Thread: More than One Regional?
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Re: More than One Regional?
217 attends 2 regionals and the Championship as the norm, but has attended three 2 times (2003 and 2008).

We have Golden Rules that can't be broken:

1. Never attend back-to-back regionals (we broke this is 2003 and that is why it is rule #1).

2. We always go to Detroit (week 3)

3. Try to attend week 1 (totally different than the other weeks)

If Spring Break lines up with week 5, then we attend a week 5 event since the students do not miss school.

This year, we were lucky enough to have Great Lakes be on week 5.

We try to do an away regional for a couple of reasons:

1. Road trips are fun
2. We try to mix it up for the veteran students and the mentors
3. We like meeting different teams



We always try to get into the Championships, but I won't travel with the team unless we qualify (we usually buy our way in right when it opens). So far, I have been able to travel with the team every year.