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Originally Posted by Laaba 80
Can every one just stop talking about the dancing? It is what the thread is about, but not the issue that Henry is talking about.
Joey
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When I clicked on this thread to read about it, I was interested in reading about the dancing because that's what the thread is about. Henry's other issue is a tangent in a thread about dancing, so maybe you should be asking a moderator to split the tangent into another thread or start a new thread about it so that people who do not click on this thread because they have no opinion one way or another on dancing at the competitions can decide if they want to discuss the crack fallers. If another thread is started on that subject, I'll comment on it then.
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Originally Posted by Henry_222
FIRST regional events have come to the point where I would second guess inviting in a new corporate sponsor to view the competition.
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Every job I've had as an adult has had Holiday parties, summer picnics, and other celebratory gatherings for "jobs well done." And we've danced, secretaries, managers, counselors, directors, tech support... we've all danced. I also think of the competitions as a reward for all of the hard work everyone involved with FIRST has done. No, I wouldn't jump on the table during a board meeting and do the Funky Chicken, just as the refs and announcers aren't doing the Funky Chicken during the matches.
Our students have often volunteered to show VIPs around at the VCU competition. There's a wonderful balance between the hard work going on in the pits to the fierce intensity of the matches and the joyful celebration between the matches that has done nothing but impress those VIPs. Over the years I have invited friends of mine to the competitions: a mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, an astronomer, a medical technician, a public relations manager, a computer programmer, etc. Everything about the competitions impressed them, including the dancing. To them, the dancing is a reflection of happiness and enthusiasm, and all of them have remarked that they wished they had something in their lives that inspired so much enthusiasm.
Heidi