[wendymom]

I would like to see some seating for families. My 78 year old mother was there along with many other grandparents. They stood for more than an hour to see if their grand child would win. Not only was that way to long for her to be standing she was in the middle of a kind of mosh pit and got josseled more than once. She is also very tiny as were some of the other grandmas and I was worried she was going to take out the rude gentleman in front of her blocking the stage.

She was disappointed that all of the finalist were not recognized in some way. My suggestion is to let them all walk in at the beginning of the ceremony so the audience can applaud them. I also like the idea of a slide show while we wait for the show to begin.

One of my teams problems with the ceremony was timing. We had a deans list finalist and also one of the first matches after lunch. Our coach was her brother and our human player her boyfriend. They had to choose between missing a match or being there with her to support her. This could be solved if the ceremony was at a different time.