Her first Drill Competition

Yesterday I was able to watch my sister's first drill team competition. Technically, this is really her fourth one in two years, but this was her first time actually commanding the team. She kind of wasn't expecting to command it, but she found out the day of the competition that they needed another commander for the second team. If you saw her, you could tell that she was really nervous. I told her I was like that when I first commanded a team. All she had to do was basically block out the audience and pretend like it was just a normal day of practicing. When it was her turn to march them, the team gave her some encouragement by yelling that they love her. I think it helped, cause I think she did well. From my eyes, she only made two mistakes, compare to some of the other schools who made 4 or more. But I'm not the judges, so I wont know what the actual score was until she finds out. Either way, I told her that she did a good job. She gave me a hug and said, "Oh my God, I was shaking so hard..." To be honest, I'm not sure if I want to know how she placed. To me, she already won when she went out there and controlled the team. She didn't sweat bullets(at least not til she was done), nor did she pass out. That is the accomplishment that I'm proud of.