{"id":223,"date":"2010-04-13T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinfoell.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/13\/dear-wgi-2010"},"modified":"2010-04-13T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:18:00","slug":"dear-wgi-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2010\/04\/dear-wgi-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear WGI 2010,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To the high school students: <br \/>I was once you. Excited because my FAVORITE show was coming on! No, WAIT, THAT was my favorite show!  I spoke of &#8220;I hope next year&#8230;&#8221; and &#8220;When Mrs. so and so asked me to blah blah&#8230;&#8221; and other stories of your season and everything else you commented on, I did it at one point too. <\/p>\n<p>But.<\/p>\n<p>If you stick with it, soon, you&#8217;ll be me. A spectator who paid her whole way to Dayton including very expensive seats to finals. A spectator who doesn&#8217;t want to hear your stories during the performance. After, sure! Go ahead! Talk all you want. But when that music starts, please, be quiet and watch. <\/p>\n<p>A spectator who doesn&#8217;t want to get kicked in the butt by your very stinky feet. Wait, let me be clear. MY feet don&#8217;t smell like vinegar. I&#8217;m wearing shoes. YOUR feet smell like vinegar and please, don&#8217;t place them near the shoulders of people. We can smell them. And if your feet stink, for the love of EVERYTHING, don&#8217;t wear flip-flops!<\/p>\n<p>To WGI:<br \/>I appreciate the VIP section. I did it last year and it was nice. But, why would I want a VIP seat on a High School bleacher? It&#8217;s not like the seats are any better. I&#8217;m still sitting on a bleacher. <\/p>\n<p>To the rest of you:<br \/>SIT DOWN! Especially BEFORE a show starts! Just SIT! SIIIIITTTT! Find a seat AFTER the show is done. I didn&#8217;t pay to see YOU walking by. Also, please place garbage UNDER your seat and not in front. Wanna know why? Because when I leave to go pump for the hundredth time and you don&#8217;t want to move, I end up kicking and stepping on all your garbage. It&#8217;s gross and just annoying. <\/p>\n<p>To all the finalists:<br \/>I think you all deserved to be there this year. Last year, a few were questionable. My favorites this year (in no particular order, just as I remember):<br \/>Pride (really, if this wasn&#8217;t your favorite, you might want to get out of the activity)<br \/>Santa Clara<br \/>Onyx<br \/>James Logan<br \/>Mariam Catholic<br \/>Cypress<br \/>Tarpon Springs<\/p>\n<p>And a bunch more I can&#8217;t remember the names of. Either way, so many great shows this year. Til next year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the high school students: I was once you. Excited because my FAVORITE show was coming on! No, WAIT, THAT was my favorite show! 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