was a memorable game, to say the least! We had Halloween treats in the locker room, and we got to be Disney princesses for the whole game. Our two seniors Amy and Katy got to wear special "senior" tiaras.


WEARING OUR DISNEY PRINCESS TIARAS DURING HUSKY WALK!



SENIOR KATY WEARING HER SPECIAL TIARA!



SENIOR AMY WEARING HER SPECIAL TIARA!

We had an AMAZING (but cold) performance with the marching band. This was another "first" for our program. It felt great to perform in front of all those people under the bright lights. It is very important to us to use each and every performance opportunity to step our game up. We intend to improve our performance quality every chance we get. Here is a photo before our performance:


At practice this week, we had a long chat about our ultimate vision of our team. We focused on keeping that "clear vision" and not getting distracted from our goals. We know exactly where we want to be, and are prepared to take the necessary steps to get there. We were motivated and it definitely showed when we started dancing! We could feel an energy in the room, which made us all dance beyond our "norm." We could not be more proud of the progress we have made thus far, and look forward to big things in the future :-)

**Since we have 3 games this week, we did not have our normal Wednesday practice to reveal our quote of the week. So, next week we will have two!